Collecting Goals, YOY

rainier2004 · #1 12-21-2018, 09:00 AM

Conor - Very impressive, I don't think I have ever seen someone stick to all their goals for the year, nicely done. Focus is a good thing.

It looks like the 4 previous posters all did fairly well with their goals, I love checking things off. I have sold more stuff and bought more stuff in the last year than any year. Sold my CJ set, all my extra CJs, most of my t206s and a couple other items as I started with around 260 cards in the collection. I think I did alright, wallet is just thin though.

1. Finish my pc796 - done and with a couple nice upgrades. Id love to upgrade my Plank, someday.
2. Add the centerpiece to my collection - big check, 1915 Boston PC
3. Add something historic - another big check, 1910 weiser wonder WaJo pc
4. Add something significant from WaJo - check, see #3
5. Keep the budget intact - big fail, see item #1-3

2019 goals
1. Spend no money until POST REA on the hobby
2. Trim the fat and get the collection to 50 cards, sitting on 59 and know the 9 that will go
3. Continue to connect to the hobby through individual correspondence
4. Make the plunge into photos, I really have started to dig them.
5. Read

We need some cards here, like a previous poster mentioned, the packages come with big gaps of time in between...miss those eBay Sunday nights and all the stuff that would come in constantly. Heres my 2019 highlights:

T206Collector · #2 12-21-2018, 09:43 AM

2018 was a total disaster for my collection. My goal has always been to get to 50 unique signed poses of T206 cards. Heading into 2017, I was at 44. All I said was...

Quote:

Originally Posted by T206Collector

2018 will be a wild success if I can add just one signed T206 pose that I don�t already own (I�m at 44 unique poses and will die happy and fulfilled if I can get to 50).

In May, I had my "one signed T206 pose" that I didn't already own -- this "Doc" White from the Steiner Auction of Tom Marsilio's TTM autograph collection:

Doc_White_AUTO_SGC_AU

But, of course, the year didn't end -- and my collection took a massive hit when unsigned versions of 4 of those poses were discovered by Manny and the rest of the Net54 investigation team. So, I'm back down to 41.

But I haven't given up hope! For next year, I repeat my standard line...

2019 will be a wild success if I can add just one signed T206 pose that I don�t already own to my collection.

ullmandds · #3 12-21-2018, 09:47 AM

2018 was ok for me...unfortunately I was not able to add any new Dots Millers to my run...but I was able to finally complete my e94 murray color run...and I added maybe 7 babe ruth cards to my collection.

tachyonbb · #4 12-21-2018, 10:19 AM

Retired private school teacher here, no pension just social security, part time job and investment income. My goals reflect my financial status.
2018
Finish 1960 Topps set (done)
Add 10 T206 cards to collection (done)
Complete run of Omaha Cardinals programs. Down to 2 1947 and 1956. Did not run across either this year.

2019
Pick another Topps set to collect. Still trying to decide which year.
Add 5 T206 cards to collection
Finish Omaha Cardinals program.

Griffins · #5 12-21-2018, 11:03 AM

2019 Goals- finishing a few sets

Find the last 2 #%$&* E91a's that I need, Bender and Oldring
'34-'36 Diamond Stars- upgrading about a dozen
'51 Redback panel with Feller/Holmes
'58 Hires Test- just getting one of the 3 left would be great
'16 Tango Eggs- see Hires test
'53 Canadian exihibits, need about 25, would like to make a dent
K Bats- pick up 1-3 more
N162- pick up 1-3 more

That being said, I"m sure something else will catch my eye and I"ll have a similar list next year.

x2drich2000 · #6 12-21-2018, 11:05 AM

Pretty Good year for me overall

2018
1) Finish my e93 set - still looking for a nice lower grade Cobb - always outbid
2) Add at least 4 more cards to my e92 Nadja set. Currently need 16 to complete the set of known cards. Currently have a lead on 1. - Added 4 including Wagner (batting), McGraw, Knight, and Bemis x3
3) Add 1 or 2 more of the harder/more expensive cards to the T222 set such as a Henry, Alexander, Shulte, Magee, etc - Picked up a Leibold
4) Add another E92 Red Crofts Candy, Menagerie, or Prizefighter - Added a Red Croft Davis
5) Pick up an M110, T3 top tier HOFer, N566, N142, or similar - Added a N142 Nash
6) Add another back to my E/T Young backrun - Nope, nothing

2019 goals are pretty much the same as 2018

Leon · #7 01-23-2019, 07:26 AM

Way to hang in there after the big investigation. Kudos for that.

I had no goals for 2018 so met them fine.
I have no goals for 2019 so it should be another good year. One think I don't want to do buy things I already have (done a few times) and quit trying to upgrade and failing at it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by T206Collector

2018 was a total disaster for my collection. My goal has always been to get to 50 unique signed poses of T206 cards. Heading into 2017, I was at 44. All I said was...

In May, I had my "one signed T206 pose" that I didn't already own -- this "Doc" White from the Steiner Auction of Tom Marsilio's TTM autograph collection:

Doc_White_AUTO_SGC_AU

But, of course, the year didn't end -- and my collection took a massive hit when unsigned versions of 4 of those poses were discovered by Manny and the rest of the Net54 investigation team. So, I'm back down to 41.

