how often do you change your collecting focus?

[alanu]

I change my focus all the time. Start sets, then move on to another one, both pre and post war

1965 Topps CFL right now of all things

[benderbroeth]

Originally Posted by alanu

i change my focus all the time. Start sets, then move on to another one, both pre and post war

1965 topps cfl right now of all things

cfl?

[glchen]

I've changed focus a few times although I've kept some the same. In the beginning, I collected 33 Goudey, which I still am. Along the way, I wanted to collect random HOFers to try to build a HOF set. I've dropped that and sold many of those cards. I collected E93 at one point, dropped that for a while, and then just started back on it after I picked up a few cards in the last Leland's auction. I was a Hornsby player collector for a while, but then I moved on, sold those cards, and got into Ruth and Gehrig. I collected basketball cards for a while, but I've since lost interest and am thinking of selling those. It goes on and on.

[joeadcock]

I tried to focus, but when saw a desired card, tried to get it (almost exclusively before 1930).

Had other phases where think too many of one set and go off to another set.

Settled on Type collecting.

[Bilko G]

Originally Posted by alanu

1965 Topps CFL right now of all things

Very Cool!!! Im a big CFL fan myself and have many different CFL cards and a few sets from the 60's all the way up to current times.


but im curious, what makes a guy living in Nevada, collect a 60's CFL set?

[quinnsryche]

I have collecting ADD. What? Oooh, look at that! That's really nice, I think I'll collect that now........

[cozmokramer]

I change all the time... And I always seem to want what the whales are looking for... That makes it difficult and expensive!

[Leon]

Except for a few moments straying here and there I have been focused on Pre-War type cards and the containers and advertising surrounding them. The few sets I have been working on just aren't as much fun.....I am not a set guy . I also collect cards (and a few photos) I like when I see them.

[almostdone]

It took about ten years for me to put together my HOF set but there were a few times were I just needed a break and collect something "easy". In that time I put together a complete Nolan Ryan set (lots on ebay are cheap), Roberto Clemente set, and Sandy Koufax set. I would always kept the HOFers on the back burner and would keep an eye for them but would eventually come back to it.
Now I've finished it and do not want to upgrade. I'm happy with it and like the set the way it is. That might change in the future but promised my wife I would take a bit of a break from buying and just read and learn. That's how I came upon this site. I wonder if there will be a point where she says "don't you want to stop spending all your time on that '54' site and just buy a card?"
We shall see,
Drew

[Orioles1954]

CFL collecting is a fun and more affordable way to collect. Plus, they are much more difficult than the other issues. Good choice. I used to have a complete run of 1980s Jogo CFL sets and there is a small, but very active demand for them.

[sportscardpete]

Originally Posted by Leon

Except for a few moments straying here and there I have been focused on Pre-War type cards and the containers and advertising surrounding them. The few sets I have been working on just aren't as much fun.....I am not a set guy . I also collect cards (and a few photos) I like when I see them.

Leon you must be where I get my collecting influence! I don't plan on completing any sets, I just collect anything that catches my eye or is at a pretty nice price. It's like I have collecting ADHD

[tbob]

My focus is pre-war but I have delved in to other sets also. The problem is some sets just hook you, normally ones that are tough to complete. The T210 Old Mill (red borders) is an example. I started collecting it because I found a few I liked and now have about 80% of the set! Another is the C46 Imperial Tobacco which I started because I loved the Gandil card and now find myself 4 cards from the set. Luckily the T205, 206 (minus the Big 4), 207 are all put to bed as are many caramel sets so I have time to look around and see what is next.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Leon

Except for a few moments straying here and there I have been focused on Pre-War type cards and the containers and advertising surrounding them. The few sets I have been working on just aren't as much fun.....I am not a set guy . I also collect cards (and a few photos) I like when I see them.

As a HOF and star player collector, changing focus in terms of seeking out and learning about different issues from different eras is necessarily a part of my collecting, just as it is with Leon and collecting type cards. You can shift your focus wherever and whenever you want, be satisfied with just one example of any given HOF'er, or collect as many as you want of your favorities. Like Leon, I've never been a set collector, and my approach, for me, keeps the collecting urge quite fresh.

Good thread!

Best regards to all,

Larry

[alanu]

Originally Posted by Bilko G

Very Cool!!! Im a big CFL fan myself and have many different CFL cards and a few sets from the 60's all the way up to current times.


but im curious, what makes a guy living in Nevada, collect a 60's CFL set?

Warren Moon was my favorite football player and that got me started with CFL cards and being from Nebraska I've collected some cards of former Cornhuskers in the CFL.

One of my favorites is the 1981 Jogo Vince Ferragamo.

[benderbroeth]

is the CFL the canadian football league?

[alanu]

Originally Posted by benderbroeth

is the CFL the canadian football league?

yes

[toppcat]

I change mine about every six months-it's pretty normal in this hobby I guess.

[Rickyy]

For the past 6 months or so...I've purchased fewer pre/post war type cards and added more to Exhibit HOF cards...those are the ones that get me excited at the moment!

Ricky Y

[7nohitter]

My main focus is Nolan Ryan, and that has remained consistent since 1988....BUT I'm also working on the '57 Topps set, the '51 Bowman set, and, when I can afford it (meaning SGC 10, 'A') Mantles and T206....

[Exhibitman]

Focus? My Hobby vision is about 20:750 and severely astigmatic. My nickname for my collection is "The Festival of Bric-A-Brac." The hodge-podge on my web site is a pretty good indicator of my lack of focus.