Hi Mike. Great advice, and like you, I'm pretty sure I'll never get ALL of the chips I'm seeking (has anyone in the history of rare collections EVER collected everything that was possible to be collected?). Also like you, I've been working on this for quite some time, and I've missed out on a few (several, actually) opportunities to get some rare chips due to cash flow. What I don't want to do is overlook some obvious sources (auctions, trading sessions, local/regional group meetings, etc.). In the words of the great and impatient Veruca Salt, "I WANT IT NOW!".