New Years Resolutions

[4815162342]

1) T206: Finish the 'A's and get a good start on the 'B's.

2) Convince my wife to let me fly to Baltimore to the National by myself (she's a teacher and school starts back that week!)

[t206wagner]

I would like to complete the Southern League subset for the T206's. Have 10 more to get.

[sando69]

i have two resolutions for 2010...
1) never get cheated, and
2) boycott psa

[baseballfan]

In 2010 I somehow want to figure out a way to save the cash for a T206 Cobb Bat Off that presents nicely.

i have that resolution but i'm looking for any T206 cobb that presents nicely, we'll see ig i can get there?

[Anthony S.]

I'd like my Cy Young cards to lose weight.

[HexsHeroes]

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. . . is to spend "smarter".

I am a pack rat by nature. Where one is great, two is super, and so on. But for every duplicate I squirrel away (I almost never part with duplicates), if I just parked that cash aside, I'd eventually end up with a nice stash inwhich to purchase something far nicer than any combination of dups. But fighting (my) human nature is a day-to-day challenge.

[frohme]

Break the obsession ... yeah, right ... who am I kidding.

2010 Goal - only 1 card... same as ever.

[Northviewcats]

1. To post more on this forum.
2. To figure out how to be more effective in searching for cards on eBay.
3. To organize and enjoy the cards that I already own, and be less concerned that I'm not adding a new T206 to my collection every week.

Best wishes to all on achieving his or her goals in the coming year.

Joe

[Orioles1954]

My New Year's resolution is to attempt to get my collection back to where it was in 2006 and 2007. Unfortunately, I had to sell a good deal of it last year to help the family out. It's a shell of its former self......but hopefully, things will get better

James

[tbob]

To develop better focus since I am essentially a set collector. Quit straying in to sets which I have no chance of completing (that doesn't mean giving up the E94 master set however) I have enough of those with D311, 1911 Zeenut and T210.
Happy holidays everybody
tbob

[rhettyeakley]

As I may be buying a Dental Practice this year at some point I may be a bit shorter on cash, so it likely means I will have less to spend in the short term (but potentially more in the long run!). I am trying to stay good this year about just focusing on sets or projects I have already started.

Mainly...
-1911-23 Zeenuts (with the occasional 1924-38 pickup along the way.)
-Colgans (E254 & both E270 sets--I'd lke to knock 10-15 off the E254 wantlist this next year)
-E121-like cards (all backs, the wierder the better)
-Pre-1930 player pinbacks (especially Cameo Pepsin pins)

-Rhett

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

I'd like my Cy Young cards to lose weight.

Tell them to consider salad...

[Scott T]

1. Bring my low grade SGC T206 collection to 98% with the acquisition of Kid Elberfeld - Portrait - Washington.

2. Study sets before I start collecting them. 1948 Leaf Football looked good, but is a pain to complete. (...but it led me to the 1948 Bowman Football, so all is well.)

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

1) T206: Finish the 'A's and get a good start on the 'B's.

2) Convince my wife to let me fly to Baltimore to the National by myself (she's a teacher and school starts back that week!)

Where do you live that school starts that early????

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

Where do you live that school starts that early????

Mississippi. It starts first week of August down here.

[donmuth]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

1) T206: Finish the 'A's and get a good start on the 'B's.

How's working on T206 alphabetically going? I thought about doing that, but then realized I'd quickly get into the B's and C's which are loaded with HOF'ers and my progress would slow to a crawl. On the upside, if I had the card budget to do it, I'd be knocking off a ton of nice cards in the set by going alphabetically. With my actually modest budget though the best I could do alphabetically would be to focus on the commons with perhaps an occassional HOF'er, SL'er, or whatever.

Instead, I've taken the approach to go after some subsets (Cubs/Tigers/Giants, 150 only series, horizontals, etc.) and some of the more challenging commons and SL'ers as were described in another thread (Burch batting, Ganley, Shag, Foster, etc.). This still leaves some tough HOF'ers to acquire but leaves me plenty of other cards that I can get at more affordable prices and still feel a sense of accomplishment.

Oh then there is the backs subset of course too which is almost more fun to me than the fronts!


Anyways, good luck getting into the B's in 2010!

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by donmuth

How's working on T206 alphabetically going? I thought about doing that, but then realized I'd quickly get into the B's and C's which are loaded with HOF'ers and my progress would slow to a crawl. On the upside, if I had the card budget to do it, I'd be knocking off a ton of nice cards in the set by going alphabetically. With my actually modest budget though the best I could do alphabetically would be to focus on the commons with perhaps an occassional HOF'er, SL'er, or whatever.

Instead, I've taken the approach to go after some subsets (Cubs/Tigers/Giants, 150 only series, horizontals, etc.) and some of the more challenging commons and SL'ers as were described in another thread (Burch batting, Ganley, Shag, Foster, etc.). This still leaves some tough HOF'ers to acquire but leaves me plenty of other cards that I can get at more affordable prices and still feel a sense of accomplishment.

Oh then there is the backs subset of course too which is almost more fun to me than the fronts!


Anyways, good luck getting into the B's in 2010!

Thanks Donny. You are definitely taking the more scientific approach. I'm sure that when I hit an expensive HOF'er, it will take a good bit of patience to stick to my plan, and not just skip to the next cheaper one.

Good luck to everyone on their 2010 collecting endeavours.

I want to obtain the following cards in SGC 4's and higher.

1. American Beauty backed T205 Cobb
2. American Beauty/Cycle backed T205 Joss
3. Cycle Backed T205 Mathewson
4. Another large group of Pied 42 commons (NO HOF'ERS or Stars), Cycles, and American Beauty backed T205's in any shape.
5. Drum, Blank backed, or Hindu beater T205.
6. I would realy love and autographed T205 in about grade 4 condition graded by SGC/Spence so I can add it to my registry.

Nothing big just a few bank breakers.

[triwak]

I'm gonna fn score a George Wright or an Oscar Charleston! Word...

[Jewish-collector]

To save up money for the Baltimore National. Oh hell yeah.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

To save up money for the Baltimore National. Oh hell yeah.

You forgot to mention "free parking".