2023 Collecting Goals!
1. Meet 1 New HOFer, Ideally Brooks Robinson
2. Add 1,000 Vintage Cards 637/1000 63.7%
3. Add 200 '60s Cards 188/200 94.0%
4. Add 50 '50s Cards 248/50 COMPLETE
5. Add 25 '40s Cards 24/25 96%
6. Add 25 '30s Cards 18/25 72%
7. Get to 100 Different HOF RC (started at 88) 101/100 COMPLETE
8. Get to 150 Different HOF Autos (started at 147) 155/150 COMPLETE
9. Complete a Red Man Set COMPLETE
10. Add 5 UNC Autos 5/5 COMPLETE
11. Add 5 Auto'd Baseballs 3/5 60%
12. Add 1 Playing Days Mantle 6/1 COMPLETE
13. Get to 40 Different HOF Bobbleheads (started at 35) 35/40
14. Get to 1,000 Subs on Youtube (started at 769) 908/1,000
15. Add to Luka's Letters Collection. Letters Added: 9 COMPLETE
16. Add 1 Vintage Card to Every Set I'm working on 42/48 87.5%
(Sets still needed: '38G, '41PB, '53BC,'55RM, '70T, '75T)
17. Add 50 HOF Playing Days Cards 86/50 COMPLETE
18. Make Progress On Shrinking The Drawer
19. Complete '78 Topps Set (started at 717/726 = 98.8%) 722/726 = 99.4%
20. Make Progress On Perez Steele Customs COMPLETE
21. Make Progress on Authentication Everything That's Outstanding COMPLETE
22. Go To A Cardshow 1/1 COMPLETE
23. Get to 65% of Total Collection Completed (Started at 61.40%): 14,852/23,853 = 62.26%
1. Meet 1 New HOFer, Ideally Brooks Robinson
2. Add 1,000 Vintage Cards 637/1000 63.7%
3. Add 200 '60s Cards 188/200 94.0%
4. Add 50 '50s Cards 248/50 COMPLETE
5. Add 25 '40s Cards 24/25 96%
6. Add 25 '30s Cards 18/25 72%
7. Get to 100 Different HOF RC (started at 88) 101/100 COMPLETE
8. Get to 150 Different HOF Autos (started at 147) 155/150 COMPLETE
9. Complete a Red Man Set COMPLETE
10. Add 5 UNC Autos 5/5 COMPLETE
11. Add 5 Auto'd Baseballs 3/5 60%
12. Add 1 Playing Days Mantle 6/1 COMPLETE
13. Get to 40 Different HOF Bobbleheads (started at 35) 35/40
14. Get to 1,000 Subs on Youtube (started at 769) 908/1,000
15. Add to Luka's Letters Collection. Letters Added: 9 COMPLETE
16. Add 1 Vintage Card to Every Set I'm working on 42/48 87.5%
(Sets still needed: '38G, '41PB, '53BC,'55RM, '70T, '75T)
17. Add 50 HOF Playing Days Cards 86/50 COMPLETE
18. Make Progress On Shrinking The Drawer
19. Complete '78 Topps Set (started at 717/726 = 98.8%) 722/726 = 99.4%
20. Make Progress On Perez Steele Customs COMPLETE
21. Make Progress on Authentication Everything That's Outstanding COMPLETE
22. Go To A Cardshow 1/1 COMPLETE
23. Get to 65% of Total Collection Completed (Started at 61.40%): 14,852/23,853 = 62.26%
12/25/2023: Christmas Adds- The Big Finale!
