2021 Collecting Goals

theplasticman · 12-11-2020, 10:28 PM

Searched a few keywords and didn't see one started. Anyone care to share their baseball card collecting goals for next year?

Here are mine:

Darin Erstad
+ Find the 2003 Sweet Spot Bat Barrel I am missing /4, I have the other 3.
+ Add another laundry tag
+ Add another button card
+ Add another barrel card
+ Find another game jersey
+ Of the 153 non 1/1 I am missing, I'd love to knock off 30 of those.
+ Of the 290 1/1 I am missing, pick up 12 or more.

Bucky Jacobsen
+ Missing only 4 non 1/1 cards. Would love to track down 2. On the list are a pair of /25 parallels and a retail parallel. "Common" stuff but elusive.
+ Of the 34 1/1 I am missing, add 6.

Aaron Kurcz
+ Add a game jersey
+ Finish off the IP auto's. I'd need to grab some extras and message him, then be finished with this run.
+ Find this card: 2011 Bowman Draft Prospect Autographs Red #AK Aaron Kurcz /25
+ Missing 6 1/1 and the above Red auto and I'll have everything.

Will Clark
+ Add an interesting game used item. I've got jerseys, a bat, batting helmet, batting gloves, etc
+ Move the rest of my PSA and BGS graded cards. I've got 100s.
+ Add a "keeper" type of card (laundry tag, barrel, etc).
+ Liquidate more singles I have to other Clark collectors
+ Add more 1987 Topps Tiffany rookies. I'm at around 500

Eddie Murray
+ Add a game bat. Have a hat and an Indians road jersey from 1995.
+ Add a "keeper" type of card (laundry tag, barrel, etc).
+ Liquidate more singles I have to other Murray collectors
+ Move the rest of my PSA and BGS graded cards. I've got 100s. Unsure about the 1978 PSA 9 though.

Cards with my son (age 6)
+ Open some packs together (if we can find any, LOL)
+ He loves Mike Trout (good taste, kid). Find something unique for him to keep.

NYRE2PECT · 12-11-2020, 10:45 PM

1.) Not buy a grip of cards that I don't really want (sold just about everything to recalibrate from a growing hoarders mentality).
2.) Commission a custom Project 2020 Derek Jeter frame
3.) Finish the Basic Aaron Judge Basic Set
4.) Save 2x as much as I spend

somethingclever · 12-11-2020, 11:57 PM

Finish my 1973 Topps set, about 50% currently. Already have the Mike Schmidt RC, but still need all but a handful of the hi #s and most of the HOFers.

Might try to causally make some progress on my 1972 set, but will probably get distracted by the 2021 flagship set.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

MiamiMarlinsFan · 12-12-2020, 08:22 AM

Buy all the Sixto Sanchez and Alec Bohm flagship parallels I can afford.

Gustomania · 12-12-2020, 08:41 AM

My #1 goal is to finish my Koufax project I started Nov, 2019 to collect PSA graded well centered topps issued cards from his playing day. These include the leader cards and both the gray and white 56. I have 22/30 and the challenge is finding ones with the eye appeal I want.

Now I know I will never be done as I will always look to find and upgrade but I’m in a good spot. I would consider it completed once I add the last 8 and then it’s just maintenance mode and for the final piece I would upgrade the 1955.

kabrune2 · 12-12-2020, 09:55 AM

2021 Hobby Goals
- DO NOT BUY Modern cards/packs (2002 or newer)
- fill in the holes for HoF RC PSA 9 Vintage Set (1969-1980)
- sell off unnecessary/duplicate high end modern

ThoseBackPages · 12-12-2020, 10:01 AM

to keep collecting

kabrune2 · 12-12-2020, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

to keep collecting

One of your goals isn’t to keep being a narcissistic a$$hat to demean and belittle others?

YouTheManNick · 12-12-2020, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kabrune2

One of your goals isn’t to keep being a narcissistic a$$hat to demean and belittle others?

440ToCenter · 12-12-2020, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kabrune2

One of your goals isn’t to keep being a narcissistic a$$hat to demean and belittle others?

ThoseBackPages · 12-12-2020, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kabrune2

One of your goals isn’t to keep being a narcissistic a$$hat to demean and belittle others?

thats a given, not a goal

roush16racing · 12-12-2020, 12:37 PM

Get to Target early each day ,wander around the store until someone fills it up with baseball cards. Grab 20 of each blaster, sell it on Ebay for 2x MSRP, and buy a Bentley by year's end. Just kidding.

