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Posted By: Sanzapatos

Walter,

In short, the answer is ABSOLUTELY! That's what collecting is about. Sure it can be collecting the images of just one person, or a whole team. Or a whole team over a certain era (Yankees dynasty?), but a TRUE collector will get them all and stop at nothing to do it!

Example: A few years ago, I needed this Gary Gaetti Fleer 1992 card to complete my "Gaettis of the 90's" collection. I took $2.00 from my kid's piggy bank to buy it. Was I happy about havign to resort to that? No. But I explained to my son that life is about "sacrafices". Now, I know that some people may take issue with this approach, but understand that I also offered to "return" that $2.00 with interest. SO, even though I never really intend on paying him back (hey, he'll eventually get the Gaetti collection), he learned TWO valuable lessons: 1)earn interest when you loan someone money and 2)usury is risky.