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Originally Posted by mintacular
Not sure how old you are but figure out if you want to collect 95% of commons of players you've never heard of/watched..... Or just collect a subset of the HOFers etc. For example if a nice EXMT '56 set cost 5K, would you be better off spending 1K on the stars or cards you like from that set and reserve the other 4K on other stuff you really want? Also consider piecing a set together is usually not a good financial/investment move as the sum of the parts usually costs more than the whole
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That's precisely what got me into collecting stars and HOF'ers when I started collecting again as an adult circa 1990--couldn't see paying significant $$$ for guys that most wouldn't know from adam.
Better to follow your instincts,
Larry