What is your collecting goal? Will you be able to achieve it?

[g_vezina_c55]

What is your pre-war collecting goal?

Will you be able to achieve it?

So what is your goal, and will you be able to achieve it? If not, is it due to rarity or financial issues?

[Howe’s Hunter]

Regrouping all of Howe McCormick's old cards. But since I'll never know how many he had to begin with, even if I was successful, I'd never know it.

And then again, there is the whole financial issue, since nine of the 33 I know of that I don't have are Hindu-backed, and another two are green background Cobb portraits.....

But I'm alright with that. My collection is like trying to figure out a woman. It will never be accomplished.

[rainier2004]

My collecting goal, longterm, is to finish sets from different eras to represent BB from the 1860s until present. I'm short a Clemente rookie, otherwise the goals of 1953-present would be accomplished (mostly at least). In the end, Ill have to purchase a CDV (preferably a cinci p/s card) from 1860s and finish all of my "collecting interests" in my profile plus a few more sets...seems a long ways away currently as all I have bought a single goudey since the National. I do think it is obtainable though...someday. I just would love to inch closer to finishing my CJ set for now. Anyone ready to part with any of those CJs that have been pm'd to me?

[frankbmd]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLMLFz2Hg8

New goals replace old goals, whether the old ones are met or not.

It's all about the trip.

[Brian Van Horn]

What is your collecting goal? No goal except to collect what I like when I see it.

Will you be able to achieve it? At times.

I'm not trying to be cute. I'm just being honest.

[varsitycollectibles]

Not PreWWII, but I collect both vintage and modern Bob Gibson cards and memorabilia. Currently working on a complete PSA 7 Topps base run of his playing years (1959-1975). I currently have 8/17.

Here are 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1969. I have 1971 on the way.

[birdman42]

I've been working on a Washington type set since the early 80s.

As with Ed, I don't know of everything that's out there, so I wouldn't ever know if I was "finished." The recent thread about the B-unc felts shows an example of something I didn't even know existed until I saw it.

Rarity enters into it; the Herpolsheimer's all appear to be unique, so unless I can get someone to break one loose then I'm without.

And finances are obviously a limitation. (Well, maybe not so obviously for someone who can plunk down money for a Plank.) In several pre-war issues the only Washington representative is Johnson, which cranks the price up to several times a common.

Then there are the issues where both rarity and price come in. L-1 leathers anyone?

It's a never-ending journey.

Bill

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLMLFz2Hg8

New goals replace old goals, whether the old ones are met or not.

It's all about the trip.

Thanks for posting that classic Beach Boys song. Anyhow, my Daddy never "took my T-Bird away".....I didn't dare drive it like I was at the "Indy 500"





However, I revved-up my 1960 T-Bird (352 CID V-8, 300 HP) to 100+ MPH on the Garden State Pkwy some years ago.

Note the license plate on this one...."T206"






Incidently....what is my collecting goal........possibly completing my T206 all-SOVEREIGN master set.


TED Z

[baseballart]

In cards, a T4 of a Vancouver or Victoria player.

In memorabilia, a dust jacketed copy of Mathewson's Won in the Ninth or Chance's The Bride and the Pennant.

Max

[Runscott]

If I had unlimited resources I would collect game-used items from the Buxton Wonders, 1909-11 Chicago Giants and 1909-11 Kansas City,KS Giants. As-is, my goal is still to pick up something significant from each team, as well as original photographs. Might happen.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha

Regrouping all of Howe McCormick's old cards. But since I'll never know how many he had to begin with, even if I was successful, I'd never know it.

And then again, there is the whole financial issue, since nine of the 33 I know of that I don't have are Hindu-backed, and another two are green background Cobb portraits.....

But I'm alright with that. My collection is like trying to figure out a woman. It will never be accomplished.

Ed, I have an Elberfeld fielding with a faint H E M stamp
on the back. Is that his initials?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Goal:

Collect one Rookie Card of every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame


Possibility to Complete:

None, for three reasons........

1. There will never be universal agreement on which is the Rookie Card(s) for every HOF'er

2. Rarity - a few are "1-of-a-kind"

3. Price - would have to have well over $1MM+ (I don't)

[markf31]

My collecting goals are a lot like The Stig. An enigma with a mind of it's own. No one knows where it's been or where it's going.

