Hobby goals for 2023

[Seiklis]

Well I'd love to get at least one of the 3 Diaz Cigarettes I need but that's always kind of a long shot.

I'd say finally dip my toes into getting an OJ at long last

Maybe one more T207 Napoleon

[mrreality68]

Wow

I am amazed at the focus and the diversity of the goals.

Love the specifics and many are chasing some tough to find Commons and HOFer's.

Will be interesting to see mid year or during the year how many of stayed focused to these goals(many of us including myself often stray for other interesting cards)

[Exhibitman]

Focus? What's that??? My wife calls my collection "The Festival of Bric-A-Brac" and she isn't off by all that much.

[DeafSports]

1. Dummy Taylor autograph baseball
2. T206 Taylor in Carolina Bright
3. N172 Old Judge Dummy Hoy
4. E91A George Waddell (last card to finish the set)
5. Pick up some T205 cards (1 per month in past 3 years)

[Bobbycee]

Upgrade my T206 set to include at least 2 top 15 HOFers (Matty white cap, Lajoie portrait, Brown Cubs shirt) from PSA 4 to PSA 5, by upgrading my common 4's to 5's & selling off the 4's to raise the funds.

[Jason Carota]

My biggest goal for 2023 is to stay focused on my reduced collection. Over the last couple of years, my collection has been all over the place. I've spent the last few days narrowing down what I currently have to what I want to keep, staying within type cards from the 19th Century through the 1950s.

The only card I'm truly looking for in 2023 is a very low grade Harrison Studios single player postcard of anyone not named Gibson.

[Snowman]

My 2023 hobby goals are:

1) Find a 1921 E121 Babe Ruth pitching pose
2) Add the 149 & 144 Goudey Ruths to complete the quartet
3) Finish upgrading my 1954 Topps set
4) Finish upgrading my 1961 Fleer basketball set
5) Build a 1941 Play Ball set
6) Find a nice 1949 Bowman Satchel Paige
7) Find a nice 1948 Sport Thrills Jackie Robinson
8) Add at least 50 more cards to my 1952 Topps set

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by hcv123

1) Pickup any Clemente item that I "need" that shows up - at this point I can count on 1 hand, so it would be cool to find even 1!

2) Continue on the Pirates team collection that my kids and I started - more specifically try to finish off:

T213 Pirates - need 7 - anyone have any they would consider selling?
T205 Pirates - need 4
T207 Pirates - need 1 - McKechnie
1914 Cracker Jack - need 5
1915 Cracker Jack - need 5
1959 Venezuelan - need 1 (McDaniel)
1967 Venezuelan - need 3 (Stargell, Face, Wills)

3) Scan /photograph more of my collection and share it!

I know you were looking for a complete box of a 1962 Jell-O Clemente. Were you able to find and get one ?

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by Jobu

My goal is to have fun collecting.

Unfortunately, that is a goal a lot of us seem to have trouble with.
There are an awful lot of posts on this site that are filled with anger and fighting about various things
This is our hobby, we do it for fun, because we like/love it.
It looks like a good new year's resolution ?
I will probably get attacked for this.

[Yoda]

You won't get attacked by me, since having fun and feeling accomplished as your PC grows are, to me, the anchor points of the hobby. I think the large price increase in vintage card values is the main culprit for the anger and frustration many of us feel as our collecting goals become more difficult or impossible to achieve.

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by Yoda

You won't get attacked by me, since having fun and feeling accomplished as your PC grows are, to me, the anchor points of the hobby. I think the large price increase in vintage card values is the main culprit for the anger and frustration many of us feel as our collecting goals become more difficult or impossible to achieve.

Thanks.

[Leon]

I can safely say, if I didn't love collecting or the hobby, I wouldn't be running this forum. It's always been about having fun, first.

Originally Posted by cannonballsun

Unfortunately, that is a goal a lot of us seem to have trouble with.
There are an awful lot of posts on this site that are filled with anger and fighting about various things
This is our hobby, we do it for fun, because we like/love it.
It looks like a good new year's resolution ?
I will probably get attacked for this.

[puckpaul]

Goals for 2023:

Continue to finish several sets i have been closing in on, including:
C55 hockey (need one card)
C56 hockey (need 12 cards)
C57 hockey (need 10 cards)
T3 need ONE card (in the right condition to fit my set)
41 Playball (need 10 cards)
Diamond Star (need 10 cards)

Add to my nascent Sweet Caporal postcard hockey collection
Buy a T200 premium
Maybe work on my E90-1 set…means buying a Jackson and the Wagners and Youngs….we’ll see
Add a Ruth card from the 1920’s i passed on too many times and now never see…..to complete a set.
Add some 50’s and 60’s cards in nicer grades that might have calmed down lately.

Sell off any peripheral cards that aren’t as meaningful to my collection given the runup in the values. FOCUS….

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Leon

I can safely say, if I didn't love collecting or the hobby, I wouldn't be running this forum. It's always been about having fun, first.

Fun first
Card addiction second
Ignore the negativity third

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by Leon

I can safely say, if I didn't love collecting or the hobby, I wouldn't be running this forum. It's always been about having fun, first.

It is easy to see that you love collecting. Thanks, Leon.

[Leon]

A lot of us feel the same way. I am priced out too. I have just fallen back on my passion of type cards. They don't need to be a Ruth, Cobby etc.. to make me happy.
.

Originally Posted by DeanH3

No goals for 2023. If 2023 is anything like 2022, I doubt I will be adding anything of substance. I feel that I'm in a bit of a collecting rut when it comes to cards. The escalation of prices for top tier HOF'ers, Ruth, Cobb, WaJo, Matty, Gehrig, etc., has essentially priced me out of cards I would have liked to chase. That has led to a lack of interest and excitement I once felt. I have no plans of completely quitting. I guess it's more of a collecting hibernation, if you will.

However, I will enjoy visiting daily and appreciating the awesome additions that will be made by the folks here throughout the year.