Collecting Goals, YOY

[conor912]

I always enjoy looking back at my goals rom the year before and seeing how I made out.

Goals for 2018:
1. Get my PB Williams for completion check
2. '37 Goudey Thum Movie Medick for completion check
3. Pick up 4 Diamond Stars Hi #'s (currently have 1/12) completely finished
4. Add five T3s to my set check
5. NOT START ANY MORE SETS!!! amazingly enough, I managed not to

2019 Goals:
1. Finish my 1908 Rose Comic PC set (currently 7/8)
2. Finish my T51 Baseball set (currently 6/8)
3. Go through my collection and cut the fat
4. Make a set (or 3) out of the case of '90 Donruss sitting in my office....I love those stupid borders
5. Other than goals 1 and 2, not spend a single dime for the whole year

Here's the link to last year's thread if you want to chime in:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=249075

[kmac32]

I did pretty well on my goals this year.

1 almost completed my T205 Cubs reverse set. Have 148/151 so now looking for upgrades

2 completed a T206 Cubs front collection

3 sold my W572 set through Heritage

4 enjoyed my E121-80 and E121-120 Yankees Giants World Series set


2019 goals

Upgrade T205 Cubs collection with better cards

[Vintagecatcher]

Tough to follow my 2017 pickups.

In 2018, I was able to complete my catcher card run in the T205 set, and I also picked up the last Chief Meyers T202s I was looking for to complete the 10 card subset of different Meyers T202s.

I also picked up all but three of the catchers in the P2 set.

Again modest goals for 2019:

Work on the last three P2 pins I need: Mclean LL, Schmidt LL, Art Wilson (Giants)

Perhaps finish my catcher card run in 1912 Zeenuts: Claude Berry.

Perhaps finish my catcher card run in the 1912 Home Run Kisses: Ralph Kreitz.

Top of the list: 1912 T207 Irving Lewis, Red Munson Old Mill Cabinet, and Johnny Kling Plow Boy Tobacco cabinet.

Happy New Year to all.

Patrick

[kailes2872]

My '18 Goals:

1953 Topps Set Complete - Bought in April
1952 Bowman Set Not Yet Purchased, but I have made connection and plan to purchase at bonus time in March '19
70's Basketball and Football Sets Purchased '73-74 and 72-73 at the National in Cleveland this year

Also purchased a '64 Topps Giant.
I got a few upgrades that I had been hoping for - '57 Ted Williams, '58 Brooks Robinson, 65 and 66 Sandy Koufax, plus got me entire '53 Bowman Color set upgraded to at least Ex - and I love the way it now looks in the binder.

'18 was the least I had spent on cards since getting back into the hobby in 2012. As the years get older, the sets get more expensive, the conversations about the purchases with the Mrs. get longer, and the trips to the mailbox become less frequent. I really miss the days when I would get 2-3 packages a day. My wife used to apologize to the mail lady.


'19 will be a critical year. If I don't stay diligent and get '52 Bowman and '48 Bowman plus some additional Football and Basketball sets, I will become less and less engaged and I could see the hobby start to take the back seat to life and falling short on my goal of the post war Topps/Bowman/Fleer.

Happy Collecting!

[rats60]

2018 was another good year.
1. Finished my t205 set
2. Picked up several new Clemente cards for my master set.
3. Failed to find a 1914 CJ Wagner that appealed to me, so settled for a 1951 Bowman Mantle PSA 7 upgrade.

I will continue to look for Clemente cards and hope to add at least one big "waterfront property" card to my general collection.

[rainier2004]

Conor - Very impressive, I don't think I have ever seen someone stick to all their goals for the year, nicely done. Focus is a good thing.

It looks like the 4 previous posters all did fairly well with their goals, I love checking things off. I have sold more stuff and bought more stuff in the last year than any year. Sold my CJ set, all my extra CJs, most of my t206s and a couple other items as I started with around 260 cards in the collection. I think I did alright, wallet is just thin though.

1. Finish my pc796 - done and with a couple nice upgrades. Id love to upgrade my Plank, someday.
2. Add the centerpiece to my collection - big check, 1915 Boston PC
3. Add something historic - another big check, 1910 weiser wonder WaJo pc
4. Add something significant from WaJo - check, see #3
5. Keep the budget intact - big fail, see item #1-3

2019 goals
1. Spend no money until POST REA on the hobby
2. Trim the fat and get the collection to 50 cards, sitting on 59 and know the 9 that will go
3. Continue to connect to the hobby through individual correspondence
4. Make the plunge into photos, I really have started to dig them.
5. Read

We need some cards here, like a previous poster mentioned, the packages come with big gaps of time in between...miss those eBay Sunday nights and all the stuff that would come in constantly. Heres my 2019 highlights:

[conor912]

Kind of a mixed bag this year, but started getting into Ruth era Red Sox photography, so not surprising.

2019 Goals:
1. Finish my 1908 Rose Comic PC798-14 set (currently 7/8) Nope - turns out this last one is a killer to find
2. Finish my T51 Baseball set (currently 6/8) Complete
3. Go through my collection and cut the fat Doing that next summer for the WSSCA show
4. Make a set (or 3) out of the case of '90 Donruss sitting in my office....I love those stupid borders Opened the entire case, made 7 sets and gave away 6 to people just to piss them off. I think my retinas are permanently damaged from the orange backs.
5. Other than goals 1 and 2, not spend a single dime for the whole year Massive fail, but who was I kidding in the first place?

2020 Goals:
1. Finish my 1908 Rose Comic PC798-14 set (currently 7/8) - need "The Score Is Tied"
2. Add six T3 HOFers to my set (currently at 56/100)
3. Find a creative way to get rid of this last '90 Donruss set
4. Finally admit to myself that I'm never going to finish my T205s and let them go
5. Put more effort into my hobby friendships

[Vintagecatcher]

2019 was a pretty slow year for me. I did add 2 of the last 3 catcher P2 pins I needed. Added some more t210 Old Mills. Finished my catcher S74 silk run. Started a CATCHER pin collection.

Biggest pickup was my recent E125 Art Wilson purchase from REA so I need only a Bill Carrigan to complete my E125 catcher run. Pretty much added a few odd and ends...T205s, T206, my first E102, a few more T3s.

No real goals 2020 other than adding a few CATCHER POSITION PINS.

I expect another quiet year as my collecting winds down.

Happy New Year,

Patrick

[mattsey9]

2019 saw me add my first T3, and complete my 1969T set.

2020 will see me working on a 1956T set and looking for 1900s Cubs postcards. Would like to finish up my T42/T43 Birds set if possible. Also working with my son on his latest obsession, the 2019 Pokémon Cosmic Eclipse card set. He's got a Full Art Piplup ready to send to PSA!