I have been cursed with the collecting gene too. Since I was a kid collecting comic books when they were a dime. Anyway, I think of a basking shark in terms of early collecting habits. He cruises through the water with mouth wide open inhaling everything in his path. When he is sated he regurgitates it all and begins again. That is what is to be avoided. I just buy what I like nowadays. I shoot for quality. Plain Jane, vanilla stuff is not at all on my radar. Less is more kind of thing.