What Are Your Collecting Goals?

[MadHatter]

When I was younger I used to just collect EVERYTHING - which was messy. Then I decided to create goals.

My current collecting goals:
* Complete a 1959 Topps set
* Find a Walter "Wally" Judnich signature

What are yours... maybe others here can help you out.

[Coachsmallhead]

I've got a few goals....and I figured if I'm going to do it, I might as well make 'em big goals:

1. Autograph of every player on the '81 Dodgers WSC team.... (I'm down to needing just three....however, I don't know if I'll ever be able to track down Mark Bradley)

2. Working on an autographed set of 1981 Topps.

I know I'll probably never complete the '81 set....but it's fun working on it!

[MadHatter]

1. Autograph of every player on the '81 Dodgers WSC team.... (I'm down to needing just three....however, I don't know if I'll ever be able to track down Mark Bradley)

Who are you missing?

[Coachsmallhead]

Who are you missing?

I'm just missing Mike Scioscia, Rick Monday and Mark Bradley....I haven't been real impressed with what's available on E-Bay for Monday and Scioscia....and like I said, I don't know if I'll ever track down a Mark Bradley auto!

[dmbfan]

My main collection goal is focusing on autographs of any player that has played for the Mets, preferably on a card or picture of them in a Mets uniform. Otherwise, I send out whatever cards I have around from when I collected as a kid.

Coachsmallhead-Send me a list of either what you have or what you need for the 1981 Topps set. I may have a few to add to your collection.

[howiek]

1 project is to get as many 53 Archive cards signed. As of today I have gotten 30 different Old Timers and am waiting on 12. I havn't done any TTM's that require $. So, there are probably another 12 or so that require donations.

2. This Project includes getting as many Mets and Yankees I can. Former, current and Minor League Players. I'm up to 37 Mets and 31 Yankess

3. This project is to get as many Local Players from Long Island as possible.

[EdTarbusz]

I'm tying to collect the 1972 Topps set. This was the first set I ever colleceted, but all my cards from 1972-74 got thrown out. At this point, I have about abiut 70% of the set. Most of the the cards I need are from the last two series.

[AutographCollector]

I'm just missing Mike Scioscia, Rick Monday and Mark Bradley....I haven't been real impressed with what's available on E-Bay for Monday and Scioscia....and like I said, I don't know if I'll ever track down a Mark Bradley auto!

I might have an extra Scioscia signed card. I'll double check in the a.m. or whenever I wake up.

My goals: To get as many minor leaguers ttm as possible. Those kids are just great at signing. So yeah, that's my goal.

[Rockhound]

My collecting goals: having fun and learning more about the game.

There's a lot of baseball card heritage and I think a lot of people forget that cards are representative of the players themselves and what they mean to this sport. It's easy to get caught up in the mix of all the wonderful things that this hobby provides. I will agree that this is probably the golden age of baseball card collecting because of the variety, supply, and technology. We no longer live in the era where you had to attend a ballgame or get a baseball card to see what your favorite player looks like.

Sidebar:
I went down to one of the local baseball card shops here and started talking to the owner about baseball. He had been selling and collecting cards for decades, which is neat, but he didn't know squat about the game. I was really surprised. I'm not saying that in order to enjoy baseball you have to watch every game and follow every player's move. I just couldn't believe that someone who has such a love for the game knew so little. Whether it's right, wrong, or indifferent I think that every now and then people need to step outside the box and take a good look at what this game does for all of us. What's really great about baseball is that there's so much history and much of it is documented in books, videos, and even on the back of baseball cards.
:twocents::atthepc

[Extra Innings]

He had been selling and collecting cards for decades, which is neat, but he didn't know squat about the game. I was really surprised.

I knew a sports card dealer that was the same way. They were more worried about the latest Beckett listings rather than what was going on during the season. You would think that if someone is running a business based around sport(s) cards they would atleast follow it.

Back on topic, I just like to buy cards that I didn't/couldn't have when I was kid. I like to build/buy Topps sets from the 80s and I enjoy collecting Braves team sets from over the years.

[Captain Cold Nose]

I'm a collector, in general. I'm working on 1977 and 1979 Topps mostly, but I haven't put too much effort in deference to other things.

[ChuckBrown]

I have every Topps set from 1974 (my first year collecting) to the present. My long-term goal is to have each set from 1966 (my birth year) to the present. Right now I'm working on 1969 and 1973. I'm pretty close to complete sets of 1966, 1969, 1971, and 1973.

[Captain Cold Nose]

I have every Topps set from 1974 (my first year collecting) to the present. My long-term goal is to have each set from 1966 (my birth year) to the present. Right now I'm working on 1969 and 1973. I'm pretty close to complete sets of 1966, 1969, 1971, and 1973.

Do you have 1970? I completed one in the last year and found I had to get most of what I didn't have on eBay.

[DaClyde]

For the moment, my goals are to complete my player collections of Hensley Meulens, Bernardo Brito, Steve Howard, Dann Howitt and Tuffy Rhodes. Beyond that, just to keep collecting & trading as an after-work stress reliever.

[J.P]

To have a baseball card of every Cuban/Cuban American player who has played in the majors, and one of every Marlins player ever. Of course, it would be nice to have them all autographed. So far, I have:

88 cubans/7 autos
26 Cuban Americans/2 autos
145 Marlins/ 14 autos