I guess I am going to play the odds that Topps produced more cards then there are serious collectors. I agree that plates and artist autographs have a definite number produced. However I am hoping with the greater amount of cases out there, that later there will be a plethora of product to choose from. I would adjust my thinking if I had an exact number of boxes produced, but since I can't find that information I have to use past performances and extrapolate the results. What that then tells me is black ludlows, golds, cloths, pencil sketches and die cuts will be in big supply and the prices will come down. Red ludlows after a year and when the few who have spent ungodly amounts of money on them are done, will settle under 20 bucks each. Sketches are always a different animal, meaning a shit sketch will always bring shit money where as a great sketch will always be desirable. I guess you could call me a cost conscience completest. Meaning I will buy up full series of golds and ludlows, however I won't be the one who dictates initial market prices. From Ans10 I was able to get ludlows golds and cloths, full sets and not at initial prices. As for reds I have collected 27 of the so far. All at an average price of under 20 bucks. It might take a few years but I will eventually get them. I will give an example of where I didn't follow my own advise early on. Any Reepers sticker in the beginning commanded a premium. I paid 50 dollars for a cloth one. Later about 2 months into the program run I picked up 2 more for under 10.00. Now as a seller I would use perceived rarity to my advantage, however as a collector, I now will take the attitude that someone will eventually sell and when a newer series is out the old series becomes like "leftovers from a good restaurant". Meaning with a limited amount a fund most people would buy the new stuff then get the old stuff.