Did you meet or beat your 2012 goals?

[Leon]

Good question. I definitely added way more than I should have to my collection.

[bbcard1]

I agree with Leon. I finished my T206s (520) and have made great progress in getting them out of the really, really low grade range. I have yet to define my next real challenge and honestly am stepping back to see what it really should be. I guess, truth be told, I might look to thin my collection next year and start the Magie fund.

[bigwinnerx]

Hey if you start thinning that collection bb, we've done nice business in the past.

My 2012 was basically the start of all this craziness. Glad to have joined and glad to have found this board and reclaimed my joy and happiness with card collecting again which was gone for so long.

[tonyo]

Here is most of my post from last year:

Originally Posted by tonyo

In 2012 I hope to finish 518 t206's, t205 hofers, get within 1 on the e120's, and pick up another 33 goudey Ruth if one falls into my price range. I'll be on the look out for a Demmitt and Ohara PB and will pick one up if the stars align.


Also venturing down the path of pre-war type cards. Still in the wandering around phase on that.

Everyone have a great Holiday Season!

Success:
I got to 519 t206's (can't believe I only added 3 new t206's to my collection this year), completed t205 hofers (no variations), now have all 4 Ruths, and picked up a t206 Demmitt stl.

Pre-war type cards: I guess this goes under "success" - Defined a target, made a lot of progress, re-defined my target, sold some cards, come to think of it, I'm probably still wandering around a bit here! I guess that's one of the beauties of type collecting.

Not yet: still need 3 e120 hofers, still waiting for the right O'Hara stl

[atx840]

Looks like I stuck to this, focused on the errors and a few rarebacks.

Originally Posted by atx840

2011 was also my first year collecting any card.

649 subset and back run completed. Focusing on errors in the new year.

[aquarius31]

I told myself that in 2012 I was going to do my best at not adding any more T206's to my collection. While I was tempted to pull the trigger a few times (especially on B/S/T), I somehow had the will power to not do so although there are still a few weeks left in the year

Other than that, I wanted to focus my efforts on acquiring rarely seen 19th century woodcuts as well as possibly picking up an original Prang or Hastings print. I'm happy to say that I've been able to do all 3 and definitely one of my strongest collecting years!

[T206Collector]

I think this year was the first one since 2006 where I did not pick up a signed T206 pose that I had not previously owned.

But I did pick up a signed T201 Leifield from Jefferson Burdick's collection; and a nice signed T205 Blackburne.

...Still, the prospect of keeping my signed T206 collection active these days has found me turning to buying 1950s Topps cards. Go figure...