An interesting thread. I enjoy reading about the idiosyncratic nature of collector strategies and comparing them with my own (which have evolved significantly over time).
I have no wisdom or insight into the question beyond the personal experience that hard-held collecting strategies sometime become irrelevant when faced with a beautiful gun.   
FWIW, I think that if a person has more than two of something, that makes him a collector. 
P.S. I've learned that very few things last as long as regret.
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