[tonyo]

I considered my 33 Goudey Set complete at 238. Missing Lajoie and #160 Gehrig.

for me personally, that set wouldn't be worth completing to 240 because my financial situation wouldn't justify me to have that much cash tied up in one card (the Lajoie).

The extra Gehrig wasn't really worth the cost since the two are identical (or practically identical). Now if the whole Lajoie issue didn't exist, I'd probably have sprung for the Gehrig so I'd have a complete set.

The "238 card set" was worth the time, cost and effort. I enjoyed the set, the artwork, most of the poses, the card stock, it's a classic set, etc. Plus I decided to break it up last year and have sold 200 of them, mostly (if not all) here on the BST, and ended up recouping what I had spent. I assume I'll at least break if I sell the remaining 40.