Your goals for 2013
 

I start the thread, what is your collecting goals for 2013 ?

To pick up a few of the tougher T206's I'm missing.

Reach 50% of my t206 set and perhaps a couple of rare back, variation ...
And if i can, buy more Lionel carter's T206 cards.

Slow way down and focus the collection. Hopefully cross off another from the top ten list. Spend more time on researching the set.

1 - 1926 ruth strip card w512
2 - 20-30 t205 including a cy young or cobb
3 - Of corse the 1962 gad fun card #46 lmao
4 - 1920 w516 ruth or 1920 w520 ruth or 1919 w514 ruth

So basicly t205's and some ruths allong with the gad card!

Keep chippin' away at my '38 Goudey Heads-up set. I'm also hoping to see more people put quarters and other change next to their pics like Leon.:)

2013 Goals
 

My goals for 2013 are:

To get to 100 T206s, including one new rare back, 3 HOFs, and 2 Old Mill SLs and to continue to upgrade my existing PSA 3s to PSA 4.

To add 10 more 33 Goudeys in PSA 6

To continue to sell off some of my modern cards to increase budget for more vintage.

To better organize my collection via Excel documenting and physical storage.

2013 Goals
 

For 2013, I'd like to continue making headway with my T206 Hindu Southern League subset and my T207 HOF subset.

1) Get my final Ruth to have all 4 1933 Goudey Ruth cards, need the red background, affordable PSA-1 type card

2) Continue to try to find old pre-war Yankees that i need that are approx $60 or less.

3) Continue working on autographed Yankees cards (cuts, on-card, and stickers on cards), preferably of players from 1950's and older.

4) Get cracking on the new subset of my collection, cards of pitchers who Mickey Mantle hit home runs off of.

5) Find more cards of Jewish athletes in all sports.

Obtain period cards of:

Oscar Charleston
Andy Cooper
Pete Hill
Deacon White

My goal is the same as it was for 2012, to stay focused! I have a few key singles that I'm looking for, and I'd like to reach 50% on my Rogers Peet set.

1- Continue picking up T206 cards.

2- Admit to myself that I will probably never complete the set...and be OK with this.

3- Embrace my inner Type Collector and pick up things that appeal to me...buy what I like, like what I buy.

4- Have fun and enjoy this hobby.

5- Continue to interact with all of the great people here on this board.

6- Make it to as many shows as possible...and wear my Net54 shirt to each and every one of them (thanks, Leon...you rock!)

Hoping all of you have a wonderful holiday season and a peaceful, prosperous, happy new year.

Best Regards,

Eric

2013
 

Here is my current wantlist:

Hopefully, I can cross off one or two in 2013:

E107 HOFer's

Boston Store Joe Jackson - SGC 30-40, PSA 2-3

low grade Babe Ruth rookie - prefer ad back

1952 Topps Mantle rookie - nice centering and eye appeal

Tony

Pretty much the same as last year, acquire more cards that fit my collection, and to sell off others I don't necessarily need to help fund those purchases so I don't have to spend more out of pocket.

2013 Goals
 

For my T206 SGC 40 set, I hope to get to 70% and add at least one Cobb.

I'd like to get to 50 different EPDG.

And hitting the 50% mark in E91-A would be great too!

To find at least one more 1924 Diaz Indian (Guy Morton I know you're out there)

To find the last 2 1960s-70s Non Topps Indians I need (1960 Shopsy Frankfurters- Jack Kubiszyn and 1974 Falstaff Beer Premium- Jim Clark)

To get at least one from my Worch want list

T207 Anon 3 Recruit Class for George, Easterly or Higgins

Other than that, maybe another Hage Dairy and to keep searching for a T207 Napoleon backed Cleveland Nap

Cards
-Hit the 100 mark on my T205 endeavor
-Hit the 40 mark on my T209 adventure

-Define another card collecting goal

Autographs
-Complete my 3000 hit club autograph set (currently at 5 of 28)
-Hit the 24 of 25 mark on my 500 HR club autograph set (currently at 4)

2013 Goals
 

1: Find M101-2's of Jackson, Wagner, Mathewson, Lajoie
2: 1933 Goudey Ruth PSA 1
3: T206 Mathewson, Lajoie, Cobb, Young, Johnson low grade

1. continue improving my t206 set
2. finish 33 goudey
3. better define my pre-war type-collection goal
4. add a couple of cards to my t207 subset

1. Hit 200 different autographed 1933 goudeys
2. Complete t202 set (need some matty/devlins)
3. Complete cubs b2 set

I've never thought of a "collecting goal" before... But this should be fun. I'd like to pick up at least 50 new OJs and 50 new LA Zeenuts by 2014.

