My mind started wandering towards what I wanted to spend my Black Friday funds on. From a box perspective, I think I will try to grab a couple boxes of the last couple Panini Cooperstown releases. Prices are already under $100 and you get 2 HOF autos per box. Maybe I can get lucky and get a cut or one of the HOFers I need for my set. Plus it is really cool when every card out of a pack is of a HOFers. I bought some 2013 Pinnacle a little while back and those boxes are already really cheap. I almost have the base set complete and like several of the insert sets so I may buy a bunch of it - maybe even my first case of cards.
On the singles front, I was looking at my set want list and don't have a ton to track down. I see myself going after the 2015 Donruss All-Time Diamond Kings and the 2014 Archives short prints. I will probably look for the 2009 Finest letterman autos I need and then the vintage sets come into play. I decided to take a look at my 2015 goals and see what insight that gave me.
Here is a list of my goals at the beginning of the year with a quick update:
1.
Obtain all 2015 Giants base cards from
all releases.
I have been keeping up
fairly well, needing only 21 cards to finish this off with the current
releases The Cooperstown cards will be
the hardest to track down, the rest shouldn’t be much of a challenge, just need
to put my time and resources to them.
2015 Leaf Heroes of Baseball
#60 Will Clark
2015 Panini Cooperstown #10
Bill Terry
2015 Panini Cooperstown #41
George Kelly
2015 Panini Cooperstown #59
Juan Marichal
2015 Panini Cooperstown #65
Mel Ott
2015 Panini Cooperstown #67
Monte Irvin
2015 Panini Cooperstown #70
Orlando Cepeda
2015 Stadium Club #72
Madison Bumgarner
2015 Topps Chipz #14 Madison
Bumgarner
2015 Topps Chipz #67 Hunter
Pence
2015 Topps Chipz #71 Buster
Posey
2015 Topps Chipz #84 Pablo
Sandoval
2015 Topps High Tek #HTBC
Brandon Crawford B
2015 Topps High Tek #HTBP
Buster Posey B
2015 Topps High Tek #HTJPK
Joe Panik A
2015 Topps Museum Collection
#10 Buster Posey
2015 Topps Opening Day #24
Tim Lincecum
2015 Topps Triple Threads #9
Madison Bumgarner
2015 Topps Update #US5 Ryan
Vogelsong
2015 Topps Update #US271
Mike Leake
2015 Topps Update #US321
Chris Heston RC
2.
2. Acquire at least 800 Giants base
cards from years past. My want list has about 2800 going back to
1948. I have no idea if this is a realistic target, I will try and knock
as many off this list as I can but want to set some sort of goal.
I have done much better than
expected on this goal. My list is now
down to 1588 needed base cards which means I added 1,212 Giants base cards well
surpassing the 800 card goal. This also
doesn’t include the 2015 base cards I added.
3.Concentrate my player collections on
obtaining all the base cards of these players. Certain player like
McCovey, Vida and Lott will still get the focus of all cards including base.
- Willie McCovey
- Rickey Henderson
- Vida Blue
- Reggie Jackson
- Dave Winfield
- Ben Petrick
- Dave Parker (as a Pirate)
- Chili Davis
- Ronnie Lott
- Roger Craig
- Dwight Clark
- Chris Webber
- Charles Barkley
- Patrick Ewing
I have started making a few base card
only want lists and added them to the bottom of my posted want lists. I
am using Beckett.com so I doubt it will be 100% accurate but should help in my
shopping excursions.
I have added cards from all
of these players over the year. My Ben
Petrick and Chili Davis collections have really grown. I feel pretty good about this goal. The basketball guys could use some extra
attention and I would like to get my Reggie Jackson and Dave Winfield
collections updated with more of their recent releases.
4. Finish my 1970 Topps set which
will include:
- Paying off lay-away balance at old LCS for all but 17 off my want list
- Tracking down the final 17 cards that include: Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson RC, Hank Aaron AS, Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Willie Mays, Al Kaline, Johnny Bench and Nolan Ryan
I did it (post upcoming) !!!
My old Orange County LCS and
Mrhavercamp were huge helps in making this happen.
5. Knock 150 cards off 1971 Topps want
list (currently at 340/752)
I am currently at 489/752 so
I have added 149 cards, just short of my goal.
However I have 6 high numbers on the way so this goal was just
accomplished.
6. Knock 100 cards off 1972 Topps want list (currently at 481/787)
6. Knock 100 cards off 1972 Topps want list (currently at 481/787)
I am now at 514/787 meaning
I only added 33 cards. This looks like an area for some attention before year
end if I want to accomplish my goal.
7. Complete 1956 Topps Presidents set (currently at 29/36 with 2 on the way)
7. Complete 1956 Topps Presidents set (currently at 29/36 with 2 on the way)
I am down to needing 2
cards, #3 George Washington and #4 John Adams.
Time to buckle down and see if I can finish off this set.
8. Get all my base cards and inserts that aren’t part of sets or my player and team collections uploaded into Sportlots. I just finished sorting and inputting about 5000 baseball cards that I have acquired since my move about 18 months ago and have a total of over 48,000 cards in the database. I have tons of base cards from the early 80s to mid 2000s in a closet that I want to get input as well. In addition to selling $20-$80/month in cards that I can turn around and use to buy new ones (almost like trading), Sportlots gives me a great database to locate the cards I have. If you have needs by player or set, let me know and I can do a quick search.
8. Get all my base cards and inserts that aren’t part of sets or my player and team collections uploaded into Sportlots. I just finished sorting and inputting about 5000 baseball cards that I have acquired since my move about 18 months ago and have a total of over 48,000 cards in the database. I have tons of base cards from the early 80s to mid 2000s in a closet that I want to get input as well. In addition to selling $20-$80/month in cards that I can turn around and use to buy new ones (almost like trading), Sportlots gives me a great database to locate the cards I have. If you have needs by player or set, let me know and I can do a quick search.
This didn’t happen. The closet cards never made it into the
database although I did get most of my other cards into Sportlots including
most of my 2015 duplicates.
9. Obtain at least 1 Giants card that will be the oldest in my collection. I currently have 4 1933 Goudeys that are tied for my oldest card.
9. Obtain at least 1 Giants card that will be the oldest in my collection. I currently have 4 1933 Goudeys that are tied for my oldest card.
I now have 2 T206 cards and
counting. Thanks to Zippy Zappy for
breaking the seal and entering me into the T206 Club!
10. Make significant progress on my 49ers Vintage set collection and have at least 100 different cards by year end.
10. Make significant progress on my 49ers Vintage set collection and have at least 100 different cards by year end.
I currently have 97
different cards. I need to seek out a
few more and make this goal one that I surpass.
11. Update USC Football checklist with releases from the past 3-5 years (they are hit and miss) and obtain 50% of all base cards from 2014 and 2015.
11. Update USC Football checklist with releases from the past 3-5 years (they are hit and miss) and obtain 50% of all base cards from 2014 and 2015.
I did get my checklists
updated. I have also picked up a bunch
of base cards but I haven’t tracked the percentage. My suspicion is that I am at less than 50%
but it isn’t worth my time to tabulate – it just isn’t that important to
me. I am glad my list is up to date and
I will continue to add to this collection at a slow and steady pace.
12. My first non-base focused goal will be to add 6 certified autographs of players new to my Baseball HOF collection.
12. My first non-base focused goal will be to add 6 certified autographs of players new to my Baseball HOF collection.
I met this goal just after
the midpoint of the year. I haven’t
sought out any after that but will be looking for some deals in the near
future.
13. Maintain set building discipline, try not to collect every set that comes out
13. Maintain set building discipline, try not to collect every set that comes out
I did okay here. I am proud of my shift to buying some full
sets that I wanted versus buying multiple boxes and singles. I did this with Topps Archives, Topps Update
and Stadium Club. I stayed away from the
Bowman releases Topps Gypsy Queen, Topps Heritage and Topps Chrome. My only semi regret was buying 3 boxes of
Allen & Ginter to build that set but part of that was driven by my first
entry into Gintacuffs which I had fun with.
14. Have fun with the blog, post 200-250 times during the year, hold a couple contests, comment more on the posts of fellow bloggers, continue to trade and send some “just because” packages.
14. Have fun with the blog, post 200-250 times during the year, hold a couple contests, comment more on the posts of fellow bloggers, continue to trade and send some “just because” packages.
Did I have fun? – Yes, I
made a mental shift and took out any stress I placed on myself to post daily
Did I post 200-250 times? –
Not yet, I am at 163 posts YTD. I
typically don’t post more than once per day so I need to post about 2 out of
every 3 days from now until year end to make this goal.
Did I hold a couple
contests? – I held one so far and I am hoping to gear up for a second by year
end.
More comments? – Maybe but I
still should do more. I really enjoy
reading the blogs and I know how much a quick comment makes me feel like my
post was read and appreciated. I should
do more.
Continue to trade? – I
completed some trades but not a ton.
Just because packages? –
Probably more than in the past but I would like to do more. I have a stack of cards on my desk that I have
been meaning to package up for a few bloggers.
Hopefully I can use some of my upcoming vacation time to send out some
PWEs.
From a buying perspective, I think this reflection narrows my search down to the 2015 base cards, the 1972 Topps Set, the 1956 Topps President Set and maybe some 49er Vintage.
Sorry for the lack of cards in the post. I will leave you with the 1992 Ziploc set that I picked up in a Sportlots auction a long time ago. No reason other than it has been sitting in my scanned folder for why to long.
Happy Collecting!
Very thorough list, I wish I was that organized!
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