Meet and Greet
 

Hey guys -

First and foremost, it has been a blast being active on this forum... lots of great content, knowledge and friendship. Not sure this has been done before but thought it would be fun to get to know more people on the board and create a greater sense of community. Little survey below -

Name: Taylor
Age: 34
Location: Walnut Creek, CA
Occupation: Finance
Favorite Baseball Team: Oakland A's
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 1911 T3 Turkey Ty Cobb PSA 1
Dream Card: 1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb or 1914 Cracker Jack Shoeless Joe
Collection Focus: 1941 Playball Set in PSA 6, T206 HOFs, Cobb, HOF Autographs
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: $10k-$15k

Look forward to continuing the fun on this website.

Pretty sure this had been done and resurfaces every once in awhile but hey it's always good to start something over.

Name: Josh
Age: 29
Location: CT
Occupation: Engineering (sort of)
Favorite Baseball Team: Chicago White Sox
Favorite Card Currently Owned: T206 Wajo (pitching) when I get it slabbed
Dream Card: all of the Cobb t206s
Collection Focus: T206, 1952 Bowman (PSA Graded) but mainly t206
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: $3-5 ????

Name: Todd
Age: 55
Location: Roanoke VA
Occupation: Advertising
Favorite Baseball Team: Reds, though I will watch any of them
Favorite Card Currently Owned: Probably green Goudey Ruth
Dream Card: Michael Payton / Eric Kresser Marshall University phone card
Collection Focus: Just finished a 1968 Topps. Looking for the next target.
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: Probably $5K on a big year, but don't hold me to it. I have a lot of what I really want. Going to put a hunk of my baseball card money to a trip to the All Star game with my son this year.

Name: David
Age: 33
Location: Winnsboro, LA
Occupation: Banker
Favorite Team: Rangers and Nationals
Favorite Card: My first Red Cobb or my Autographed 58 Ted Williams
Dream Card: Plank or Magie....I will own one of these one day
Focus: T206 with a bit of dabbling in the Caramels and T205s
Amount Spent Per year: $3K to $5K

Name: Shaun
Age: 34
Location: West Haverstraw, NY
Occupation: Teacher / Soon to be Software Engineer
Favorite Team: NY Mets
Favorite Card: Too hard to choose. Probably my 47 Bone Bread Jackie Robinson Glove in Air
Dream Card: e135 Ruth or Joe Jackson
Focus: Jackie Robinson
Amount Spent Per year: $3K-10K??

Name: Scott
Age: 21
Location: RI
Occupation: Engineering major
Favorite Baseball Team: Boston Red Sox
Favorite Card Currently Owned: Signed 1941 Play Ball Bobby Doerr
Dream Card: Signed 1953 Topps Howie Fox
Collection Focus: Signed 1953 Topps set, more generally anything vintage signed that catches my interest and fits my budget
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: Last year probably about $4K

Name: Ken
Age: 55
Location: Beaumont California
Occupation: Veterinarian
Favorite team: Cubs
Favorite Card: any Elmer Miller card
Dream card: 1921 E121-80 Babe Ruth
Collection focus: E121-80 and E121-120 Yankees and Giants, T205 Cubs all backs, T207 Cubs, W572 strip cards, Elmer Miller card
Dollars per year: varies

Name: Daryl

Age: 34

Occupation: IT

Favorite Baseball Team: Cubs

Favorite Card Currently Owned: E105 Matty

Dream Card: E105 Cobby

Collection Focus: E105, E102, plus random Sandberg, Jordan, and Ewing cards and whatnot.

Amount of $ spent on cards per year: too much but not enough

Name: Rhett
Age: 30-something
Location: Meridian, ID
Occupation: Tooth Fixin'
Favorite Baseball Team: Seattle Mariners
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 1919 Zeenut Fatty
Dream Card: Too many to list
Collection Focus: You are supposed to have a focus!?!
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: More than my wife knows about!

Name: See user id
Age: 54
Location: Near Dallas Tx
Occupation: babysitter - moderator
Favorite Baseball Team: 1970s Pirates teams
Favorite Card Currently Owned: E90-1 Young
Dream Card: BN Ruth
Collection Focus: unsure
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: $more than I should

Name: Bill
Age: 44
Location: Flower Mound, TX
Occupation: disabled; was a licensed stockbroker
Favorite Baseball Team: Milwaukee Brewers
Favorite Card Currently Owned: Since this is the pre-war board, I'll go with my T206 Walter Johnson portrait.
Dream Card: Man, that's hard. Probably a '34 Goudey Lou Gehrig #37
Collection Focus: T206, '33 and '34 Goudey, '53 Bowman and 1975 Topps.
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: I'll let you know when I can start buying cards again.