Cliffroach · 12-12-2020, 12:42 PM

1 - Keep building sets and subsets.
2 - buy PC cards

That's it. That's the list.

hairysasquatch · 12-12-2020, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kabrune2

One of your goals isn’t to keep being a narcissistic a$$hat to demean and belittle others?

Why the h8 for TBP??

discodanman45 · 12-12-2020, 12:47 PM

I want to get my 250 plus cards back from PSA... Seriously though I want to get every HOF rookie and first solo card from 1970 to 1989 in a PSA holder. After that I will start to expand to get other HOF rookies and slowly improve my grades. Vintage may be in my future as well. Modern is not happening at these crazy prices and higher print runs.

Dodgerfan74 · 12-12-2020, 12:58 PM

Work on these sets:
1974 Topps Baseball
2012 Topps Heritage
2020 Archives (1974 subset)
1963 Topps
PC
Lux, May, Gonsolin, rc's I don't have
Kershaw RCs
Bellinger RCs
Seager RCs
Dodger vintage-Koufax & Jackie

Gradek · 12-12-2020, 01:04 PM

Finish selling all the stuff I don’t want to collect anymore (ie everything but flagship). Send my trove of update Acuna/Soto and series 2 tatis to psa.

CardboardCracka · 12-12-2020, 01:36 PM

My main goals are:

1. to continue scanning my collection. I'm trying to scan my entire collection and I'm about half way there. I don't think I'll finish in 2021, but hopefully get close.

2. Sell more, especially basketball

3. Grade more. I finally graded a couple of cards in 2020 for the first time. I'd like to grade more. As much as I'm a detractor to grading, it increases the value of cards I want to sell.

4. Buy less wax and buy more singles.

chris_ac · 12-12-2020, 01:54 PM

Always love yearly goal threads.

For me,

1. Maintain my 4 player collections as best I can. Budgetary restraints may constrict in 2021 so my days of landing super 1/1's could be over sooner than later, but I always adapt and will find singles to add depending on product selection and visual appeal.

2. May nearly axe group and personal breaks. With a tighter budget, I may take a monthly approach and if near the end of a month I didn't find much singles, I will re-allocate funds to a personal break within reason to scratch the itch that never goes away completely. I love group breaks but spending several hundred to 1k and getting just about no keepers more often than not is just not fair to me and collection. Can't waste that much when it could be utilized for singles at any moment.

3. Won't set card total goals for my PCs. Will always depend on what's available for sale within reason.

4. Maybe at some point next year will submit my Acuna Jr PC to Beckett mag for a super collector article. I know nobody reads the mags anymore but it's still a keepsake for my parents after my battle with CF is over.

5. Not a hobby goal but find a way to watch more games, especially of course the teams with my PC players. Life is short as most people have learned this year and got to find a joy in everyday life to focus on so I don't get total anxiety over my prognosis. Last couple years have been rough for my health outside of the virus worries for my family.

mfw13 · 12-12-2020, 03:21 PM

1) To continue to have fun collecting.....ordered my first ever case (2021 Heritage), so hoping that ripping it will be fun.

2) Continue to chip away at my wantlist of cards from pre-2020 releases

3) Continue to annoy "coachnip13"

gmoney328 · 12-12-2020, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThoseBackPages

thats a given, not a goal

Perfect response.

notoriousrmb · 12-12-2020, 04:03 PM

Don't buy overpriced wax.

Don't buy overpriced PSA cards.

brewtown107 · 12-12-2020, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmoney328

Perfect response.

Agree! I don't always agree with Eric, but I have to say he's the king of well-played on this board.

cavsfan70 · 12-12-2020, 04:24 PM

finish a 2020 Mookie Betts topps now rainbow (only need the /5)

finish a Ronald Acuna Jr 2020 bowman paper rainbow... the 1/1 is going to be incredibly difficult to find.

unload my ~200 cards I'm waiting for from PSA.

finish a few project 2020 artists sets and get them all graded with PSA.

theplasticman · 12-12-2020, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

1.) Not buy a grip of cards that I don't really want (sold just about everything to recalibrate from a growing hoarders mentality).
2.) Commission a custom Project 2020 Derek Jeter frame
3.) Finish the Basic Aaron Judge Basic Set
4.) Save 2x as much as I spend

Extra nice on 1 and 4!

