Year in Review and Collecting Goals for 2017

[Jason Carota]

2016 was a year of thinning the heard as far as collecting goes. I stopped and sold off various projects and took a bit of a break to figure out what I really wanted to collect. Landed at N172s, and haven't looked back.

My main 2016 goal was to add a Hugh Duffy OJ, which I was able to do a little while back.

Hoping to stay focused in 2017.

[Piratedogcardshows]

I didnt meet either of my goals from 2016 so far:

Complete another T210 Series....down to 1 in Series 4, 11 in Series 5, 10 in Series 7

Add at least two Richmond Colts to my T209 set......only added 1

It was still a very good year as I picked up a bunch of tough cards and made some new hobby acquaintances.

2017 Goals

1. Finish T210-4 and get to single digits in a few others
2. Add two T209-2 Richmond Colts
3. Complete my 1979 Topps Set
4. Obtain a E222 any E222

[wnp22]

To go along with what others have said, this was my first year diving in to pre-war, and this site and all ya'll have been wonderful and a huge help. From advice I've been given, to deals I've made, to just reading old threads and learning, you guys have been an invaluable resource.

Since I didn't have any goals to start the year, I'll give my two favorite pickups of 2016:

1. Hal Chase T206 Pink Portrait from Glenn here on the boards (for my T206 no hat portrait set)
2. T206 Scoops Carey Old Mill (for my pre-war Memphis collection)

Here are some things I'd like to knock off in 2017:

1. Finish a front run of white border Memphis players (T206 Cranston and T213-2 Cranston, Carey, Schlei, and Willett)

2. Obtain (2) T210-8 Memphis players

3. Add at least 15 new cards to my T206 portrait set, with at least 2 HOFers

4. Add one copy of each: N162 (baseball), N172, N300

I think that should be enough to keep my busy throughout the new year. Thanks again to everybody that has helped and shared info along the way. Happy Holidays to you all!

[DeanH3]

My 2016 goals were,

T206 Matty white cap - completed
T206 lajoie throw or bat with a tougher back - not yet. Hopefully 2017
T206 Young bare hand - completed
E92 Matty Croft's Cocoa - failed. But I did score a nice T206 AB 350 Matty

Oh, would also like to add a Cobb bat off to finish the quartet. - completed

I usually end up with cards I had no intention of buying so we shall see what 2016 brings.

2016 ended up bringing,

'13 National Game Grover Alexander
T206 Speaker
'15 CJ Eddie Collins
'31 W517 Ruth
And a bunch or post war cards

None of these were on my radar, except maybe the Speaker.

2017 Goals...

Should be to spend less money but we'll see how that goes.
T206 HOF'ers with tougher backs.
'41 PB or '49 Leaf DiMaggio
Joe Jackson card

Other than that I'm sure there will be cards I unexpectedly had to have.

Oh - attend the National in Chicago this year.

Good luck to all in 2017

[seablaster]

I got a Dingman real photo postcard.

I would like more Dingman real photo postcards.

Cough, cough.

[kkkkandp]

This was my entry for last year: "Keeping it very simple this year - one Old Judge "A" list player and one Old Judge "B" list player. I'll be happy to hit 50% of that target."

Through unbelievable good fortune I absolutely crushed my goal. I scored a total of 5 "A" and "B" list players including the Arundel and Cahill poses to match my glass plate negatives (thanks David Bryan) and a certain white whale from Steve Hart! That was way beyond my wildest imagination, but apparently the stars were aligned just right.

There are still 11 players on my "A" list and 7 players on my "B" list, but more than half of them (all but one "A" list ) are pipe dreams. I'll consider myself quite lucky to knock off 2 "B" list players in the coming 12 months.

[glchen]

2016 Goals:

(1) Continue to prune back collection and focus more on tough Ruth cards, trying to obtain 1-2 "big" cards (not necessarily Ruth). - Check. I'm very satisfied with my progress on this front. Although I sold or traded off some of my key Ruth cards (1921 E121, Wm Paterson, 1929 Star Player Candy), I also picked up some tough ones (1921 W575-1 H. Johnson, 1923-24 Exhibits). On the non-Ruth front, I picked up a Brunners Bread Cobb and Ramly Walter Johnson.

(2) Continue to make progress on small sets (W519-1, W519-2, W521, W590). - Check. This has been very slow going since I only picked up two cards this year for these sets. One in the W519-1 and one in W590. However, that single pickup (Ray Schalk) in W519 Type 1 finished that set, so I'm happy that I finally completed that one.

2017 Goals:

This is going to be continue to be more of the same as the last few years.

(1) Continue to prune back collection and focus more on tough Ruth cards, trying to obtain 1-2 "big" cards (not necessarily Ruth). The big ones here are that I would like to obtain a 1915 CJ Cobb and a E93/94 Cobb, both with decent eye appeal.

(2) Continue to make progress on small sets (W519-2, W521, W590).

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

Through unbelievable good fortune I absolutely crushed my goal. I scored a total of 5 "A" and "B" list players including the Arundel and Cahill poses to match my glass plate negatives (thanks David Bryan) and a certain white whale from Steve Hart!

Can you share your "white whale" Kevin !?!

I too had a great 2016, meeting my N333 Newsboy goal (one Detroit, one other team) and a player cabinet to boot. I also obtained a nice Detroit N173, a couple new N172s and some upgrades. I also have a special package under the Christmas tree from Graig Kreindler that will surely be a 2016 favorite as well.

2017 Goals, more of the same, obtain:
- N333 Detroit
- N333 other team
- N172 Detroit (still need many 1888 & 1889 poses)
- N173 or N175 Detroit

One copy from each of the four bullets would be a very good year.

[ErikV]

2016:

Made good progress with my 1914 Cracker Jack set.

2017:

Pick up last seven cards needed to finish 1914 Cracker Jack set.

ErikV