New Years Resolutions

[MacDice]

With the New Year coming up what is your hobby “resolution” for the next season? Something you want to acquire or a collection you want to complete.

For myself (not vintage), I want to re-start collecting autographed 1957 cards. I started the set while I was in high school and then when I went to college I stopped working on it. At the moment I am only 99 cards away from completing the set, the only Hall of Famer that I need is Campanella. I was supposed to have gotten him to sign his card at a show but he passed away two weeks prior to the show.

[Robextend]

As far as vintage goes I would love to keep chugging along trying to complete my graded 1933 and 1934 Goudey sets as well as R313.

Also I would like to try and pick up as many Rube Waddell items I can afford because he is my favorite "vintage" ballplayer.

[familytoad]

Well my first resolution will be a good one...it won't cost any money to organize my pre-war collection !! I have too many boxes with too many stray cards all about. I need a plan!
I started this in 2009, and I should be able to make some good headway early in the year.

Along with organizing, I resolve to NOT buy any cards that do not fit in my main objective and collecting focus. (Of course I said that in 2009 and simpy changed my focus to fit the cards I bought DOH!!)

And here is a big resolution that I really want to keep...put a couple hundred or a few hundred aside each month so that at the end of the year I will be able to buy one of those "knock your socks off" cards.
A nice E95-Eddie Plank, 34G-Lou Gehrig, CJ -Walter Johnson...that kinda stuff!!

Quality over Quantity in 2010!!

[donmuth]

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

I had wanted to get one this year, but we started the Dave Ramsey plan in Jan 2009 so it definitely wasn't an option this past year.

We're continuing with getting out of debt in 2010, so it will make it tough to acquire one again this year. I can still look for a great deal though!

If I just can't swing the Bat Off Cobb, then I would like to work hard on my '55 beater set, my '65 set, and perhaps pick up a couple of other lower cost T206s to go towards either my Cubs team or the 150 Series Only subsets.

[ethicsprof]

seeking photographic and lithographic T206 antecedents

best,
barry

[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!)