With one month gone, I figured I'd post an
update on my collecting goals for 2015. They are:
- Get to at least 100
signed 1953 Topps. I'm at 82/100 right now,
after starting the year with 68. This goal is probably a bit modest.
I'll wind up updating it to a higher figure at some point; I just
want to see how long it takes me to get to 100, and how expensive that is
before I set the new goal.
- Add at least four new
Hall of Famers to the set. The return I got from Whitey Ford was the first HOF'er I
added this year, and I won a Warren Spahn on eBay a couple days ago that
should arrive next week. I think adding six new HOF'ers is
an achievable goal. It will require a bit of balancing
with my first goal though; even a cheap HOF'er costs enough for a few
scrubs, so working on this goal hinders my sheer numbers goal.
- Add at least two new Red
Sox to the set. Already met this
one, thanks to my purchases of #40 Johnny Lipon and #149 Dom DiMaggio.
There are a few on eBay that I may bring on board at some point in the not-too-distant
future, but my new goal is to add two from the other Boston team, the old
Boston Braves. After the second series, the cards were corrected to
reflect the move to Milwaukee, but there are plenty of Boston Braves to go around. The
Spahn is one, and I have an Eddie Mathews out at PSA right now that I
ordered last year.
- Get at least two more
1949 Bowmans signed. Exceeded this one. I have three in so far, and a
request out right now with a fourth. I'd love to pick up #211 Dave
Ferriss, but he was in the high numbers, so his cards are really expensive
and I haven't yet seen one within my price range.
That's where everything stands right now.
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