Roth,
You hit a good point. I have often been asked by some friends, why I buy expensive/vintage tins. My answer I simple, to me at least. On a good day, I can smoke 3-4 bowls, normally it's 2. I smoke smaller pipes. A bowl can last an hour to two depending on the blend. I'm talking about group 3 at most.
A 50g tin of tobacco can lat two weeks to a month. I smoke a bowl of SG fVF everyday. And I'll have a bowl of something real nice. Some Balkan Sobranie I have stashed, some old Garfinkel blends.. You get the point.
Unless you are smoking 10 bowls a day, is it real important to worry about splurging on a nice vintage or hard to gettin? In my eyes no. I fully agree with stocking a cellar, and I do. I also smoke OGS often, and some GH blends. I have built and continue to build a cellar. But I would rather smoke 2 bowls of some fantastic tobacco, then ten bowls of something that is good but not great.
Sorry to hi jack this thread, just a thought on the prices, and justification for the above recommended blends, in the case that you thought the price was high.