Being an equal opportunity collector means i always have options. Since I don't collect anything, there are no holy grails, nothing "needed". Being from an area that if i tried to only get stuff from within 3 miles of home, i'd be looking at thousands and thousands of bottles. after too many "its local i should have it" purchases, i had to change focus.
if it is something i like, i will keep it. don't care if it 1860s or 1960s, local or not. it is very liberating and much cheaper as well. i am at once proud and embarrassed to say how little my purchases are. it takes a special bottle for me to spend anything over 20.00 a piece for. in the many pics, i'd say only only 2 of the bottles were north of 40. most were well under 10.00. lot buying is what i do and actually most are "free" after i dispose of the unwanteds.