2023 Hobby Goals

theplasticman · 12-24-2022, 05:15 PM

Here are mine for 2023

1. Clear out all non player collection cards and sell those to other player/team collectors
2. Have Aaron Kurcz sign the final 6 cards I need to complete my IP collection for his stuff
3. Submit 100+ cards to PSA
4. Continue selling off my Will Clark & Eddie Murray player collections
5. Sort and checklist my Stacey Augmon collection
6. Add at least 20 cards to my Darin Erstad collection. I only need about 125 non-1/1 cards.
7. Add at least 1 Bucky Jacobsen card. I need 6 non-1/1 cards. Want 2005 Topps Black /54.
8. Continue enjoying the hobby on my own terms

How I did for 2022

1. Get all my non-PC items sorted and prepared to sell (FB and COMC).

2. Prep a few dozen cards for PSA submission

3. Sell off the parts of my Will Clark and Eddie Murray collections that aren't interesting to me anymore

4. Open 2022 Topps with my 7 year old son

5. Add to my Darin Erstad, Bucky Jacobsen, Stacey Augmon, and Aaron Kurcz collections

6. Add another GU jersey, GU bat, other GU item from any players above

7. Enjoy the hobby more

Didn't get to do any 2022 Topps with my boy. We gave up looking at Target/Wal-Mart etc. Instead, we bought some online sets to break up and some to hold.

I did add a Game Used Rangers jersey for Will Clark. Probably the pickup of the year for me.

Allen Ginter 99 · 12-24-2022, 05:50 PM

This is a cool post

I plan to downsize 50 percent of my collection. I want to slow down purchases to.

Going to attempt the buy one card 5 need to be donated or sold

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RedLabelRecords · 12-24-2022, 06:20 PM

I’m cutting off all my box purchases starting now. The two holiday boxes are the topping on the cake of a crazy fun year. Back to my other hobbies.

hammertime · 12-24-2022, 06:20 PM

Consolidate
Buy less
Buy better
Flip less
Buy more vintage

NYRE2PECT · 12-24-2022, 06:22 PM

Sell Tatis for as close to break even as I can.

timber63401 · 12-24-2022, 06:31 PM

Bust WAY less wax.
Find a nice high end insert or auto set to put together from scratch.
Buy more Vintage.

Drew3000 · 12-24-2022, 06:43 PM

I decided to restart my collection a bit ago. Just focusing on certain things. I’ve only added 1 card so far so next year, I’d like to add 5 lifetime PC Cards

ThoseBackPages · 12-24-2022, 07:12 PM

keep collecting

Cardboard Dawg · 12-24-2022, 07:17 PM

Start a grading company

jduds · 12-24-2022, 07:55 PM

1. I just set a plan for buying for the year and I want to stick to it.
2. Get rid of at least half of my things that belong in $1 to $10 boxes.
That's it.

gododgersfan · 12-24-2022, 08:07 PM

Buy less sportscards, and buy more Pokemon. My little guy and I love breaking ETBs for pure fun.

Davis · 12-24-2022, 08:24 PM

Win the race to the bottom. Sell everything! Don’t catch the falling knife!

speedyjg13 · 12-24-2022, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Davis

Win the race to the bottom. Sell everything! Don’t catch the falling knife!

This may be the theme of 2023.

rfgilles · 12-24-2022, 08:47 PM

Consign my Gleyber Torres, Eloy Jimenez, and Fernando Tatis cards

atomic619jd · 12-24-2022, 08:58 PM

After looking at my credit card statement year in review, I agreed (was told by) the woman I would only buy cards with funds obtained through selling cards in 2023.

I ordered a case of Bowman Chrome to hold me over and I've also got a big PSA order coming back so should be able to start selling that to prep for 2023 releases.

So looks like the top goal of 2023 will be downsizing and selling anything not in the PC. I need to figure out the best way to do this...

TBTC Baseball · 12-24-2022, 09:04 PM

Finish scanning and loading Throwback cards to website.
Finish sorting all cards by teams to sell off.
Pick up a few autos at decent prices.

speedyjg13 · 12-24-2022, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfgilles

Consign my Gleyber Torres, Eloy Jimenez, and Fernando Tatis cards

I may join you here in selling some cards via consignment

bziddy · 12-24-2022, 09:12 PM

1. Go through at least 33% of my monster boxes and pull cards for value boxes for card shows.
2. Inventory my 1980s unopened wax collection.
3. Get several cases and boxes to Steve @bbce to wrap from my 1980s unopened wax collection
4. Set up at a card show and sell my excess 1980s unopened wax and value box cards from my monster boxes.
5. Build the 2023 Heritage Set (1974 is one of my ATF sets) by busting multiple cases of each release (regular, hi-number, minors).
6. Put the above base set from all 3 releases in a binder so I can look at it from time to time.
7. Start my "Talented Fat Men of Baseball" PC

Doublexthebeast · 12-24-2022, 09:56 PM

1. I want to reduce down from a couple thousand cards in my collection to around 300-400.
2. Utilize COMC for more sales.
3. Bust MORE wax. I actually haven't busted much the last 5 years. I want to primarily focus on older wax though. The new stuff has been lackluster.
4. Find and purchase the 2018 Bowman Chrome Draft McClanahan Superfractor Auto
5. Go to the National. It has been 4 years since I have been to one and need to go.

