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Posted By: <b>identify7</b><p>My collection comprises several facets commonly viewed as a primary collecting focus. I do not think that this approach is unusual. I bet lots of you use multiple approaches to collecting. What percent of your collection falls into each catagory shown below (ie. to be a set collector, your objective does not have to be the entire set, heck t206 collectors don't typically strive for that, nor do OJ collectors, etc.).<br /><br />For me: (% of total dollar value)<br />^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <br />Set Collector - 20 <br />"Type Card" Collector - 25 <br />Collect Certain Players (multiple cards of the same player) - 5 <br />Collect Cards of Players from Specific Teams or Regions - 5<br />Investing/Buying to Resell - 0<br />Collect HOFers - 5 <br />Collect Certain Players For Reasons Other Than HOF - 35<br />Collect a Certain Genre of Cards Only (ie...only Caramels) - 0 <br />Hoarding - You collect as much of the same thing as possible - 5<br />Other - 0<br /> <br />

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Posted By: <b>Joe Jones</b><p>I am a set collector and like to focus on one set at a time. I also buy cards that catch my eye or I think are good investments while collecting a certain set. So I would say 75% of my spending or value is in set collecting and 25% is in investing.

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Posted By: <b>Scot</b><p> I'm the same kind of collector as Joe. One set at a time and always looking for a good investment or eye catcher.

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Posted By: <b>Keith O'Leary</b><p><P>set collector 70%</P><P>type collector 25%</P><P>cards that tickle my fancy 5%</P><P> </P>

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Posted By: <b>Mike Campbell</b><p>Player collector 75% - (70% Foxx)(5% other) Picked up a 34 Gehrig today. PSA 4. Some Hack Wilson, some Gehrig, some Black Sox.<br /><br />Team collector 10% (Philadelphia A's) 5% Black Sox.<br /><br />Period collector 5% mid 20's to mid 30's <br /><br />Deals I can't pass up collector. 5% Wire Photos of Mid 30's players.(Mostly Foxx). I have 48 wire photos of him. Won three off of e bay this week.<br /><br />Edited for spelling<br />

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>I'm working on the impossible dream, one card of each major leaguer that appeared on card as a major leaguer from 1908-45. Within that I try to get as many type cards as possible and am also putting together a Delong set as that is one of my all time favorite sets.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: <b>Bill Todd</b><p><br />Team collector (Washington)--95%<br />Catches my eye (mostly as trade bait)--5%<br /><br />Bill

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Posted By: <b>Anson</b><p>Right now, I'm a sick collector <img src="/images/sad.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />For me, it's purely player specific.

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Posted By: <b>dstudeba</b><p>Bill could you please email me about Washington cards at danstudebaker@hotmail.com? Thanks.<br /><br />Personally I am 90% theme collector and 10% cards I can't pass up.

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Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>Currently:<br /><br />Team collector - Players from Detroit teams 90%<br />Cards showing female players (actual or posed for advertising) 5%<br />Odds and ends that don't meet my collecting goals but I haven't ditched yet 5%<br /><br />Planned: <br /><br />Detroit players - 70%<br />Female players - 14%<br />Minor league and/or college players that at some point played on a professional Detroit team - 14%<br />Just in case, mistakes, had to take 'em to get something else, etc - 2%<br /><br />Change in proportion to be accomplished by increasing presence of female and minor/college cards in collection, not by backing off on Detroit players.<br /><br />Looking for a Detroit or future Detroit player from all sets issued up until, probably, 1920. Those that I can afford anyway. For sets with no Detroit players will grab a card of a player that played for Detroit at some time.<br /><br />I don't know what the heck kind of collector this is called.<br /><br />Joann

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Posted By: <b>Dave Williams</b><p>St. Louis Baseball Cardinals 60%<br />Oddball cards of players I like 20%<br />Other sports 20%

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Posted By: <b>nbrazil</b><p>Currently, I am working on a HOF rookie set (tough and expensive) and HOF T206 and 1951 bowman sets (less tough, but still expensive). I am also a fan of greg maddux and hank aaron...so, any card with them on it that i find appealing...i look into. other than that, i stay away because my wallet isnt so fat. i had a lou gehrig 1933 goudey...bought it out of impulse a few months ago...realized that, hey, maybe i can use this money to buy some groceries...finally sold it a few weeks ago.<br /><br />These days, money is an extremely important variable (and filter) on what a collector can focus on.

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Posted By: <b>Nelson</b><p>I am a set collector and a HOF collector. Now i work on the t206 set. I hope to finish this set in a couple years.

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Posted By: <b>Martin Neal</b><p>Focus is on completing the t205 set. Tires are stuck in the mud with the t206s (stopped at 494) There is no time frame for completion although I wish I had bought more high dollar hofs 3 years ago.

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Posted By: <b>Scott T</b><p>My collection is all over the place due to varied interests. To quote the chant from *Full Metal Jacket*, "...there are many like it, but this one is mine!"<br /><br />This was a neat little exercise to do!<br /><br />Sets<br />T206’s<br />457 cards <br />(47.8% of my collection)<br />(65.6% of the value)<br /><br />1955 Topps All American Football<br />88 cards<br />(9.2% of my collection)<br />(12.5% of the value)<br /><br />Modern HOG GU & Autograph “Gadget” cards<br />225 cards<br />(23.5% of my collection)<br />(13.2% of the value)<br /><br />Local Modern Players on teams I like<br />(Jared Wells – Padres & Gilbert Gardner – Colts)<br />44 cards<br />(4.6% of my collection)<br />(0.73% of the value)<br /><br />“Vintage” San Diego Padres & Indiana Pacers<br />(Nate Colbert, Randy Jones, Tony Gywnn, & Reggie Miller)<br />143 cards<br />(14.9.% of my collection)<br />(8% of the value)<br /><br><br>Scott <br />