Your Collecting Focus

[laughlinfan]

Really enjoyed reading through this thread. I started collecting as a kid over 40 years ago, and I think I was the Will Rogers of collecting - "I never met a sports collectible I didn't like!" Back then, focus wasn't required as access to sports collectibles was pretty limited - cards, oddball food issues, and the occasional flea market find. As a result of Al Gore inventing the internet I have been forced to narrow things a bit, so I find myself frequently looking for the following:

Bob Laughlin sets (still need about half the super standups set) and original art
Hugh Bedient items (1912-1914 Red Sox)
Topps original drawings/artwork
Other interesting original art

OK as I was typing this list, I thought of about 10 others things I collect - interesting Mets items, Bills items, statues and figures.... I really have no focus!

[dog*dirt]

My collecting focus would be to be more focused. Seriously. maybe to finish the DeLong set by 2113. I am really liking the small set loaded with HOFers.

My DeLong progress http://photobucket.com/aj1

[tonyo]

Post war I'm pretty focused:

1. almost finished with late 40's thru 50's hof topps/bowman/leaf type card subset. At least 1 card of each hofer that played in this era, and at least 3 of each leaf/bowman/topps regular issue between 48 and 59. I'm at 108 and 7 remain on my want list.

When I finish this I'll probably move to 60's topps regular issue hof/type set.

these two aren't vintage, but they are part of my collecting focus:

2. Barry Larkin collection - over 1100 different and not even half way there according to a list I got off beckett.com

3. 1995 ud cc se gold signature - still need about 30 to complete.

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by tonyo

Post war I'm pretty focused:

1. almost finished with late 40's thru 50's hof topps/bowman/leaf type card subset. At least 1 card of each hofer that played in this era, and at least 3 of each leaf/bowman/topps regular issue between 48 and 59. I'm at 108 and 7 remain on my want list.

When I finish this I'll probably move to 60's topps regular issue hof/type set.

these two aren't vintage, but they are part of my collecting focus:

2. Barry Larkin collection - over 1100 different and not even half way there according to a list I got off beckett.com

3. 1995 ud cc se gold signature - still need about 30 to complete.

1. I morphed my post war goal into: all of the topps/bowman regular issue hall of famers from 1949 to 1979 (low grade natural state). Current focus is on reaching at least 10 in each year. Need another 55 topps and a few 48, 49, 51 bowman to hit that mark.

2. up to 1350 Larkin cards, but have slowed way down.

3. completed the se gold signature and now am looking for hand signed cards from that set to complement the gold and silver sigs. Those don't come up very often, but I now have 121 of them.

[KCRfan1]

I have been collecting 52 Topps ungraded, but they are increasingly hard to find in nice condition. I recently switched to collecting the 73 set which is the first cards that I remember collecting growing up. Collecting a set will give me focus and a goal to work towards.

[Matthew80]

Originally Posted by tonyo

2. Barry Larkin collection - over 1100 different and not even half way there according to a list I got off Beckett

Omg