Did you meet or beat your 2012 goals?

[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...

[AMBST95]

I exceeded my goal by a large margin. I started a T206 set and initially only planned on adding 50 cards this year. I currently sit at 71, including my first Cobb.

[novakjr]

I set loose goals, and didn't really accomplish anything other than adding to my HOF rookie collection. Had some nice finds on poorly-listed or mis-listed items. My first year of fantasy baseball also sent me into an un-planned modern kick, but I did manage some great finds there as well.. And ultimately found that 1 deal that forced me to bite on the comic-bug that I had been hoping to avoid..

Much like most here, I added way more than I originally planned, and deviated quite far from that plan as well. However, I'm very happy with the collecting year that I had..

Judging by the way this year went. I think my loose goals for next year, are to just keep it going..

[Howe’s Hunter]

Didn't finish anything.

Don't know that I ever will.

Not even sure how I would know I was finished if I did finish.

That's part of the fun.



I've set a new goal before the end of the year. 300 posts.

Yah.

[HOF Auto Rookies]

I didn't really have any 'set goals' other than to just try to fill in the holes and sell off more cards to fund other purchases/upgrades.

That being said, this was my best year in collecting to date. I picked up signed rookies/cards I would have never imagined getting in my wildest dreams, or to even have an autograph of that player in itself.

So, it was a hell of a year, too much spent though

[kmac32]

As a matter of fact, I exceeded my collecting and personal goals. Got my E121 cards displayed, added to my E121 collection, started a W572 collection. On the personal side, I regained enough function to get my drivers license back after my spinal stroke that occurred 2 years ago. Hopefully back to veterinary medicine in the next year.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by kmac32

As a matter of fact, I exceeded my collecting and personal goals. Got my E121 cards displayed, added to my E121 collection, started a W572 collection. On the personal side, I regained enough function to get my drivers license back after my spinal stroke that occurred 2 years ago. Hopefully back to veterinary medicine in the next year.

That's gonna be up there with the best 2012 accomplishments anyone's gonna list. Heartfelt congratulations, Ken, and best wishes for your 2013 "goals".

Regards,

Richard.