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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 25942436, member: 10461&quot;]A fixed-size collection limited to a certain number of pieces is fun- but an extremely difficult challenge sometimes, because you have to drop one every time you want to pick up a new one.&nbsp; And it gets progressively harder and harder as you gradually increase the quality of your holdings.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years, when trying this concept (first with “Box of 20” rules, and later, all too briefly, under a “Box of 100” limit), I sacrificed some nice stuff I perhaps should have hung on to.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, I failed to stick to both of those limits, and have given up on the concept- again.&nbsp; It requires much material detachment to sell off one’s “children” in order to make way for new adoptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say this for the concept, though- it does force you to focus more on quality pieces rather than “fluff”, like [USER=92655]@Randy Abercrombie[/USER] mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you’re a working-class collector of limited means, like I am (and most of us are), you can use the proceeds from the stuff you drop (sell off), and put that money towards your new additions.&nbsp; That way you’re not having to dip from the bottom of the well every time you want to make a new purchase, if you know what I mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s a good discipline (accent on the <i>discipline</i> part).&nbsp; It not only teaches you how to shop smarter, but also how best to sell stuff, and it’s educational in other ways.&nbsp; So I can recommend the “fixed size” collection strategy to anyone who’s strong enough for the challenge.&nbsp; (In the end, I wasn’t- not <i>quite</i>- though I carried it for a while.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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