2015 Collecting Goals

[Leon]

Still looking for a D355 and D351. Otherwise will be looking for interesting cards and cards of series I like.....basically type card collecting.

[the-illini]

M101-6's from Jan 1 until December 31 of 2015 - PM me if you have any!

[x2drich2000]

These were my goals last year and how I did.

2014 goals
1) finish the e93 set - didnt get any close, still need Cobb and Plank

2) pick up a red backed w554, didn't see a single one for sale in 2013 - nope - at least I saw one in an auction this year, but had to leave it for a board moderator (hi Leon) to focus on goal #3

3) add 12 more e92 Nadja (still need a few St. Louis cards that might make this possible) - off hand, I'm not sure exactly how many I got this year, but am now over 1/2 way done the set

4) possibly start another easier caramel or 30's set such as e96, diamond stars,etc nope - but have been starting to eye the diamond stars set again the last couple weeks

5) pick up an m110 - nope

2015 goals are pretty much the same, with the primary focus being to get to over 40 of the Nadjas, which shouldn't be too difficult as I still need a number of the really easy ones.

DJ

[x2drich2000]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

These were my goals last year and how I did.

2014 goals
1) finish the e93 set - didnt get any close, still need Cobb and Plank

2) pick up a red backed w554, didn't see a single one for sale in 2013 - nope - at least I saw one in an auction this year, but had to leave it for a board moderator (hi Leon) to focus on goal #3

3) add 12 more e92 Nadja (still need a few St. Louis cards that might make this possible) - off hand, I'm not sure exactly how many I got this year, but am now over 1/2 way done the set

4) possibly start another easier caramel or 30's set such as e96, diamond stars,etc nope - but have been starting to eye the diamond stars set again the last couple weeks

5) pick up an m110 - nope

2015 goals are pretty much the same, with the primary focus being to get to over 40 of the Nadjas, which shouldn't be too difficult as I still need a number of the really easy ones.

DJ

Had a mixed year in 2015. Made very little progress on my main goals, but still picked up quite a few cool items.

1) E93 - Finally picked up the Plank. Now just need to pick up a nice presentably low grade Cobb at a reasonable price.

2) W554 - Made no progress and this has really kind of stalled as my interests have shifted. Not really looking to make this a goal for 2016.

3) E92 nadja - Only managed to pick up 2 new nadjas for the set, both St. Louis players (Stone & Oakes). I did upgrade a few non-st louis players. Currently I'm at 36 out of the 57 confirmed. I also picked up a red crofts Bescher as a placeholder since it is not yet confirmed with the Nadja back. Looking to move up to at least 42 and pickup at least 1 of the big HOFers by the end of 2016.

4) Start a new set - Started both a diamond stars set as well as a raw 1962 Topps set. Hoping to get up to 25 cards in the diamond stars and 3/4 the 1962.

5) Didn't get an M110. So still looking for something like an M110, N566, T3, or T4

6) E/T Young backrun - started a back run of the orange background young card. Currently have 4 different (nadja, cocoa, blue crofts, E78). Would like to add 2 other backs in 2016.

DJ

[glchen]

2015 Goals:

(1) Continue to prune back collection and focus more on tough Ruth cards, trying to obtain 1-2 "big" cards. - Check (added about 38 cards or variations, many of these upgrades to my existing collection). No huge Ruth cards like I wanted, but still upgraded my Pathe Freres Ruth card, and picked up an e103 Honus Wagner that has been on my want list for a while.


(2) Continue to make progress on small sets (W519-1, W519-2, W521, W590, Baguer) - Check somewhat (I gave up on my Baguer set since I simply have not made much progress on it for a while, and have been selling it off over the past year. I did add two W519-1, zero, W519-2, one W521, zero W590)

2016 Goals:

I'm pretty sure it's going to be more of the same as the last couple of years.

(1) Continue to prune back collection and focus more on tough Ruth cards, trying to obtain 1-2 "big" cards (not necessarily Ruth).

(2) Continue to make progress on small sets (W519-1, W519-2, W521, W590)

[Vintagecatcher]

Well,

I bought more than I expected this year.

Simply picked up catcher cards that I find visually appealing from a wide variety of sets.

Picked up some T205s, T206s, T207s, and some T210s...a T212-2.

Started a fun subset of colored S74s silks of catchers since I haven't found any Chief Meyers S74s in about a year.

Have a bunch of sets that I'm looking at only one more example to finish my run in the sets.

Hopefully the coming year will provide closure for a few of the following:

1908 Roger Bresnahan E91A
1912 Ivy Wingo T207
1912 Claude Berry Zeenut
1912 Ralph Kreitz Home Run Kisses
1914 B18 O'Neill (Purple/ Yellow) version
1914 Jack Lapp T222 Fatima
1915 Jimmy Archer Cracker Jack
1916 Chief Meyers BF2

Good luck to all in the coming year.

Patrick

[EvilKing00]

Thought i posted in the 2014 thread... Maybe just a similar one.

2014 was good, i think i did well with my goals of adding to my t205 set as well as a bunch of ruth cards.

2015 will be more of the same but, id like to add a drum or hindu back to my t205's and im starting to run out of affordable ruths, so probably not as many but higher end.

[Bestdj777]

Here were my 2014 goals:
1. Mantle Master Set: add one more U.S. issued card (will finish out my set of nationally issued Mantle cards), add the final three postcards I need, and pick up at least one foreign issued card I am still looking for (preferably 1-2 of the Venezuelans that are still on my list.
2. Get married.

I got married to my best friend, and I made good progress with the Mantle collection. I finished up the national issued Mantle cards and picked up a 59 Venezuelan and a handful of regional/food issues. I was less successful with the postcards--I added one to the collection but a handful of others to the want list. All and all it was a great year.

I am still missing 15 regional issue and postcards. For 2015, I'd like to pick up another Venezuelan, a postcard, and a regional. If I can add those, it will be a good year.