Name: Andy
Age: 50
Location: New York, NY
Occupation: Human Resources / Lawyer
Favorite Baseball Team: Ya Gotta Believe!
Favorite Card Currently Owned: Pre-War ... '33 Goudey Ruth #181 / Post-War ... '54 Topps Aaron
Dream Cards: T206 Cobb (bat off shoulder) and '14 CJ Walter Johnson.
Collection Focus: The cards I wanted but couldn't get as a teenager ... mostly '50s Topps and Bowman singles, also 1930s, New York Mets, and completing the mid-70s sets built around my childhood cards.
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: maybe $2,500 this year

Name: Kevin
Age: 44
Location: Cranberry Township, PA
Occupation: Director of sales for major CPG company
Favorite Baseball Team: Pittsburgh Pirates
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 55 Clemente PSA 6
Dream Card: Solid Mid-grade Delong Gehrig as a centerpiece to a complete 33 Delong set
Collection Focus: Topps and Bowman sets - 52 lows, plus 59 Williams and 63 Fleer set. After that, PBs then Goudey's then I'll keep going backward.
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: $15k-$18k per year

New to this forum but collecting for years
 

Name: RD
Age: 28
Location: Nebraska
Occupation: Medical Field
Favorite Baseball Team: University Of Nebraska
Favorite Card I own: T206 Chief Meyers
Dream Card: Red Hindu back Chief Bender
Collection Focus: Build up my T206 set, Keyshawn Johnson PSA set, Lavonte David super Collector
Amount Spent per year on cardboard: 5k

Name: Dale
Age: Soon to be 52
Location: Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Nuke Plant worker
Favorite Baseball Team: Blue Jays
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 52 Topps Mantle
Dream Card: 54 Aaron RC with a 56 Topps Mantle a very close 2nd.
Collection Focus: Mainly 52 Topps cards but also RC's of HOF's
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: Just joined in Jan of this year and have likely spent over $500 so far on various, relatively low $ cards. (Wife is not happy!:mad:)

Name: Steven
Age: 32
Location: Lancaster, Ohio (Southeast of Columbus)
Occupation: Process Engineer in Healthcare
Favorite Baseball Team: Yankees & Indians (Northeast Ohio Native)
Favorite Card I own: My newly acquired W600 Sam Mertes & N173 Al Buckenberger Cabinet
Dream Card: 1952 Mantle (Post-War), N167 OJ Type Card (Pre-War)
Collection Focus: Columbus Pre-War Players, Yankee Uniform Photos 1903-1945, Cincinnati T-card team sets.
Amount Spent per year on cardboard: $3,000 to $5,000

Dale says: "Wife is not happy!:mad:"

...and we have a winner! I actually practice my sheepishly apologetic face to have it ready whenever another piece of cardboard shows up in the mail.

Name: Mark
Age: 49
Location: Texas
Occupation: Operation manager for heavy construction
Favorite Baseball Team: Kansas City Chiefs. Whoops. Lol
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 1951 ringside Marciano
Dream Card: 48 Leaf Paige and 33 goudey Lajoie
Collection Focus: Football sets. 50's and earlier baseball singles. Squirrel. Basketball. Squirrel! Boxing. Squirrel! N series non sports. Lol
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: 10k +
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Name: Dustin
Age: 38
Location: Central Nebraska
Occupation: Training Developer
Favorite Baseball Team: Chicago Cubs
Favorite Card I own: 53 Topps Satchel Paige
Dream Card: 33 Goudey Green Ruth
Collection Focus: Hall of Famers and players with Nebraska connections Pre-War to Modern, Star players from childhood that I like.
Amount Spent per year on cardboard: Every cent I can justify to myself plus an extra buck or two here and there which totals $1,000-$2,000 per year and wish it could be more.

But how is he going to get his Aaron rookie "dream card" if his wife is unhappy that he spent $500? This doesn't sound promising. :D

LOL.

..........especially when she sees the money I just spent last night on more 52's from "Invest in Baseball", let alone, Kemdawg's cards! :eek:

Irv, whenever your wife complains, just tell her how much your 1952 Topps Mantle has increased in value (I'm assuming you've had this card for a while). :)
Val

Name: Josh
Age: 19
Location: KCMO area
Occupation: College student (Business major)
Favorite Baseball Team: Kansas City Royals
Favorite Card Currently Owned: Sam Crawford T206 Polar Bear
Dream Card: Any Old Judge of a KC player
Collection Focus: At the moment: T206,KC players or players with KC connections (KC as a birthplace,hometown,etc.),players with unique stories, and almost any hockey (mainly STL Blues, and vintage)
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: Since I don't really have any income the most I spend in a year is $150-200

Name: Tom
Age: Few months shy of 50.....sigh
Location: Louisville, KY
Occupation: Big Brown Package People....Intl Network Planning
Favorite Baseball Team: Cincinnati Reds.....sigh
Favorite Card Currently Owned: Hmmm......can't pick just one
Dream Card: Pete Browning N173 OJ Cabinet
Collection Focus: Nonsports, Topps sets, Type Cards,
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: One Meelion Dollars [pinky next to mouth]. Actually just way too much

Name: Brendan
Age: 38
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Occupation: Nursing degree, then health insurance, now banking
Favorite Baseball Team: Pittsburgh Pirates
Favorite Card Currently Owned: 2 signed T206 Larry Doyle's
Dream Card: T206 signed Ty Cobb
Collection Focus: T206 set (about 20 away!), T206 player game used bats
Amount of $ spent on cards per year: $10k