Plan for another awesome Chicago National, and slowly pick up another E105 or two between now and then.

Armed with a very modest budget and a renewed discipline to stay on task:

1. Period Cy Young < $200
2. Period Lou Gehrig < $200
3. 10 hits to my player collections
4. Add 15 34-36 Diamond Stars
5. Take more trips to my existing binders and enjoy what I have.

Since I've only been on the forum for a few months its great to see members looking back at the goals they set last year and to see that many have surpassed them! I'll be interested to see what I thought this time next year, though I'm not promising myself anything because I know better..

1. To get to 40 T206 (with at least 1-2 new HOF)
2. To get to 40 T205
3. To start a 1936 R314 Set
4. To scan a good portion of it

Another year of enjoying the hobby and this board would be great. Adding another good chunk to my T206 quest would be greater. Another 12 credit card statements with the need for a divorce lawyer would be greatest.:D

Now this will hurt the very nature of a collector's soul...but mine is to get a little better organized.

My collection will make the big move from the basement floor to the top floor this fall....scary. Not as scary as #1 son going off to college.

I would like to get to the halfway point of my Red Border Set and in the process finish off Series 2.

goals 2013.....
 

build more on the t206 "circus"....pick up more t206 rare backs....scraps especially #1 on my list:)

great thread btw

2013 goals
 

At my age #1 2013 goal is 2014, after that work on finishing 2 SGC sets to go with PSA T204 Ramly and PSA E103 Williams sets. Need 3 Williams and 26 Ramlys - maybe try to get about have of what I need in these sets. Finished 1911 SGC Zeenut set this year as well as 1933 SGC Zeenut sepia set. Still need about 45 1912 Zeenuts, will try to get a dozen or so this year. Then there are still those pesty E92's. Dockmans done, but need 6 Candy, 11 Cocoa, and by the book 22 Nadja, however I don't think there are 62 nadja cards, but only 56 to maybe 60.

For 2013 I'd like to finish M116. I need two cards. Made a lot of progress on it this year.

Sell everything that is not a t205 or t206 or cracker jack and finish the 1915 cracker jack set, I will also work on my end, Eddie, Edward collection, and signed 1954 topps

Just one for me: decide whether completing the E90-1 set is a wise financial decision with my budget. If so, I'll add 1 HOF and 10 commons. If not, make serious inroads on my '51 Bowman and '53 Topps: 3 HOFs and 30 commons each.

I'd like to continue to prune back my collection like I have been doing in 2012, and continue to focus on my Ruth collection. I'd like to finish my Schutter Johnson set (I only need Si Johnson), and make some progress in these random sets I'm working on (W519-1/W590/Baguer). Someday, I'd like to pick up a CJ Cobb, T206 Magie, and/or E103 Wagner, but not sure it will be 2013 since I think this will be more of a step back year.

For 2013 my goals are:

1) Get the final 3, 33 WWG English-only backs (27, 73, 78)to complete that set.

2) Get 2 or 3 of the final 9 cards for my basic 205 set.

3) Get 2 or 3 of the final 9 cards for the R312 set.

4) Pick up another Geo. C. Miller to reach halfway on that set and another U.S. Caramel to reach halfway on that set.

5) Pick up 1 of the final 3 cards for the Sport Kings set.

John

1. Finish t206
2. Finish 1951 Bowman
3. Pick up a couple more e105s
4. Don't start any more sets until I finish 1 and 2

Continue to look for more unique items and pass on cards I can pick up any time I have the money to do so. I've been trying not to buy Goudey Ruths, T206 Cobbs, or any cards like that that are readily available any time I feel like writing a check. I want to get more obscure.

