So 4 months on and my thought this week returned to 2014 and selling the collection. I have roughly thought of the rules that I would need to set in order to make sure 'the good stuff doesn't go first' - one box gets put out for sale. Most needs to be sold before I move onto the next.

Use the sale proceeds to get my savings back up to a more comfortable level and if a year or two down the track I decide I want to purchase the items again, so be it.

It is after all the thrill of the hunt that is the main staple of my collecting