2013, Year in Review

[Tim Kindler]

Congrats to all who achieved their goals and best wishes to all in the New Year!
I accomplished a 13 year goal in completing the E98 Master Set. It was a long, yet rewarding journey. Thanks again to all the board members who helped me along the way. You can enjoy it currently on page 32 of our threads. Thanks. Here are the Cobbs and Wagners! Sorry the lines are on my lousy scanner!

[DeadBallEraCubs]

the biggest achievement was being at a place where I could come back to the hobby. Life forces us at times to abandon our "little boy" world of card collecting, roll up our sleeves and deal with "adult stuff". HaHa!!

I am happy to say that I am back (hopefully for good this time) and am excited to rekindle old friendships and start some new ones with many of the new faces I see around here on Net54. Hoping that 2014 is good to all of us and our collections

[Leon]

Originally Posted by DeadBallEraCubs

the biggest achievement was being at a place where I could come back to the hobby. Life forces us at times to abandon our "little boy" world of card collecting, roll up our sleeves and deal with "adult stuff". HaHa!!

I am happy to say that I am back (hopefully for good this time) and am excited to rekindle old friendships and start some new ones with many of the new faces I see around here on Net54. Hoping that 2014 is good to all of us and our collections

Welcome back Jeff. You are among friends. Good luck and Happy collecting!!

[DeadBallEraCubs]

Originally Posted by Leon

Welcome back Jeff. You are among friends. Good luck and Happy collecting!!

Thanks buddy

This site has brought me immense joy, priceless knowledge and great friendships since 2001. I appreciate all the work that you put in and taking over when Elliot stepped down way back when. It is important that our hobby has this site and I sir, am grateful for it!!

2013 was a very interesting year. Research occupied a substantial amount of time, for an exhibit on the history of black baseball in Washington state to be presented at the Northwest African American Museum beginning February 1 - September 2014: "Pitch Black". I provided info for the Jimmy Claxton, Roslyn and Franklin town teams (1890-1931) portions of the exhibit, with substantial assistance from board members (hello Marc & Dave). Here's the exhibit info:

http://015ada3.netsolhost.com/FutureExhibits.html

Hopefully 2014 will be more of the same. Need to frame most of the collection I have accumulated over the past few years for proper display. Probably will have very few pick-ups outside local history next year. Thanks to all, and Happy New Year!

[Paul S]

Near the end of 2013 I finally convinced myself that I could sell any part, or all of, my collection. It was really tough to come to that conclusion. Some circumstances, like money for instance, helped push me over. It's a double-edged sword. Sometimes I do miss certain items and other times it is really quite liberating!

[baker85]

i started to collect vintage cards in January 2013. one year later, I managed to collect 26 cards for the monster including 3 hof'ers.

Not sure where 2014 will take me but I am still searching for that red portrait cobb.

[E93]

Awesome collecting accomplishment! Congrats!
JimB

Originally Posted by Tim Kindler

Congrats to all who achieved their goals and best wishes to all in the New Year!
I accomplished a 13 year goal in completing the E98 Master Set. It was a long, yet rewarding journey. Thanks again to all the board members who helped me along the way. You can enjoy it currently on page 32 of our threads. Thanks. Here are the Cobbs and Wagners! Sorry the lines are on my lousy scanner!

[Tim Kindler]

Jim,
Thanks for the compliment and I'm glad you enjoyed looking at all of them on display currently on page 32 of the threads. Of course, my E98 Master Set will be nothing in comparison once Bob is able to complete his E94 Master Set and put that on display for us all to view. Hopefully in the next few years, we will all get to enjoy that eye-popping display of E94s
Take Care, Tim

[CW]

Originally Posted by Tim Kindler

Jim,
Thanks for the compliment and I'm glad you enjoyed looking at all of them on display currently on page 32 of the threads. Of course, my E98 Master Set will be nothing in comparison once Bob is able to complete his E94 Master Set and put that on display for us all to view. Hopefully in the next few years, we will all get to enjoy that eye-popping display of E94s
Take Care, Tim

Quite the collecting achievement, Tim -- congrats!

BTW, I wasn't sure at first what you meant by "page 32 of the threads", but I figured it out and found the thread.

E98 master set in all of its glory

[EvilKing00]

Far exceeded my expectations. Started off pretty focused on t205, im at about 70 or so. But got distracted with ruth cards the last few months, and picked up 4 or 5 and workin on one more. Hope this year works out the same!

[Tim Kindler]

Chuck,
Thanks for the compliments on my E98 Master Set and thanks for helping a technological idiot out. Your link to my thread sure beats trying to find page 32 in our threads. I wish I was knowledgable at all the things that can be done on this board, but I'm not. Thanks for helping others find it easier.
Take Care, Tim

[CW]

No problem at all, Tim, happy to help, and you did all the work by posting all the scans and creating that thread.