".....using what is available and then following my own heart is what I enjoy about this hobby."

That quote right there sums it up, and your right. To this day I'll pay 10 times the book value for a dollar Frank Howard baseball card. And it's the same way with the chips and the other casino areas I like. And I can't really compare chips with baseball cards anyway. I have to learn the differance between the two hobbys and understand the differances. Right now, I see myself comparing the chip side of it with the card side of it and when you get down to it......they are nothing alike. This seems to be more of a singular kind of hobby and it's still in it's infantcy. And I'm kinda glad it's still small scale, makes it more intimate and less about the money and more about the hobby....which is the key word to the whole thing..."hobby". Thanks for your input..well said.
Jim