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Originally Posted by robw1959
For those among us whose collecting focus has shifted over the years, how and why has it shifted?
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My collecting focus hasn't so much shifted over the years as expanded. Back in 1979 I set out to reacquire the cards and premium coins (Hockey, Baseball, CFL, Warship) I had during my childhood collecting years of 1959 to 1965. When I started to get close to completing those goals, I expanded my focus to those cards of which I was aware but didn't actively collect as a kid for financial or other reasons. For example, I collected the 1962 Shirriff Baseball coins as a kid:
But after after acquiring a set, I branched out into collecting all the metal Baseball coins including these 1963 Salada ones:
And now that I've acquired all the Canadian 1962 Post Baseball cards but the super tough short prints:
I've started to peck away at the American 1962 Post Baseball cards as well:
And of course I've stretched out in both directions beyond my collecting years as a kid (though more back in time) to basically any cards from about 1950 to 1972 that I think look neat, e.g. 1954 and 1955 Topps Baseball.
