how often do you change your collecting focus?

[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