Collecting goals for the new year!

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Posted By: Doug

Does anyone have any collecting goals for the upcoming year? I'm going to try and get a 1952-69 Topps Mickey Mantle set done! How about you guys?

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

Hard to say, as I debate about downsizing to essentially types only on my Topps test, insert and oddball collection (I am expanding the type collection to include all sports and non-sports cards issued by Topps thru the end of the 70s). If I do that, then I'll be adding more type cards (duh), probably from 48-56 for now. I still will keep adding to the Brooklyn Dodgers Topps and Bowman collection though. If I answered this a week ago, it would have been a different answer!

I will keep plugging away on T206 and buying old copies of The Trader Speaks. I might expand my E card and Obak collections as well.

I am amazed how much I keep shifting around in my collecting tastes after all these years.

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Posted By: Randy Trierweiler

Goal #1 is to find the last 2 Topps Venezuelans (Cardinals of course) that I need to end a 10 year search.

I'd like to scratch at least 1 Topps Test Issue off my want-list.

I'd also like to finish off my 1950s needs with some Dixie Lids, a Royal Dessert, 3 Star-Cals, and a Wilson Weiner.

Oh and find a bunch of bread labels at a garage sale too.

Randy

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Posted By: Daryle

Gonna try and finish off the '52 Topps #s 1-80 Red/Black backs to complete the "Master Set" (minus the Canadian versions), the '53 Topps Black/White variations, '55 Topps and maybe a few more?????

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Posted By: doug goodman

I'm hoping to find the Allen/Barnes/Cantrell/Strong and the Howley LePresse issues.

Missing 9 Alerta premiums.

Going to continue trudging away on the Police Gazette supplements and the Harper's weekly woodcuts.

Looking for Blum's Bulletins of Alexander, Daubert, Donovan and Grove.

Still need a few from the M101-2, M101-7 and M101-8 sets.

Hoping to track down some of the 29 Tip Top Weekly issues with baseball covers that I know I need. Also, hoping to get cover info on the 410 issues that I haven't seen, which will probably end up adding to the list of baseball issues.

Looking to add to the 435 Baseball Magazine premiums that I have so far, only 300 or so to go.

I'm still working on my "master" Topps baseball sets, let m know if you have any of these AND want to part with them :
1952 T #049 John Sain - w/Page back
1952 T #088 Bob Feller - hazy background
1952 T #162 Del Crandall - orange background
1955 T #137 Harry Elliott - bio doesn't end w/53
1956 T #111 Red Sox - WB
1956 T #113 Phil Rizzuto - WB
1956 T #117 Virgil Trucks - WB
1956 T #127 Willie Jones - WB
1956 T #131 Bob Roselli - WB
1956 T #151 Spook Jacobs - WB
1956 T #153 Frank Thomas - WB
1956 T #157 Dick Brodowski - WB
1956 T #160 Billy Pierce - WB
1956 T #164 Harmon Killebrew - WB
1956 T #179 Harry Chiti - WB
1959 T #416 Haywood Sullivan - no circle on copyright no period
1967 T #128 Ed Spiezio - most of SPIE missing at top
1967 T #149 Joe Moeller - white streak between M and cap
1967 T #252 Bob Bolin - white streak between Bob and Bolin
1968 T #192 CL 3 - "special BB...Card, B on Yaz hat cut
1969 T #500 Mantle - Last YN - TCG on back
1972 T #534 - Cubs only green
1972 T #607 - Duffy - Team Name in yellow
1973 T #497 - Cards Coaches Brown Background
1974 T #340 - Munson - New York in white
1978 T #520 - Hisle - Black & red stitching
1978 T #520 - Hisle - red stitching
1978 T #536 - Harrison - red laces
1982 T - need 248 different "blackless" cards
1985 T #277 - No "#1" on back
1985 T #627 - Eric Davis name in white band on front
1985 T #776 - no Topps logo
1987 T #004 - copyright 1985
1987 T #567 - red neck
1988 T #497 - blue shirt
1988 T #497 - green shirt
1991 T #178 - A*B* on back
1991 T #237 - A*B* on back
1991 T #272 - A*B* on back
1991 T #297 - A*B* on back
1991 T #452 - A*B* on back
1991 T #481 - A*B* on back
1991 T #573 - no logo on back
1991 T #644 - A*B* on back
1991 T #677 - A*B* on back
1991 T #716 - A*B* on back
1991 T #781 - A*B* on back

Not to mention holes in various Topps insert sets (Thank you Dave Hornish for the informative reading on your blog).

Hoping that everybody else has as much fun this next year as I (we?) plan to,
Doug

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Posted By: boxingcardman

plan to acquire at least one card from America's Most Obscure Want List, postwar baseball division. What that card will be we cannot say since someone in the group accidentally misplaced the List last week. However, we are confident that with the coming great depression we will acquire something on that list, whatever our precious was, for a pittance in one of our Cheetos fuled late night last eleven second ebay bidding coups.

Or I could just keep looking for a 1954 Bowman Williams that appeals to me at the right price and time.

Happy New Year To All!!!

Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc

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Posted By: Andy Baran

I'm looking to finally complete my Sid Gordon collection. I'm down to the final 4 cataloged "cards". I still need the following:

1952 National Tea Bread Label
1953 Marshall Merrell Braves Portfolio (both poses needed)
1977 John B. Anderson NY Teams

Any help would be greatly appreciated.



2008 was a good year for my Sid Gordon collection. I was able to acquire:

1949 NY Giants Photo Pack
1952 Northland (Bread for Energy) Bread Label
1955 Robert Gould All Stars Card

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Posted By: Anonymous

2009 Goals:

Complete Cleveland Indians collections of:

1. 1951-2008 Topps (need a couple of '51, '52, '62, and Maris '58
2. Goudey
3. Bowman

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Posted By: Glen V

My goal is to knock a few types of my want list, without spending a fortune to do it. I made a descent dent in the list this year, but there are still a number of types I'm missing, including:

1949 Baas Cheri-Cola
1952 Central National Bank of Cleveland
1949 Lummis Peanut Butter
1964 Meadowgold Dairy
1952 National Tea Labels
1953 Pictsweet Braves
1948 Safe T-Card
1958 Shillitos Boys Shop
1960 Armour Meats Denver Bears
1950 Bush & Hancock/Oak Hall Roanoke Red Sox
1957 Chattanooga Lookouts Team Issue
1967 Chevron/Uniroyal
1963 Milwaukee Sausage
1960s Sunnar Ayr Farms
1962 Supertest Gas
1964 True Ade/WGR Bisons
1952-3 Vancover Capilanos

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Posted By: Johnny

To pick up a 63 Topps Pete Rose rookie either psa6 or 7. Couldv'e just had the perfect 7 but was about ten minutes to late on pulling the trigger. Also want to get a bowman Ted Williams and Playball Williams as well. And maybe get the 1959 Fleer Ted Signs to complete my set.

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Posted By: Robert Collet

I just completed the '62 Bell Brand Dodgers set (waiting for the last few back from SGC) so I'll be starting either the '61 Bell Brand set or the '60 or '61 Morrell Meats Dodgers sets.

Bob C

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Posted By: jim

Hey Doug, I have the Blum's Donovan, a couple of M101-2 and an M101-7 and a bunch of BBM premiums. Let me know if you want scans; thanks,

Jim

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Posted By: Johnny

To the thread starter Doug, good luck on your Mantle mission. Just wondering how you are going to go about it, do you have a plan or just winging it. Going for certain grades, pick them up as you find them or go in a certain order.

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Posted By: Doug

"Do you have a plan or just winging it. Going for certain grades, pick them up as you find them or go in a certain order?"

I already have the '52 out of the way although I'd like to have them all in EX or better so I may sell it and save for another. I'm probably going to try to go in order so that way I get the most expensive ones taken care of first.

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Posted By: Johnny

Wow Doug I just noticed your 52 Mantle in your Mickey post, very nice card. When I was a kid I used to fantasize about a couple things constantly, one being stranded on an island with Bo Derek and her braids and the other getting in a time machine and going back to the local drugstore in 1952 and buying all the packs of 52 topps. This was around the time Mr. Mint had his big 52 find and was selling mint Mickeys for 1000.00 each, which seemed like 100k at the time, which is about what they are worth now lol. Anyways, back to topic, the other big card I need to get this year is a 1952 Topps Jackie Robinson to complete my Topps run of him.

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Posted By: Jaison Vig

Hopefully to finish up my Pirates team set runs and move on to others.

1. Complete Topps basic sets run
2. Bowman
3. Goudey
4. T206 ( Minus Wagner , of course! )

Secondarily are :

1. Play Ball
2. T205
3. Diamond Stars
4. Post
5. Tip Top

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Posted By: Michael Steele

Nice variety of goals in this thread.

Looking to finish off my Yaz collection:

1972 Topps Cloth Test
1973 Topps Pinup
1973 topps Comic

Also looking to complete Redman Red Sox team sets from 52-55 that I have put off till this year (maybe).

[Doug]

It's almost October and I figured it would be fun to see how far everyone that chimed in this thread has come so far or if they finished their projects for the year early. As far as my 1952-69 Topps Mantle run is going, I should have the '50s taken care of by the end of the year, but I may have to save the 60s as my goal for next year.

[paulcarek]

Very modest goals:

1. Finish 1952 Bowman set (currently halfway done, with all of the HOFers except Mantle and Berra)
2. Acquire a playing-days card of one of the following: Ruth, Gehrig, Johnson, Wagner, Dimaggio

[bobc88]

I've had a bit less disposable income for cards this year (thank you, Terminator) but picked up two '61 Bell Brand Dodgers worthy of submission to SGC. I hope to pick up two or three more shortly and submit them for grading. My ultimate goal is a nicely centered set graded SGC 80.

Bob C

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well I might try to get more mid to low end some high end Yankees and HOFers and try to extend my Mickey Mantle collection, other then that I never really thought about it much. or maybe i will try to complete a set

[toppcat]

I was reasonably close to what I predicted. I added some nice T206 cards and filled in a few Brooklyn Dodgers team sets. Also picked up a bunch of Topps types, including some test issues. Didn't add any E's or Obaks though. Next year looks similar; I may consolidate a bit more of the non-core stuff to clear out some room but status quo otherwise.