12-11-2020, 11:57 PM	#3
somethingclever Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: NEPA Posts: 396	Finish my 1973 Topps set, about 50% currently. Already have the Mike Schmidt RC, but still need all but a handful of the hi #s and most of the HOFers. Might try to causally make some progress on my 1972 set, but will probably get distracted by the 2021 flagship set. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ -Sam LTB:Topps Adam Frazier

12-12-2020, 08:41 AM	#5
Gustomania Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 3,888	My #1 goal is to finish my Koufax project I started Nov, 2019 to collect PSA graded well centered topps issued cards from his playing day. These include the leader cards and both the gray and white 56. I have 22/30 and the challenge is finding ones with the eye appeal I want. Now I know I will never be done as I will always look to find and upgrade but I’m in a good spot. I would consider it completed once I add the last 8 and then it’s just maintenance mode and for the final piece I would upgrade the 1955. __________________ Collecting: Sandy Koufax "Left Arm of God" Last edited by Gustomania; 12-12-2020 at 08:49 AM.

12-12-2020, 10:01 AM	#7
ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 90,233 ThoseBackPages	to keep collecting __________________ Pumpers Paradise #YouCryIBuy Four things that we cannot change each others minds about: Politics, Religion, Third Party Grading, and 2021 Bowman's Best Rookie Cards

12-12-2020, 12:47 PM	#15
discodanman45 Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: CA Posts: 9,778 danch27	I want to get my 250 plus cards back from PSA... Seriously though I want to get every HOF rookie and first solo card from 1970 to 1989 in a PSA holder. After that I will start to expand to get other HOF rookies and slowly improve my grades. Vintage may be in my future as well. Modern is not happening at these crazy prices and higher print runs. __________________ Always looking for rarer Rik Smits cards and cards from the 2014-15 Spectra Global Icons set. Send me a message!

12-12-2020, 12:58 PM	#16
Dodgerfan74 Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 3,365	Work on these sets: 1974 Topps Baseball 2012 Topps Heritage 2020 Archives (1974 subset) 1963 Topps PC Lux, May, Gonsolin, rc's I don't have Kershaw RCs Bellinger RCs Seager RCs Dodger vintage-Koufax & Jackie __________________ All I Know is I'm not Home Yet This is not Where I belong Last edited by Dodgerfan74; 12-12-2020 at 01:54 PM.

12-11-2020, 10:28 PM	#1
theplasticman Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 481	2021 Collecting Goals Searched a few keywords and didn't see one started. Anyone care to share their baseball card collecting goals for next year? Here are mine: Darin Erstad + Find the 2003 Sweet Spot Bat Barrel I am missing /4, I have the other 3. + Add another laundry tag + Add another button card + Add another barrel card + Find another game jersey + Of the 153 non 1/1 I am missing, I'd love to knock off 30 of those. + Of the 290 1/1 I am missing, pick up 12 or more. Bucky Jacobsen + Missing only 4 non 1/1 cards. Would love to track down 2. On the list are a pair of /25 parallels and a retail parallel. "Common" stuff but elusive. + Of the 34 1/1 I am missing, add 6. Aaron Kurcz + Add a game jersey + Finish off the IP auto's. I'd need to grab some extras and message him, then be finished with this run. + Find this card: 2011 Bowman Draft Prospect Autographs Red #AK Aaron Kurcz /25 + Missing 6 1/1 and the above Red auto and I'll have everything. Will Clark + Add an interesting game used item. I've got jerseys, a bat, batting helmet, batting gloves, etc + Move the rest of my PSA and BGS graded cards. I've got 100s. + Add a "keeper" type of card (laundry tag, barrel, etc). + Liquidate more singles I have to other Clark collectors + Add more 1987 Topps Tiffany rookies. I'm at around 500 Eddie Murray + Add a game bat. Have a hat and an Indians road jersey from 1995. + Add a "keeper" type of card (laundry tag, barrel, etc). + Liquidate more singles I have to other Murray collectors + Move the rest of my PSA and BGS graded cards. I've got 100s. Unsure about the 1978 PSA 9 though. Cards with my son (age 6) + Open some packs together (if we can find any, LOL) + He loves Mike Trout (good taste, kid). Find something unique for him to keep. __________________ COLLECTING: Darin Erstad, Bucky Jacobsen and Aaron Kurcz IG: theplasticman.cards

12-11-2020, 10:45 PM	#2
NYRE2PECT Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: San Antonio Posts: 8,087	1.) Not buy a grip of cards that I don't really want (sold just about everything to recalibrate from a growing hoarders mentality). 2.) Commission a custom Project 2020 Derek Jeter frame 3.) Finish the Basic Aaron Judge Basic Set 4.) Save 2x as much as I spend

12-12-2020, 08:22 AM	#4
MiamiMarlinsFan Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Florida Posts: 13,652	Buy all the Sixto Sanchez and Alec Bohm flagship parallels I can afford.

