What type of a collector are you?

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Posted By: identify7

My collection comprises several facets commonly viewed as a primary collecting focus. I do not think that this approach is unusual. I bet lots of you use multiple approaches to collecting. What percent of your collection falls into each catagory shown below (ie. to be a set collector, your objective does not have to be the entire set, heck t206 collectors don't typically strive for that, nor do OJ collectors, etc.).

For me: (% of total dollar value)
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Set Collector - 20
"Type Card" Collector - 25
Collect Certain Players (multiple cards of the same player) - 5
Collect Cards of Players from Specific Teams or Regions - 5
Investing/Buying to Resell - 0
Collect HOFers - 5
Collect Certain Players For Reasons Other Than HOF - 35
Collect a Certain Genre of Cards Only (ie...only Caramels) - 0
Hoarding - You collect as much of the same thing as possible - 5
Other - 0

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Posted By: Joe Jones

I am a set collector and like to focus on one set at a time. I also buy cards that catch my eye or I think are good investments while collecting a certain set. So I would say 75% of my spending or value is in set collecting and 25% is in investing.

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Posted By: Scot

I'm the same kind of collector as Joe. One set at a time and always looking for a good investment or eye catcher.

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Posted By: Keith O'Leary

set collector 70%

type collector 25%

cards that tickle my fancy 5%

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Posted By: Mike Campbell

Player collector 75% - (70% Foxx)(5% other) Picked up a 34 Gehrig today. PSA 4. Some Hack Wilson, some Gehrig, some Black Sox.

Team collector 10% (Philadelphia A's) 5% Black Sox.

Period collector 5% mid 20's to mid 30's

Deals I can't pass up collector. 5% Wire Photos of Mid 30's players.(Mostly Foxx). I have 48 wire photos of him. Won three off of e bay this week.

Edited for spelling

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Posted By: jay behrens

I'm working on the impossible dream, one card of each major leaguer that appeared on card as a major leaguer from 1908-45. Within that I try to get as many type cards as possible and am also putting together a Delong set as that is one of my all time favorite sets.

Jay

I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: Bill Todd

Team collector (Washington)--95%
Catches my eye (mostly as trade bait)--5%

Bill

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Posted By: Anson

Right now, I'm a sick collector

For me, it's purely player specific.

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Posted By: dstudeba

Bill could you please email me about Washington cards at danstudebaker@hotmail.com? Thanks.

Personally I am 90% theme collector and 10% cards I can't pass up.

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Posted By: Joann

Currently:

Team collector - Players from Detroit teams 90%
Cards showing female players (actual or posed for advertising) 5%
Odds and ends that don't meet my collecting goals but I haven't ditched yet 5%

Planned:

Detroit players - 70%
Female players - 14%
Minor league and/or college players that at some point played on a professional Detroit team - 14%
Just in case, mistakes, had to take 'em to get something else, etc - 2%

Change in proportion to be accomplished by increasing presence of female and minor/college cards in collection, not by backing off on Detroit players.

Looking for a Detroit or future Detroit player from all sets issued up until, probably, 1920. Those that I can afford anyway. For sets with no Detroit players will grab a card of a player that played for Detroit at some time.

I don't know what the heck kind of collector this is called.

Joann

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Posted By: Dave Williams

St. Louis Baseball Cardinals 60%
Oddball cards of players I like 20%
Other sports 20%

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Posted By: nbrazil

Currently, I am working on a HOF rookie set (tough and expensive) and HOF T206 and 1951 bowman sets (less tough, but still expensive). I am also a fan of greg maddux and hank aaron...so, any card with them on it that i find appealing...i look into. other than that, i stay away because my wallet isnt so fat. i had a lou gehrig 1933 goudey...bought it out of impulse a few months ago...realized that, hey, maybe i can use this money to buy some groceries...finally sold it a few weeks ago.

These days, money is an extremely important variable (and filter) on what a collector can focus on.

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Posted By: Nelson

I am a set collector and a HOF collector. Now i work on the t206 set. I hope to finish this set in a couple years.

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Posted By: Martin Neal

Focus is on completing the t205 set. Tires are stuck in the mud with the t206s (stopped at 494) There is no time frame for completion although I wish I had bought more high dollar hofs 3 years ago.

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Posted By: Scott T

My collection is all over the place due to varied interests. To quote the chant from *Full Metal Jacket*, "...there are many like it, but this one is mine!"

This was a neat little exercise to do!

Sets
T206’s
457 cards
(47.8% of my collection)
(65.6% of the value)

1955 Topps All American Football
88 cards
(9.2% of my collection)
(12.5% of the value)

Modern HOG GU & Autograph “Gadget” cards
225 cards
(23.5% of my collection)
(13.2% of the value)

Local Modern Players on teams I like
(Jared Wells – Padres & Gilbert Gardner – Colts)
44 cards
(4.6% of my collection)
(0.73% of the value)

“Vintage” San Diego Padres & Indiana Pacers
(Nate Colbert, Randy Jones, Tony Gywnn, & Reggie Miller)
143 cards
(14.9.% of my collection)
(8% of the value)


Scott