Since I am all over the spectrum, so are my goals, and I'm sure a lot will get thrown in along the way:

#1 - T227 Baker
#1a - More signed tobacco. Have a couple, want more.
#2 - 1964 Opening Day at Shea Ticket Stub
#3 - T205 Cobb/Johnson/Young
#4 - T206 Cobb(s)
#5 - The 1894 Orioles Match Case that seems to be in every Robert Edwards Auction
#6 - My first CJ - I'd like a Jennings or a Clarke
#7 - More T3 HOFERS, especially a Clarke

Happy new year all.

Keep chipping away at America's Weirdest Want List. I'm at the point with some aspects of my collection where a half dozen cards a year is a great year.

My one and only goal is to get 10 more CRacker Jacks to finish my set. I would like to have the 7 upgrades by then as well, but I really would like to be finished around the National if possible. Thats it, 10 cards. If I could score a 1907 Tigers FP Burke PC I would be pleased as well.

To hit 100 t206s :) I would also like to add like 5 HOF'ers, a few Southern Leaguers, and become 2/3 done with my back run!

2013 Goals
 

2012 was my first year collecting pre-war. I have way too many interests for my wallet, but what else is new. Since I can't seem to give anything up at this point, I will focus on a little more of everything.

1. Three cards to complete the 1935 Goudey (short set of 36).
2. Pick up 10 t201 in grades SGC 80 or higher toward set completion.
3. Get the monster number over 300 (255 at present).
4. T206 Elberfield, graded. Outbid four times this year!
5. Add two of the four HOFer Cobb, Matty, Johnson, Young toward t206 HOF master set.
6. Avoid starting another set, wish me luck on this one, esp. e90-1, e91c, e95...

2013 goals
 

My 2013 goals will be:

> trim the fat (xtra cards that don't fit my collection)

> trim the fat (from the belly)

> take a short "holiday" from collecting to enjoy the birth of my first child in April (assuming all goes as projected)

> buy only one or two *significant* cards missing from my HOF "rookie" collection and avoid falling into the trap of buying cards that only marginally fit my collection

> avoid the temptation to buy cards that I already own because the price looks "too good" and because I assume I will somehow be able to resell for more

> remind myself daily that I am NOT a card dealer, I am a card COLLECTOR!

2013 Goals
 

Having bought like a drunken sailor in 2012, I expect that additions to my catcher collection will drop off quite a bit this coming year.

I only need a few cards from the PCL:

1912 Ralph Kreitz HRK...1912 Claude Berry Zeenut.

I would like to add some more C46 Imperial Tobacco catchers.

Looking for a nice 1915 Nunamaker Cracker Jack as well.

Would someday like to add a Carl Horner Cabinet of one of my 7 major league catchers.

Lastly, a Johnny Kling Plow Boy Tobacco Cabinet would round out my type card collection nicely.

I will be happy adding some C46 catchers, and perhaps more colored Chief Meyers S74 silks this coming year.

Patrick

My goal of 2013 is to finish (minus 1) my T205 (low grade) set that I have been working on since 2007. Want to have this done before I get transferred for the last time before retirement. I probably could have finished a while ago, but got side tracked several times due to other cards that I wanted. I'm down to the final 26 (all commons except "no stats") cards and I should be able to complete by the end of the year.

Happy holidays,

Frank

My 2013 goals
 

1. Add a few high level cards to my T205 collection
2. Start a Sports Kings collection
3. Add a few cards to my Big Ten collection (Mathewson, Young, Johnson, Cobb, Dimaggio, Williams, Ruth, Gehrig, Mays, Mantle)

Best goal of anyone here, something I should have put in my goals too.

2013 Goals
 

Want to continue my quest for my T206 Subsets:

Sweet Caporal 150 Fac. 649 29/34

American Beauty 350 No Frame 31/37

Sovereign 350 Apple Green 32/66

Sovereign 460 42/52

2013 goals
 

1) pick up another 3 or 4 E93's for my set - currently need 6 more to complete

2) pick up 3 or 4 more w554's for my set including another with a back stamp

3) Make a decision on what sets to pursue next - currently leaning toward both a D304 & R311 leather

DJ