SleepyWill · 12-24-2022, 10:04 PM

Only purchase 7-10 big “PSA4 or better” vintage cards next year while selling almost all of my modern collection. Will be keeping my 90’s Griffey inserts, Messi & Mbappe high end, and a 5-10 other higher end modern cards.

Will be buying 49-56 Jackie’s, 51-55 Willie.

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rfgilles · 12-24-2022, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedyjg13

I may join you here in selling some cards via consignment

I hate mailing out packages, I use pcsportscards and they are great.

raddoc25 · 12-24-2022, 10:09 PM

Will try to get to 50% completion on my 1993 Finest Refractor PSA graded set.

Hollywood42 · 12-24-2022, 10:19 PM

I'm not 100% sure what my card goals will be for next year yet. I passed a big milestone of 10,000 unique Twins that's been on the horizon for awhile, but it's not realistic for me to get to another notable mark of like 15k. I always have some goals for things with my website and other hobby related but not specifically my collection, and those will remain. But for what I actually want to do with cards, I'm not quite sure what the specific goals will be

A lot of it may just be to keep doing what I've been doing - pick up cards I like and not worry too much about anything else. Sometimes just keeping things simple is the way to go, I think. There's a lot of factors out there that look to pull you in so many different ways these days

speedyjg13 · 12-24-2022, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfgilles

I hate mailing out packages, I use pcsportscards and they are great.

I use them as well

NYJNYYFan · 12-24-2022, 10:48 PM

I hit most of my 2022 goals of getting a Brady RC and autos for Wander, Witt, and JRod and getting better at letting things go.

For 2023 I really just want to stick with 5/6 boxes I really enjoy between multiple sports and stop chasing wax.

12-24-2022, 05:15 PM	#1
theplasticman Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 473	2023 Hobby Goals Here are mine for 2023 1. Clear out all non player collection cards and sell those to other player/team collectors 2. Have Aaron Kurcz sign the final 6 cards I need to complete my IP collection for his stuff 3. Submit 100+ cards to PSA 4. Continue selling off my Will Clark & Eddie Murray player collections 5. Sort and checklist my Stacey Augmon collection 6. Add at least 20 cards to my Darin Erstad collection. I only need about 125 non-1/1 cards. 7. Add at least 1 Bucky Jacobsen card. I need 6 non-1/1 cards. Want 2005 Topps Black /54. 8. Continue enjoying the hobby on my own terms How I did for 2022 1. Get all my non-PC items sorted and prepared to sell (FB and COMC). 2. Prep a few dozen cards for PSA submission 3. Sell off the parts of my Will Clark and Eddie Murray collections that aren't interesting to me anymore 4. Open 2022 Topps with my 7 year old son 5. Add to my Darin Erstad, Bucky Jacobsen, Stacey Augmon, and Aaron Kurcz collections 6. Add another GU jersey, GU bat, other GU item from any players above 7. Enjoy the hobby more Didn't get to do any 2022 Topps with my boy. We gave up looking at Target/Wal-Mart etc. Instead, we bought some online sets to break up and some to hold. I did add a Game Used Rangers jersey for Will Clark. Probably the pickup of the year for me. __________________ COLLECTING: Darin Erstad, Bucky Jacobsen and Aaron Kurcz IG: theplasticman.cards

12-24-2022, 06:22 PM	#5
NYRE2PECT Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: San Antonio Posts: 7,690	Sell Tatis for as close to break even as I can. __________________ Primarily retired from collecting, but doing a Greatest Sho-man binder thing. I do love California Angels baseball.

12-24-2022, 06:43 PM	#7
Drew3000 Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Kentucky Posts: 862	I decided to restart my collection a bit ago. Just focusing on certain things. I’ve only added 1 card so far so next year, I’d like to add 5 lifetime PC Cards __________________ Looking for: 2010 Joey Votto Topps Black /59

12-24-2022, 07:12 PM	#8
ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 89,028 ThoseBackPages	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

12-24-2022, 08:47 PM	#14
rfgilles Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4,139	Consign my Gleyber Torres, Eloy Jimenez, and Fernando Tatis cards Last edited by rfgilles; 06-02-2023 at 11:34 AM.

12-24-2022, 05:50 PM	#2
Allen Ginter 99 Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 534 Eclipsegt911	This is a cool post I plan to downsize 50 percent of my collection. I want to slow down purchases to. Going to attempt the buy one card 5 need to be donated or sold Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

12-24-2022, 06:20 PM	#3
RedLabelRecords Member Join Date: Dec 2022 Location: Wine Country 🍷 Posts: 1,010 ___	I’m cutting off all my box purchases starting now. The two holiday boxes are the topping on the cake of a crazy fun year. Back to my other hobbies.

