2014 post-war collecting goals ?

[Bestdj777]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

Thx chris


For me my post war goalfor 2014 is to complete my sgc mickey mantle 16 cards Topps run.

I know you've got at least one of the big ones out of the way. How far along are you with the rest?

[Vintagevault13]

Glad you started this thread. I have enjoyed reading the pre-war thread.

2013: Just completed Hank Aaron Topps regular issue cards 1954-1976 (the 1954 RC should arrive in a couple of days!). I got impatient and wound up completing this sooner than I planned, thus blowing my budget even though it is a mid-grade set.

2014: after the Aaron project, I have decided to try to complete a HOF player set per year (base cards only, not All-Stars, leaders, etc. like I did with the Aarons). As a Braves fan, Warren Spahn will be my project in 2014. Most are pretty affordable. The '48 Leaf and '52 Topps will probably be the most challenging. With fewer cards than Aaron, I will hopefully spend less and save a little money (yeah, right).

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by Bestdj777

I know you've got at least one of the big ones out of the way. How far along are you with the rest?

I started the topps run on the begining of november with the purchase of the 52 topps.
i have at this time the 52 , 61 and the 68

tomorow i plan to bid on 1 or 2 other Mantle.

when i will be complete with the 16 topps cards i will gowith the 5 bowman cards.

Hey ed when you will receive your rookie Aaron post a pic of this run !

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

I started the topps run on the begining of november with the purchase of the 52 topps.
i have at this time the 52 , 61 and the 68

tomorow i plan to bid on 1 or 2 other Mantle.

when i will be complete with the 16 topps cards i will gowith the 5 bowman cards.

Hey ed when you will receive your rookie Aaron post a pic of this run !

I definitely will.

[Griffins]

2013 Goal was to whittle down the want list a bit. Towards that end I picked up a few more Topps salesman samples, an empty wax box ('59 Fleer, to finish off Topps/Bowman/Fleer/Leaf from '50 on), a few '58 Hires Tests with tabs, and upgraded the '51 Redback set from singles to all panels. Overall pretty happy but I'm missing an odd card here and there to finish some sets that I should've picked up.

So for 2014- pick up the dozen cards I"m missing from '49 and '50 Bowman and '63 Topps, add another Topps Salesman Sample or two, track down another Hires Test with tab, and get down to the last handful of '47-66 Exhibit cards to wrap up that set, or at least come close.
Also, sell off the pile of dupes and pull off 2 more Culver City Card shows in the spring and fall, with increased attendance.

[KCRfan1]

2013 I was a bit of a mutt, with a focus on ungraded 52 Topps.

2014 I will be working on completing a very nice 73 Topps set.

[Samsdaddy]

I took several months off from collecting in 2013 only to get back into it this past summer. Unfortunatley I lost my job around the same time so I had to cut back on my collecting somewhat.

That being said, for 2014, for baseball my goal is to work on all Topps regular issued cards of some favorite players such as Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Tony Oliva. I have most of Williams and Santo's cards and a few of Oliva's.

I am not a set builder when it comes to baseball, only football, but do love some of the sub-sets such as the Topps All Star Rookie cards. My goal is to finish the All Star Rookies from the 1965 set and start and complete the All Star rookies from the 1963 set.

My guess is along the way in 2014 there might be something else I feel I need to collect.

[ALR-bishop]

To upgrade my 1977 Topps Zest Soap set

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

To upgrade my 1977 Topps Zest Soap set

With 5 cards in the Zest set, what are your other goals Al?

[tim]

2013 was a success! Finished the 1954 Red Heart Dog Food set (I'm a sucker for the smallish/food-issue sets).

2014 Goal: Finish the 1954 Dan-Dee Potato Chips set -- I'm 4 cards away and already have The Mick.