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Originally Posted by raulus
But in every case, I'm having plenty of fun collecting these sets, even knowing that my odds of actually getting to 100% aren't very good. Confession: I'm also not someone who lives and dies by getting stuff 100% done. I'm usually pretty okay with getting most things 90-99% done, moving the goal posts, and calling it done.
Why let perfection be the enemy of pretty darn good?
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I agree. Part of me likes to wrap things up and put a bow on it, but when the cost of the bow becomes too much, I'm fine with 'pretty darn good'.
For example, I'm collecting the 1964 Topps Giants signed set. Right now at 58/60 and missing only Clemente and Dick Ferrell. We all know about Clemente autos and the Ferrell is actually very tough as he moved to England shortly after retiring and died at an early age, making his cards pretty scarce - and expensive. At least more than I'd be willing to pay for a common autograph. His main issue Topps autographed cards are actually reasonable.
So I'm good at 58/60 and enjoy the set -2.