12-24-2022, 06:20 PM	#4
hammertime Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: OH->MI->MD->VA Posts: 6,549	Consolidate Buy less Buy better Flip less Buy more vintage

12-24-2022, 06:31 PM	#6
timber63401 Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 1,514 timber63401	Bust WAY less wax. Find a nice high end insert or auto set to put together from scratch. Buy more Vintage.

12-24-2022, 07:17 PM	#9
Cardboard Dawg Member Join Date: May 2021 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 568	Start a grading company

12-24-2022, 07:55 PM	#10
jduds Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 3,775 chilaw57	1. I just set a plan for buying for the year and I want to stick to it. 2. Get rid of at least half of my things that belong in $1 to $10 boxes. That's it.

12-24-2022, 08:07 PM	#11
gododgersfan Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 440 goarmynco	Buy less sportscards, and buy more Pokemon. My little guy and I love breaking ETBs for pure fun.

12-24-2022, 08:24 PM	#12
Davis Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Denver Posts: 6,512	Win the race to the bottom. Sell everything! Don’t catch the falling knife!

12-24-2022, 08:58 PM	#15
atomic619jd Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 544 atomic619jd	After looking at my credit card statement year in review, I agreed (was told by) the woman I would only buy cards with funds obtained through selling cards in 2023. I ordered a case of Bowman Chrome to hold me over and I've also got a big PSA order coming back so should be able to start selling that to prep for 2023 releases. So looks like the top goal of 2023 will be downsizing and selling anything not in the PC. I need to figure out the best way to do this... __________________ Yankees 28th when?

12-24-2022, 09:04 PM	#16
TBTC Baseball Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: USA Posts: 1,025	Finish scanning and loading Throwback cards to website. Finish sorting all cards by teams to sell off. Pick up a few autos at decent prices.

12-24-2022, 09:12 PM	#18
bziddy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,963	1. Go through at least 33% of my monster boxes and pull cards for value boxes for card shows. 2. Inventory my 1980s unopened wax collection. 3. Get several cases and boxes to Steve @bbce to wrap from my 1980s unopened wax collection 4. Set up at a card show and sell my excess 1980s unopened wax and value box cards from my monster boxes. 5. Build the 2023 Heritage Set (1974 is one of my ATF sets) by busting multiple cases of each release (regular, hi-number, minors). 6. Put the above base set from all 3 releases in a binder so I can look at it from time to time. 7. Start my "Talented Fat Men of Baseball" PC __________________ They called me Mr. Glass. Last edited by bziddy; 12-24-2022 at 09:30 PM.

12-24-2022, 09:56 PM	#19
Doublexthebeast Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Midland, TX Posts: 8,806	1. I want to reduce down from a couple thousand cards in my collection to around 300-400. 2. Utilize COMC for more sales. 3. Bust MORE wax. I actually haven't busted much the last 5 years. I want to primarily focus on older wax though. The new stuff has been lackluster. 4. Find and purchase the 2018 Bowman Chrome Draft McClanahan Superfractor Auto 5. Go to the National. It has been 4 years since I have been to one and need to go. __________________ Shane McClanahan Super Collector. Always Buying.

12-24-2022, 10:04 PM	#20
SleepyWill Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Boston Posts: 2,358 Wilstok_0	Only purchase 7-10 big “PSA4 or better” vintage cards next year while selling almost all of my modern collection. Will be keeping my 90’s Griffey inserts, Messi & Mbappe high end, and a 5-10 other higher end modern cards. Will be buying 49-56 Jackie’s, 51-55 Willie. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Shohei Variation Chaser @Forbidden Donut on IG

12-24-2022, 10:09 PM	#22
raddoc25 Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Posts: 295	Will try to get to 50% completion on my 1993 Finest Refractor PSA graded set.

12-24-2022, 10:19 PM	#23
Hollywood42 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minnesota Posts: 39,425 Hollywood42	I'm not 100% sure what my card goals will be for next year yet. I passed a big milestone of 10,000 unique Twins that's been on the horizon for awhile, but it's not realistic for me to get to another notable mark of like 15k. I always have some goals for things with my website and other hobby related but not specifically my collection, and those will remain. But for what I actually want to do with cards, I'm not quite sure what the specific goals will be A lot of it may just be to keep doing what I've been doing - pick up cards I like and not worry too much about anything else. Sometimes just keeping things simple is the way to go, I think. There's a lot of factors out there that look to pull you in so many different ways these days __________________ Collecting the Twins All my PC wants/haves available at hollywood42cards.com

12-24-2022, 10:48 PM	#25
NYJNYYFan Member Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 514 njufcfan fcosta87	I hit most of my 2022 goals of getting a Brady RC and autos for Wander, Witt, and JRod and getting better at letting things go. For 2023 I really just want to stick with 5/6 boxes I really enjoy between multiple sports and stop chasing wax.