But I haven't given up hope! For next year, I repeat my standard line...

2019 will be a wild success if I can add just one signed T206 pose that I don�t already own to my collection.

x2drich2000 · #8 12-29-2019, 01:33 PM

I haven't seen anyone post their 2020 goals yet and the New Year is right around the corner. Here's mine from last year and how I did.

2019 goals
1) Finish my e93 set - still have not found one I like, but have starting to actually look
2) Add at least 4 more cards to my e92 Nadja set. - Actually took a little bit of a step back as two additional cards were confirmed and I think I only added 1 new card (Crawford)
3) Add 1 or 2 more of the harder/more expensive cards to the T222 set such as a Henry, Alexander, Shulte, Magee, etc - nothing
4) Add another E92 Red Crofts Candy, Menagerie, or Prizefighter - Don't believe any came up for sale.
5) Pick up an M110, T3 top tier HOFer, N566, N142, or similar - nothing
6) Add another back to my E/T Young backrun - Added the E105

While I missed most of my goals in 2019, it was still a pretty good year adding a T216 Wagner, Cocoa Wagner, D303 Mothers Bread Plank, W.W. Smith Wagner postcard, T216 VE Tinker, and T206 Mathewson and Young portraits.

2020 goals

1) Pick up an E93 Cobb
2) Add another E92 red croft, menagerie, or prizefighter
3) Add 2 more cards to the E92 Nadja Set
4) Add another back to my E/T Young backrun (preferable a T216)
5) Finish my Davis backrun (need cocoa and maybe black candy)
6) Add another Wagner, Cobb, and maybe Ruth

conor912 · #9 12-21-2018, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by rainier2004

Conor - Very impressive, I don't think I have ever seen someone stick to all their goals for the year, nicely done. Focus is a good thing.

Thanks, Steven. I lack a lot of qualities, but focus when it comes to goals isn't one of them. It's so easy to stray in this hobby, but I've found the trick is to stay off the auction sites and not look at catalogs until the auction is over.

Being from Boston, I'm super jealous of that postcard. I saw it in some catalog (forget which one) and started drooling. Kudos on the great addition!

Republicaninmass · #10 12-21-2018, 06:30 PM

2018*goals

Add 5 new cards including one hofer*added 5, and Durocher for HOF

Sell duplicates and others in my sell pilepile got bigger

egri · #11 12-22-2018, 04:19 PM

I�m not sure if I ever set my 2018 goals. My 2019 goals are to add the last Red Sox I need for my project (Dizzy Trout�I was underbidder on the one in Clean Sweep last year and haven�t seen another), and to get to 250 overall.

PowderedH2O · #12 12-22-2018, 04:30 PM

I am collecting football and basketball complete sets from 1952-73. I completed a few football sets in 2018. I am doing 10% per year through 2025. I am on pace at 40%+ for all but one set (53 Bowman) and I am way over that number for many sets. By the end of 2019 I hope to complete more sets and get the number to 50% or higher. Closest sets to finish include 58 Topps baseball (8 cards- nothing too expensive), 57 Topps football (18 cards), and 67 Topps football (18 cards as well).

I am also working on collecting 10 graded cards for every set that interests me beyond that. That includes basketball and hockey, plus baseball 1909-1951. This year I added graded Exhibit cards of Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, Johnson, Alexander, Johnson, and about 25 more to my collection. I also grabbed a bunch of graded R cards and oddballs. 2018 worked. Hopefully 2019 will be as kind.

Rich Falvo · #13 12-22-2018, 09:06 PM

2018
1. Find a few cards for my T206 Providence team set. -Made almost no progress here. Added only one card. Finding the missing Tolstoi/AB/EPDG/Cycle backs turning out to be harder than I thought.
2. Start and get half of a low-grade Sport Kings set. -Made very good progress here, getting 37 of the 48.

2019
1. Finish the Sport Kings set.
2. Add two or three cards for the T206 Provdence set including at least one Tolstoi.

glchen · #14 01-22-2019, 06:08 PM

Steven, awesome pickups in 2018! I wish I could have a year like you!

So, I'm really late on this, but I've liked doing this every year. Here are the goals from 2018: Link

2018 Goals:

(1) Continue to prune back collection and focus more on tough Ruth cards. I've been able to save up some funds this past year, so I would like to pick up one "huge" card this coming year. Would love to get a T210 Jackson although that card is probably still beyond my means. The Cracker Jack Cobb is still very high on my list also. Partial check? I really didn't pick up the one "huge" card that I was looking for. My highlight of the year was probably a 1925-29 Universal Toy Ruth card that most folks probably have never heard of. I did pick up another Headin' Home Ruth, a 1922 E121 Ruth Photo Montage, and a 1928 Star Player Candy Ruth (very trimmed), so can't really complain. Finally, I sold my M101-6 Ruth (NY) and my E122 Ruth.

(2) Continue to make progress on small sets (W519-2, W521, W590). Check. Picked up a W519 Type 2 Collins and a W590 Gehrig.

2019 Goals:

Going to be more of the same as the last few years.

(1) Continue to prune back collection and focus more on tough Ruth cards. Also, still looking for that one "huge" card this coming year.

(2) Continue to make progress on small sets (W519-2, W521, W590).

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