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<p>[QUOTE="Limes, post: 3990747, member: 101013"]Reminds me of the introduction words of Mike Gasvoda, when selling his collection of the 12 C's in 2015 (NAC 86): </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Also for me the first joy in collecting is “the thrill of the chase”. When the chase got too hard the thrill waned.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps your case is true as well: once you find the one you are looking for, the thrill of searching is over.</p><p>I like the chase too. Whenever a favorite auction house or seller announces a new auction or saleslist, I'm filled with joy and immediately want to find out whats in/on it. I have specific targets, either emperors or specific cointypes. But overall I am always tempted by beautiful specimens not on my want list before. And, unlike collectors such as Mike Gasvoda, I will never, ever reach a situation where the types I want are just too difficult to collect...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Limes, post: 3990747, member: 101013"]Reminds me of the introduction words of Mike Gasvoda, when selling his collection of the 12 C's in 2015 (NAC 86): [I]Also for me the first joy in collecting is “the thrill of the chase”. When the chase got too hard the thrill waned.[/I] Perhaps your case is true as well: once you find the one you are looking for, the thrill of searching is over. I like the chase too. Whenever a favorite auction house or seller announces a new auction or saleslist, I'm filled with joy and immediately want to find out whats in/on it. I have specific targets, either emperors or specific cointypes. But overall I am always tempted by beautiful specimens not on my want list before. And, unlike collectors such as Mike Gasvoda, I will never, ever reach a situation where the types I want are just too difficult to collect...[/QUOTE]
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