[paulcarek]

Current goal is to complete the 1941 Play Ball set. Due to a fairly limited card budget, I decided to focus on this one because of its relatively small size. Right now I'm about a quarter of the way through, with almost half of the HOFers.

Longer-term, I'd like to pick up decent Ruth, Gehrig, and Wagner cards.

[phikappapsi]

I am trying to finish my 1939 Play Ball HOF autograph set. Basically trying to get a signed 39 PB of each HoF in the set. At this point I'm only missing, Manush, Klein, Dickey, Averill, and Vaughn.

The Ted Williams was the priciest, the Ott the most rare, and the DiMaggios(2) are my favorites. But as a whole, they look phenomenal together.

[t206blogcom]

Good question and one I'm struggling with. T206 was my focus ever since getting back into the hobby. Now that I'm done with that set, I'm tinkering with a Hindu SL subset and a HOF set. Bought some 80s/90s wax lately, for nostalgia reasons. Bought some autos lately, many of which are RCs. But I suppose more than anything, I'm trying to decide how to move forward. Do I go at it as aggressive as I did the Monster? Or do I take a break and focus on more important life things like buying a new house, starting a family, etc - things that would consume my card buying budget. Time will tell. Until then, I'll casually pick up a card or two here and there.

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Goal:

Collect one Rookie Card of every member of the Baseball Hall of Fame


Possibility to Complete:

None, for three reasons........

1. There will never be universal agreement on which is the Rookie Card(s) for every HOF'er

2. Rarity - a few are "1-of-a-kind"

3. Price - would have to have well over $1MM+ (I don't)

+1

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

What is your pre-war collecting goal?

Will you be able to achieve it?

So what is your goal, and will you be able to achieve it? If not, is it due to rarity or financial issues?

Nelson, I don't see your answers to these questions. Why not?

My goals:
(1) An example of every WaJo card.
(2) An example of every Sam Rice card.
(3) A better type-card collection than Leon's.

My chances of achieving:
(1) None.
(2) Slim.
(3) None.

Val

[TistaT202]

A NY Highlanders T-card master set. It will probably take me the rest of my life to complete but i think its attainable.

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Nelson, I don't see your answers to these questions. Why not?

My goals:
(1) An example of every WaJo card.
(2) An example of every Sam Rice card.
(3) A better type-card collection than Leon's.

My chances of achieving:
(1) None.
(2) Slim.
(3) None.

Val

hi
I didn't answer to the question you are right.
I will try to explain correctly in english hope you will understand. When i re-start the hobby in last march my goal was to build a T206 set.

After that during the summer another project push me in the obligation to sell my partial t206 set ( arround 150 cards if my memory is good ) .
Now with my other project done, last week i started again a T206 project. But this time i go with another purchase method. I will do it more slowly with 1 or 2 cards a week in low grade and raw no graded cards. If it is possible i will try also to have many different back .

With this method i will not burn me with this long travel of the t206 set quest.

I also have in my goal to find other Lionel Carter T206 SGC graded cards.

I think my goal is realist and i think i will be able to acheive it with a lot of time and no stress and no ruch in buying cards.

Thanks to all people who share his goal in this thread !

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Nelson, I don't see your answers to these questions. Why not?

My goals:

(3) A better type-card collection than Leon's.

My chances of achieving:

(3) None.

Val

Too funny Val. I love seeing your type cards. It's fun feeding off of each other and the other type card collectors we are friends with. It really makes collecting so much more fun (for me) when it is done with friends such as yourself. Happy collecting!!

Here is one for ya....

[ValKehl]

Hey Leon, thanks for showing me your 1921 self-developing card of WaJo, which I'd love to have in my WaJo collection. And, I suspect I will have it and more from your collection, IF (a great big if) I am able to obtain a Niagara Baking card before you do!!!
Best,
Val

[BCauley]

Right now I want to acquire each portrait from the T206 set, minus the few obvious big ones, and complete the '34 Goudey set.

I'm sure something will change eventually though.

[cliftons8]

My collection is so unfocused that to finish it would be akin to reaching the last
page of the internet.

Mike

[baseballart]

Originally Posted by cliftons8

My collection is so unfocused that to finish it would be akin to reaching the last
page of the internet.

Mike

Among many last pages: