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06-27-2011, 09:59 PM
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I am in the midst of trying to focus. I am working on the monster (about half way through, largely low grade), a 1941 Double Play set (2 cards to go) and a 1961 Topps set (just getting started). I have always tried to pick up a different card of a hall of famer every chance I got, but have backed off that...too expensive for the negro leaguers and the 19th century guys. I futz around with foreign cards, but mainly just when I trip across them. I always try to find at least one card of even the most obscure player from Marshall University. I have had a major shift in my collecting over the last couple of years. At one point, I just tried to collect pretty much everything. We had a bouncing 79 year old move in with us for a few years and the space just wasn't there. At one point i got into serial numbered cards, first or last serial number which I still think is kind of neat...but I no longer obsess on them. Crazy as it sounds, I probably amassed 2000 of such cards. Now I am down to the above mentioned obsession. I am considering narrowing my focus to cards that were made in years ending with "1" (I was born in 1961) and working with the rest. Having to liquidate my friend's collection has made me understand that someday it will happen to mine.
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06-27-2011, 10:26 PM
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How often does my focus change?
Since my return to collecting around 2002, it's changed regularly. Maybe 7-8 times -- usually as a function of space and money. I try to walk a fine line between 'collecting' and 'accumulating'. If I focus on something too easy [cheap and readily available] I accumulate more than I can reasonably store or look through regularly, but if I focus on something too difficult [not as cheap, nor as readily available], then in order to collect it, I have to spend more money than I am comfortable admitting to anyone is represented by cardboard.
Within reason, this has not stopped me from focusing on any particular thing, but without fail, every collection hits the space or money threshold eventually. It also doesn't help that I am on a limited [decreasing?] budget, and am a fan of all eras of baseball. Regards, Richard.
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06-27-2011, 10:36 PM
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Focus Focus
We have collected rare baseball memorabilia for more than 35 years
We began by collecting rare type cards in high grade from 1869-1949. Over the last 3 years we added rare regionals. Our memorabilia focus has always been 19th century Federal League Players League Union Association Brooklyn Dodgers New York Yankees Negro League and Cuban baseball We have limited our non-card collecting interests Advertising- pieces promoting baseball cards and baseball sponsored items Books Early Pennants Early and rare pins Early and rare Postcards Early and rare Programs and Scorecards, and Opening Day of Stadiums Player Endorsed Sheet Music Tickets from the Negro League, Federal League, Players League, Union Assn and early NY Highlanders With a few exceptions, we do not collect balls, bats, autographs, equipment or uniform- albeit we have a plethora of personally autographed material To learn more, Please write in confidence to Bruce Dorskind America's Toughest Want bdorskind@dorskindgroup.com
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06-28-2011, 12:50 AM
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cfl?
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my 1952 topps set less than 60 to go!!! also looking for psa 3-6 1954 topps hockey looking for 1952 topps high series commons
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06-28-2011, 01:29 AM
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I've changed focus a few times although I've kept some the same. In the beginning, I collected 33 Goudey, which I still am. Along the way, I wanted to collect random HOFers to try to build a HOF set. I've dropped that and sold many of those cards. I collected E93 at one point, dropped that for a while, and then just started back on it after I picked up a few cards in the last Leland's auction. I was a Hornsby player collector for a while, but then I moved on, sold those cards, and got into Ruth and Gehrig. I collected basketball cards for a while, but I've since lost interest and am thinking of selling those. It goes on and on.
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06-28-2011, 05:04 AM
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I tried to focus, but when saw a desired card, tried to get it (almost exclusively before 1930).
Had other phases where think too many of one set and go off to another set. Settled on Type collecting.
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06-28-2011, 05:22 AM
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Very Cool!!!  Im a big CFL fan myself and have many different CFL cards and a few sets from the 60's all the way up to current times.but im curious, what makes a guy living in Nevada, collect a 60's CFL set? Last edited by Bilko G; 06-28-2011 at 05:26 AM.
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06-28-2011, 06:03 AM
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I have collecting ADD. What? Oooh, look at that! That's really nice, I think I'll collect that now........
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Last edited by quinnsryche; 06-28-2011 at 07:07 AM.
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06-28-2011, 06:11 AM
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I change all the time... And I always seem to want what the whales are looking for... That makes it difficult and expensive!
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06-28-2011, 11:13 AM
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One of my favorites is the 1981 Jogo Vince Ferragamo.
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06-28-2011, 02:26 PM
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is the CFL the canadian football league?
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my 1952 topps set less than 60 to go!!! also looking for psa 3-6 1954 topps hockey looking for 1952 topps high series commons
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06-30-2011, 07:24 PM
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My main focus is Nolan Ryan, and that has remained consistent since 1988....BUT I'm also working on the '57 Topps set, the '51 Bowman set, and, when I can afford it (meaning SGC 10, 'A') Mantles and T206....
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07-01-2011, 07:10 AM
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Focus? My Hobby vision is about 20:750 and severely astigmatic. My nickname for my collection is "The Festival of Bric-A-Brac." The hodge-podge on my web site is a pretty good indicator of my lack of focus.
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Read my blog; it will make all your dreams come true. https://adamstevenwarshaw.substack.com/ Or not... Last edited by Exhibitman; 07-01-2011 at 07:12 AM.
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