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Dan BrettaI feel your pain as well Bryan. I long ago turned my eye to a more affordable focus. Some of the items I collect come up so rarely and without much competition that by the time they do come up I can afford them, but I have noticed new competition for some of the things I collect. I also chose to put together the Scrapps set which I think is probably the most affordable of the 19th Century sets if you're not too worried about condition.
I have also contemplated getting back into the 1950-70s Topps set building, but haven't taken too big of a stab at it yet because I want to do this with my son and he hasn't shown much interest as of yet.