12-12-2020, 09:55 AM	#6
kabrune2 Banned Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 1,360	2021 Hobby Goals - DO NOT BUY Modern cards/packs (2002 or newer) - fill in the holes for HoF RC PSA 9 Vintage Set (1969-1980) - sell off unnecessary/duplicate high end modern

12-12-2020, 12:37 PM	#12
roush16racing Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 624 roush16penske22	Get to Target early each day ,wander around the store until someone fills it up with baseball cards. Grab 20 of each blaster, sell it on Ebay for 2x MSRP, and buy a Bentley by year's end. Just kidding.

12-12-2020, 12:42 PM	#13
Cliffroach Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,437	1 - Keep building sets and subsets. 2 - buy PC cards That's it. That's the list.

12-12-2020, 01:04 PM	#17
Gradek Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 744	Finish selling all the stuff I don’t want to collect anymore (ie everything but flagship). Send my trove of update Acuna/Soto and series 2 tatis to psa.

12-12-2020, 01:36 PM	#18
CardboardCracka Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,066 BookwormCollege	My main goals are: 1. to continue scanning my collection. I'm trying to scan my entire collection and I'm about half way there. I don't think I'll finish in 2021, but hopefully get close. 2. Sell more, especially basketball 3. Grade more. I finally graded a couple of cards in 2020 for the first time. I'd like to grade more. As much as I'm a detractor to grading, it increases the value of cards I want to sell. 4. Buy less wax and buy more singles. __________________ Collecting Steelers, Penguins, Pitt Panthers, HOF on-card autos, FB 90s/early 2000s refractors, Heritage refractors and whatever else catches my eye. IG: @symbolic_cards https://www.flickr.com/photos/150759555@N08/albums

12-12-2020, 01:54 PM	#19
chris_ac Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,279	Always love yearly goal threads. For me, 1. Maintain my 4 player collections as best I can. Budgetary restraints may constrict in 2021 so my days of landing super 1/1's could be over sooner than later, but I always adapt and will find singles to add depending on product selection and visual appeal. 2. May nearly axe group and personal breaks. With a tighter budget, I may take a monthly approach and if near the end of a month I didn't find much singles, I will re-allocate funds to a personal break within reason to scratch the itch that never goes away completely. I love group breaks but spending several hundred to 1k and getting just about no keepers more often than not is just not fair to me and collection. Can't waste that much when it could be utilized for singles at any moment. 3. Won't set card total goals for my PCs. Will always depend on what's available for sale within reason. 4. Maybe at some point next year will submit my Acuna Jr PC to Beckett mag for a super collector article. I know nobody reads the mags anymore but it's still a keepsake for my parents after my battle with CF is over. 5. Not a hobby goal but find a way to watch more games, especially of course the teams with my PC players. Life is short as most people have learned this year and got to find a joy in everyday life to focus on so I don't get total anxiety over my prognosis. Last couple years have been rough for my health outside of the virus worries for my family. __________________ PC (NFS/NFT): Anze Kopitar/Justin Jefferson/Victor Wembanyama IG: playerclector

12-12-2020, 03:21 PM	#20
mfw13 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 17,504	1) To continue to have fun collecting.....ordered my first ever case (2021 Heritage), so hoping that ripping it will be fun. 2) Continue to chip away at my wantlist of cards from pre-2020 releases 3) Continue to annoy "coachnip13"

12-12-2020, 04:03 PM	#22
notoriousrmb Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,827	Don't buy overpriced wax. Don't buy overpriced PSA cards.

12-12-2020, 04:24 PM	#24
cavsfan70 Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: OH > TN > NC Posts: 1,195 nosebleed70 bigcontracts	finish a 2020 Mookie Betts topps now rainbow (only need the /5) finish a Ronald Acuna Jr 2020 bowman paper rainbow... the 1/1 is going to be incredibly difficult to find. unload my ~200 cards I'm waiting for from PSA. finish a few project 2020 artists sets and get them all graded with PSA.