30-Year Old Cardboard’s 2013 Collecting Goals!!!
This post has been in the draft stage for several weeks as I prepared for this moment. I had a very fun time crafting my 2012 collecting goals post one year ago and will make it an annual tradition for as long as ’30-YOC’ is a part of my baseball card hobby.
And now that we have officially entered 2013, it is time to go! My plans for the collecting year are ready to be revealed, and I look forward to the challenges that lie ahead of me. Some of these tasks will be tough, and some will be a breeze. Either way, they will all be focal points of where my collecting energy is focused on during the course of 2013.
Let’s Go:
1 – Andre Dawson player collection. My Dawson collection has shaped up very nicely. I added some bulk to my autograph and relic collections in 2012. I am hoping to bring more certified cards into my collection in 2013. My goal is reach 1,100 unique cards this year. I currently set with 1,056. If Dawson is in a handful of 2013 releases, I don’t think that this will be a problem to accomplish. In addition to cards, I am going to try working on a few new projects that will bolster both the size and quality of my ‘Ultimate Dawson’ collection. I promise that it will be FUN!!!
2 – Fergie Jenkins player collection. The size of my Fergie Jenkins collection increased nicely in 2012, but I did not meet my collecting goal of 284 cards. I am at 248, and will work to get to 300 by the end of the year. The problem lies with Fergie not being in too many base sets. He gets into a lot of autograph subsets, but not the main set, and that hurts the ease of nabbing new/affordable cards. I am going to have to go back to the 1970s and 1980s to hit my goal. Luckily, there are enough oddballs out there that I still need.
3 – Jim Palmer player collection. The first year of building my Jim Palmer set was awesome. I have 197 different Palmer cards in my collection at this time. I am going to shoot for 270 as my goal. Between keeping up with his 2013 releases and there being a ton of 2012 and 2011 cards that I need of him, I am hoping I can do this. In addition to that, there a lot of oddball cards of Palmer from the 1970s and 1980s that I want to scoop up too. Lastly, I really want to nab a few more auto and relic cards of Palmer as the year goes by.
4 – Player Collections. Overall, my current player collections are coming along nicely. I should complete my Alan Trammell, Dave Parker, Rollie Fingers, and Eric Davis collections in the coming months. I am still chipping away at some of the other PC’s I am working on too – Tony Perez, Brooks Robinson, Mike Schmidt, Johnny Bench, and of course Billy Williams. If all goes well, I will add some new (old) cards of each of these guys to my collection in the coming year. And after I complete a few more PC’s, I have some great ideas for a few more to get started on.
5 – Florida/Miami Marlins team sets. I am loving my album of team sets that pays homage to the history of the Florida/Miami Marlins. I currently have 46 completed team sets of ‘The Fish’ in my collection, and I look to build the count up to 80 in the coming year.
6 – Nolan Ryan 1999 Topps Commemorative Set. I scooped a few cards from this set at a recent card show. I love the look of the card’s special logo, and I think that building the set would be a great challenge. The set is not large, and I am not certain as to how they were obtained back in 1999, but they seem to be on the rare side as I do not find them readily available. This will be a blast!
7 – Hank Aaron 2000 Topps Commemorative Set. Like the Nolan Ryan set, this is another one that I cannot wait to go after. I have just one card from this set, but it was enough to get me interested in the whole thing. Like the Ryan card, this set that honors Hank Aaron has a superb Golden logo that really stands out as a great graphic feature of the card. I am ready to go after this one – Now!
8 – Signed Baseball Collection. My signed baseball collection is looking SWEET!! I am just under 100 signed balls as we start the 2013 collecting year. I will have no problem reaching the magical number of 100 this year, but my goal is about more than that. This year, I am seeking quality over quantity!! I already have two balls in the works that have that goal in mind. Now, it is time to stick with that goal and execute for the entire year.
And there you have it. It’s a lot, but it is a lot of fun too!
As always, things will take me off path. I hope that I have the willpower to get back on track when that happens as each of these goals means a lot to me.
I hope that you will follow me on this journey. I am excited to get started and also excited to share it with you on my blog. And, I may have a few surprises along the way too…
I am also very interested in hearing about what others have in mind as they start to think about their collecting goals for the upcoming year. So, if you have some formal or informal goals, please share as I would love to hear them.
Thanks for reading. And Happy New Year!!!
Some very good goals there Brian. My personal goals for this year are as follows; comeplete the 1975 SSPC set, finish my 1956 Topps set, finish my 1969 Topps set, work on the 1972 Topps set, finding the 1 or 2 cards I need for about 30 sets issued in the 1980′s and ’90′s, add significantly to my Topps Trophy Winners from 1960-present, fill in a few odd-ball Steve Carlton cards I need, add more Emilio Bonifacio cards, try and stay up to date on the Miami Marlins team sets, and finally, continue picking up 1 Pirates card from each of all the sets issued prior to 1950, going back to the 1880′s.
I am sure I will get sidetracked here and there, as I am want to do being mainly a set collector, but those are my Top 10 primary goals for this upcoming year. Good luck to everybody in their collecting pursuits, and Happy Hunting!
Wow Ron, that is a lot to go after. You sound very organized, I wish you luck!!
LOL thank you. Well fortunately I have everything inventoried and written down to help me keep track.
I completed my goal of getting a baseball signed by every living Hall of Famer last year. I’d like to add another 8 deceased Hall of Famer’s to get me to 100.
I also want to get within 10 of the completed signed 1988-89 Pacific Legends set and to get to the half way point of the 1989 Topps set I’m working on.
Q- congrats, that is awesome. Next weeks HOF announcement may make you go after a few more balls as well. Keep me posted on your progress!