Year in Review and Collecting Goals for 2017

[clydepepper]

2016 Key Pickups:

1888-9 Old Judge Cabinet - Denny Lyons SGC-55 (via BST)
1911 M116 Sporting Life- Ty Cobb (pastel) PSA-5
1922 Exhibits- Moses Yellowhorse SGC-60
1926-29 Exhibits- Rogers Hornsby PSA-DNA
1928 W502 #6- Babe Ruth PSA-5.5
1933 Goudey #149- Babe Ruth SGC-55

2017 Goals (Targets):

1887 Kalamazoo Bats - Denny Lyons (fielding)
1906 Fan Craze - Honus Wagner
1911 M116 Sporting Life - Mathewson, Wagner, W.Johnson & Smoky Joe Wood



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[vintagerookies51]

2017 goals:

1. Add at least 3 more Bond Bread Jackie rookies to my set
2. Start working on my Monster Number by picking up some nice raw HOFs
3. Add a couple of cheap E107s

[Jason Carota]

2016 was a year of thinning the heard as far as collecting goes. I stopped and sold off various projects and took a bit of a break to figure out what I really wanted to collect. Landed at N172s, and haven't looked back.

My main 2016 goal was to add a Hugh Duffy OJ, which I was able to do a little while back.

Hoping to stay focused in 2017.

[Piratedogcardshows]

I didnt meet either of my goals from 2016 so far:

Complete another T210 Series....down to 1 in Series 4, 11 in Series 5, 10 in Series 7

Add at least two Richmond Colts to my T209 set......only added 1

It was still a very good year as I picked up a bunch of tough cards and made some new hobby acquaintances.

2017 Goals

1. Finish T210-4 and get to single digits in a few others
2. Add two T209-2 Richmond Colts
3. Complete my 1979 Topps Set
4. Obtain a E222 any E222

[wnp22]

To go along with what others have said, this was my first year diving in to pre-war, and this site and all ya'll have been wonderful and a huge help. From advice I've been given, to deals I've made, to just reading old threads and learning, you guys have been an invaluable resource.

Since I didn't have any goals to start the year, I'll give my two favorite pickups of 2016:

1. Hal Chase T206 Pink Portrait from Glenn here on the boards (for my T206 no hat portrait set)
2. T206 Scoops Carey Old Mill (for my pre-war Memphis collection)

Here are some things I'd like to knock off in 2017:

1. Finish a front run of white border Memphis players (T206 Cranston and T213-2 Cranston, Carey, Schlei, and Willett)

2. Obtain (2) T210-8 Memphis players

3. Add at least 15 new cards to my T206 portrait set, with at least 2 HOFers

4. Add one copy of each: N162 (baseball), N172, N300

I think that should be enough to keep my busy throughout the new year. Thanks again to everybody that has helped and shared info along the way. Happy Holidays to you all!

[DeanH3]

My 2016 goals were,

T206 Matty white cap - completed
T206 lajoie throw or bat with a tougher back - not yet. Hopefully 2017
T206 Young bare hand - completed
E92 Matty Croft's Cocoa - failed. But I did score a nice T206 AB 350 Matty

Oh, would also like to add a Cobb bat off to finish the quartet. - completed

I usually end up with cards I had no intention of buying so we shall see what 2016 brings.

2016 ended up bringing,

'13 National Game Grover Alexander
T206 Speaker
'15 CJ Eddie Collins
'31 W517 Ruth
And a bunch or post war cards

None of these were on my radar, except maybe the Speaker.

2017 Goals...

Should be to spend less money but we'll see how that goes.
T206 HOF'ers with tougher backs.
'41 PB or '49 Leaf DiMaggio
Joe Jackson card

Other than that I'm sure there will be cards I unexpectedly had to have.

Oh - attend the National in Chicago this year.

Good luck to all in 2017

[seablaster]

I got a Dingman real photo postcard.

I would like more Dingman real photo postcards.

Cough, cough.

[ErikV]

2016:

Made good progress with my 1914 Cracker Jack set.

2017:

Pick up last seven cards needed to finish 1914 Cracker Jack set.

ErikV