Hobby goals for 2023

[nebboy]

My goals this year are not hard to find and 4 of 5 and should be in budget.
(1) Like to also continue to reduce my overall collection down to core cards.
(2) I'm always picking up items at sells/auction or where ever to sell and use funds for a nice card. If I can sell off all these things I should be able to make my biggest buy ever (white whale). So sell sell sell
(3) goal is to buy no more than 5 cards this year including:
--old judge Omaha n172 low grade I don't have - grade a,1,2
--Sam Crawford - D,E,T,W - grade 2, 3, 4
--Ernie Banks Topps RC - grade 3, 4
--T206 Brown Cubs on shirt - grade 2, 3
--white whale card of a Hof player from 1st hall of fame class -

[alaskapaul3]

An E107 Doyle is my only goal. Is this too much to ask? .....Probably!

Happy Xmas to all!

Paul

[BeanTown]

Sell a special Ty Cobb card to a worthy collector to be cherished for a long time.

[egri]

I'd like to break the losing streak I've been on for my signed 1953 Topps project; I haven't added a new one since February. I've learned from experience that at this point, setting a number goal is unrealistic, so for the time being it's just be closer to completion than I am right now.

[wnp22]

I had a pretty good run at the end of the year for my Memphis collection, picking up three cards after not adding any others in 2022. Hoping to carry that momentum/luck into the new year. My pre-war goals include:

1) Pick up at least (2) T210/T211/T213 Memphis cards (fingers crossed)

2) Add a Coupon or Hindu of Cranston/Carey (already got the easier legs of the CHOP run completed)

3) Grab a couple lower-grade T206 portraits

4) Familiarize myself more with “E” type cards

5) Decide how I want to store my Memphis cards. Currently have raw, PSA, and SGC examples, and would like to pick just one so everything is nice and uniform

[riggs336]

Continue to work on completing various E and W sets. I spent my entire collecting life ignoring E's and W's and now I'm paying for it. Literally.

[Exhibitman]

I'll add a few wishes to the list, all are virtually impossible:

1959 Cleveland Browns Team Issue Jim Brown

1952 National Tea Al Rosen

1964 Penafiel Sandy Koufax

1930s Exhibit Bronko Nagurski

1961 Bell Brand Jerry West and Elgin Baylor

1983 ACC Michael Jordan

Joe Louis signed Exhibit card

[Jobu]

That's very nice of you, I'll be waiting for your email.

Originally Posted by BeanTown

Sell a special Ty Cobb card to a worthy collector to be cherished for a long time.

[Jobu]

My goal is to have fun collecting.

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by Jobu

My goal is to have fun collecting.

Unfortunately, that is a goal a lot of us seem to have trouble with.
There are an awful lot of posts on this site that are filled with anger and fighting about various things
This is our hobby, we do it for fun, because we like/love it.
It looks like a good new year's resolution ?
I will probably get attacked for this.

[Yoda]

You won't get attacked by me, since having fun and feeling accomplished as your PC grows are, to me, the anchor points of the hobby. I think the large price increase in vintage card values is the main culprit for the anger and frustration many of us feel as our collecting goals become more difficult or impossible to achieve.

[Leon]

I can safely say, if I didn't love collecting or the hobby, I wouldn't be running this forum. It's always been about having fun, first.

Originally Posted by cannonballsun

Unfortunately, that is a goal a lot of us seem to have trouble with.
There are an awful lot of posts on this site that are filled with anger and fighting about various things
This is our hobby, we do it for fun, because we like/love it.
It looks like a good new year's resolution ?
I will probably get attacked for this.