My collecting focus is most generally summed up as Cincinnati Reds. That said, I don't just collect everything Reds. I mostly have 4 parts to my collection: Modern, Vintage, Pre-War, and Larkin. I collect rookies and first bowman autos of present-day Reds players that I like. I try to limit it to one or two cards per player. I also collect full Topps player runs of all Reds HOFers (and a few non-HOF stars) from the golden era, through today. Which basically includes names like Rose, Robinson, Bench, Morgan, etc... I also got at least one autographed card featuring those players in a Reds uniform. My Barry Larkin PC mostly focuses on rare 90s inserts/parallels. That hunt keeps me busy pretty much indefinitely as some of those cards are not only very expensive, but only come up for sale once a decade or so. Then my pre-war Reds collection is focused on all HOFers who ever played for or managed the Reds in their career, no matter how short the duration. My goal is to get every card of those players in a Reds uniform. The fun in that is finding some obscure sets for players who only spent a few years (or even a few games) with the Reds. Most of my collecting time is spent chasing Larkin cards. I pick up the modern stuff whenever I decide I want something of that player, as it's generally easy to find whenever I look. So it takes mere minutes. The pre-war search I try to use my time at card shows for. I rarely search online for those cards.
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