Where is your collection heading in 2024?

mq711 · #1 12-09-2023, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by raulus

Just be grateful that PSA moved the dice game to the optional category a couple of years ago. Up until then, it was a real beast to complete.

Agree100%, I have a poor man�s Mays collection compared to your registry but keep plugging away. Good luck with your last couple of cards.

puckpaul · #2 12-10-2023, 10:49 AM

I will continue to focus my collection, trying to complete various sets i am close on. I need:

One card for T3 (there were a few set breaks 4-5 years ago and they have dried up since, the card isnt that difficult but need a consistent grade for set)
Three cards for 41 Playball (not hard, but commons not that valuable and not that easy to locate in my grade either because people dont bother)
Three cards for N162 (full set, not just baseball)
One card for T227 (and maybe a few upgrades here, nice ones are Tough)
Two cards (well, 1 but i checked one off i cant find again yet�been moving around) for Hockey C56 and 6 cards for a C57 set
Continue selling more random things i have collected to have more focus as some projects have just become more expensive than i care to do now
Find a nice 52T and 53T Mays now that they have seemingly calmed down somewhat..almost pulled the trigger recently
And a 1934 ACE jersey from the first NHL all star game (anyone have one?!)

Potential to build more of sets that i have a decent start on: E90-1, T213-2, 38 Goudey (not hard to find, just not sure what i want to do here yet), need a good starter lot on these perhaps

JLange · #3 12-10-2023, 01:02 PM

Had a bit of a detour this year into modern graded cards to get guys like Ichiro, Kershaw, Pujols, Scherzer, Verlander, etc while I still can. Turns out they are cheaper now than when I bought them earlier this year.

For 2024 I’ll be back to my various collections as follows.

- Bob Feller cards and collectibles - need mostly rare stuff, but still missing a few easier items but in nicer condition. Still finding stuff I’ve never seen before as well, just less often.

- First Cleveland Baseball Card or Collectible (earliest item of every player, coach, manager, GM, Owner, etc. to play for CLE, all eras). Still looking for nearly 1/3rd of the historic all time roster.

- Cleveland Baseball Type Cards - will continue chipping away at type cards depicting a CLE player. Priority for rare / unusual stuff when it comes up for sale

- Baseball Star & HOFer Magazines - added a handful of nice mags this year, looking to build on this next year

- Baseball Star & HOFer Pinbacks. - also expanded this collection in 2023; looking to target specific pins in 2024

- Baseball Team Postcards - new collection this year, really still dabbling. Picking up nice examples of team photo postcards and exhibits with team photos. Have a handful and looking to add some nice ones in 2024.

jethrod3 · #4 12-11-2023, 02:29 AM

Maybe this will be the year when I finally get my T-206 Mordecai Brown, and either a '51 Mantle or Mays card. Maybe!

Republicaninmass · #5 12-11-2023, 06:39 AM

For sale

darkhorse9 · #6 12-11-2023, 03:28 PM

I just posted in another thread that I just completed my last post-war set with all Bowman, Topps (sans 52 Hi #), Fleer and others. So truthfully I have no idea where I go next. Maybe grab some short prints like the 1954 Bowman Williams or "Ted Signs" but those just feel like tail ends to a completed project.

Obviously pre-war is the next stop. I like building sets and there are a lot of sets to work on, but also a lot that would never be completed in my lifetime.
Maybe if I lower my definition of "complete" I could start a nice collection of T206. Maybe go after T205 instead. I've also thought about Hassan double folders that seems like a set with a reasonable shot at completing.

I guess I'll see where the card Gods lead me.

Yoda · #7 12-11-2023, 04:43 PM

Pretty static, collection-wise, given prices for items I want, but still hoping to snag Mcgraw, glove-Cycle to complete back run.

Exhibitman · #8 12-11-2023, 07:14 PM

is it too late to change my answer to "right into the crapper"?

doug.goodman · #9 12-12-2023, 01:57 AM

For me 2024 will be a continuation of the endless quest to deepen my m113 / m114 collection, and knowledge.

I am also on the verge of actually starting to prune my "collection tree". I have ignored some of the branches for so long it feels like letting them move on to people who have more interest might be a good idea.

Or maybe a better analogy would be : I'm going to take collection that currently resembles an Einstein haircut, and clean it up a bit.

sammythunder · #10 12-20-2023, 03:22 PM

I am shifting my collection over to more baseball and basketball promotional and novelty cards and stamps. For quite a while, I was collecting a lot more of the traditional hall of famers and rookie cards. I am starting to sell off a portion of my collection to make way for more unique items such as the 54 Stahl Meyer Mays. Would love to add that!

Beercan collector · #11 12-30-2023, 04:49 PM

Tris Speaker , either t205 or Cracker Jack (or both)

LincolnVT · #12 12-30-2023, 08:57 PM

Jackie Robinson.

robw1959 · #13 12-30-2023, 09:38 PM

I honestly have no real direction for my collection at this point. I really have even more than what I wanted, and have pretty much arrived at a level of overall satisfaction with it. I think I have all of the best HOF players of nearly every decade up until 1973, both graded and ungraded (graded ones have higher value, of course), as well as eight of my favorite sets - (4) baseball, (3) football, (1) basketball, all in nice, sharp condition.

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