Set Drought

[familytoad]

I wonder about guys who collect fairly difficult sets, if their experience might mirror mine.
I collect E210-2 York Caramels Type 2.
It's a tough set, I don't know if any one has completed it, nor if anyone really cares since its popularity is probably lower than its availability

Anyway, collecting a set like this is a grind.
I haven't been able to pick up a hit to this list since May , and it was only my second hit all year, the other coming back in January.

I fear it will be another slow year in 2015, maybe even slower since I don't know of any for sale that I don't have.

Anyone else go through droughts like this?
I have other set quests going , but I always reserve some hobby budget aside in case a Paul Waner or Clarence Mitchell York comes around

Whaddya think?

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by familytoad

I wonder about guys who collect fairly difficult sets, if their experience might mirror mine.
I collect E210-2 York Caramels Type 2.
It's a tough set, I don't know if any one has completed it, nor if anyone really cares since its popularity is probably lower than its availability

Anyway, collecting a set like this is a grind.
I haven't been able to pick up a hit to this list since May , and it was only my second hit all year, the other coming back in January.

I fear it will be another slow year in 2015, maybe even slower since I don't know of any for sale that I don't have.

Anyone else go through droughts like this?
I have other set quests going , but I always reserve some hobby budget aside in case a Paul Waner or Clarence Mitchell York comes around

Whaddya think?

Ever since my T206 run stalled in the 490's, well actually even earlier than that, I have been chasing most of the E Sets/T201/T207/T210/T212-2/T212-3/ M101-4 and M116 and pretty much anything else that I find that I do not have from the era. I am going against conventional wisdom and chasing the common guys first but I still run into dry spells. My dead zones are not as long as yours but they are still a regal pain. "It just adds to the thrill of the chase.", that's what I tell myself, anyway. I recently posted a BST pleading for T207/T210 and T212. I got responses from two members with no completed transactions. Maybe I will switch to modern, etched sparkly stuff...

[x2drich2000]

I seem to be having the opposite issue this year with my e92 Nadja set. When I first started I figured maybe 10-15 years to complete. Last year I was only able to pick up 1 card every now and then and went a couple months between pickups. This year has been just the opposite due to a couple groups I was able to pick up. So I'm now at about 50% complete but expect (and somewhat hoping) that they will start to dry up again.

DJ

[bbcard1]

I always try to do a set that is relatively inexpensive and easy to clip off alongside the more ambitious projects. I am currently finishing a cg-ex 1969 set. Could I finish it any day on ebay? Sure, but it gives me a reason to go to card shows.

[AndrewJerome]

Hi Brian,

I hear you on set drought. I collect 1918 Zeenuts, and at this point adding one new card per year may be optimistic.

I even have subset drought, as I am chasing Seattle Zeenuts.

Of course, the fun is in the chase!

[cubsfan-budman]

When dealing with something so uncommon, do you end up having to buy what you find at any price? Or is it more that you see things, but finding it at the right price and condition is what makes it tough?