After 8 months of my side-hustle card business- Christmas is my last buy day of the calendar year (the other being my birthday in April). So, I added a LOT this year through this that I couldn't have otherwise! Here's what I added: UNC Autos of Cole Anthony, Caleb Love, Ademola Okulaja, Brandan Wright, and Cam Johnson. 9 '69-70T Tallboy basketball including HOFers: Earl Monroe RC, Dave Bing RC, Tom "Satch" Sanders RC, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, and my first playing days Wilt Chamberlain! Also from '70-71T basketball: thirteen cards including HOFers Lou Hudson All-Star, Elvin Hayes, and Wes Unseld. I also got a Christmas gift from my friend Dom Manna (Staven Sports Cards, from Youtube) of a T206 Neal Ball (Cleveland). In that package it also included a Red Man ad from 1954 Red Man Baseball Pamphlet that he saw at the 2023 National that he grabbed for me. Continuing on with the pickups though, I also added: 8 '60 Fleer, a '61 Fleer Ty Cobb just as a type card, 2 '62 Post in Kaline & Santo (preemptively starting the '62 Post set technically before I said I would in 2024 haha)- 62T Mickey Mantle All-Star, '63T of '62 NL HR Leaders, Willie Mays & Mickey Mantle, '64T Giant Gunners & NL HR Leaders, '65T '64 NL Batting Leaders & Mickey Mantle, and '69T Nolan Ryan (his second year card) from the '60s. From the '50s I added 29 '50B including 12 low #, 15 '51B including 2 hi #, 6 '52T, 7 '53T including Mickey Mantle & Willie Mays, '54B Mickey Mantle, '55B Mickey Mantle, 7 '57T including 5 Mid #, 8 '53 Red Man including Rizzuto, Ashburn, and Musial, 6 '54 Red Mans including Willie Mays, Snider, Berra, Rizzuto and Ford, and about 15 Red Mans from various years with tabs that I'm "not collecting" haha. From the '40s I added 13 '49B, including 7 Hi #, Yogi Berra, and the Roy Campanella RC, and 2 '48B commons. From the '30s I added 5 '39 Play Ball cards, and 2 '33 Goudeys including Sam Rice's RC. Finally, I added one common T206 to my run of The Monster.
It was a great Christmas in terms of the collection- but all of that pales in comparison to the gift I received in Jesus being born, so that He would ultimately die on the cross for my sins- and we can't ever forget the best gift we could ever receive on Christmas.
It was a great Christmas in terms of the collection- but all of that pales in comparison to the gift I received in Jesus being born, so that He would ultimately die on the cross for my sins- and we can't ever forget the best gift we could ever receive on Christmas.
12/21/2023: Surprise Bobbleheads
I received two surprise bobbleheads recently. One from my neighbors (the Michael Harris) and one from a couple at my church (the AJ). Pretty cool adds for the Braves bobblehead collection!
11/20/2023: 4 Perez Steele Custom HOF Autos
3 brand new autos to my collection in Trammell, Kaat, and Bagwell- along with a Hoffman too! This puts me at 152 different HOF autos, hitting a 2023 goal of 150 by the end of the year! Thanks to my friend Mike Moynihan (Baseball Collector on youtube) for helping to get them done!
9/6/2023: Two Envelopes from OBC
Richard Labs sends 5 '60T, and Mark Camps sends 6 '69T.
8/9/2023: Walker Walks in 8 '72T
Walker Guthrie of OBC sends me 8 '72T, highlighted by non-HOFer Dick Allen.
7/14/2023: Schott hits from OBC!
3 '65T, including a Brave to get me to 37.5% on that set. Nice.
6/19/2023: Dan McMurrer: New OBCer!
New OBCer Dan McMurrer hits me with 1 '69T Al Lopez, a HOFer!
5/23/2023: Mark Camps of OBC
Hit me with 7 cards to my 1960 set!
5/2/2023: Tony Black Contest Win via Youtube!
Tony Black sends me 5 '53T (including 4 Hi #!), 2 '57T w/ Jim Gilliam, 1 '60T Hi #, and 1 '77T in Mike Schmidt for winning his 4 years on youtube contest!
4/29/2023: Birthday Brouhaha!
My Birthday is now one of my "buy days" from my side hustle card investor ordeal; and this is what I took out of "The Drawer" for my birthday!
4 '52 Red Mans including HOFer Casey Stengel, 3 '55T Double Headers including my first HOFer for the set in Hal Newhouser,
2 '70-71T Basketball in Hal Greer & the Nate Thurmond All-Star, Thirty-one cards for '69-70T Basketball including HOF rookie cards of
Lew Alcindor, Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Billy Cunningham, Don Nelson, Walt Frazier, Nate Thurmond, Willis Reed, and Dave DeBusschere,
a Willie Mays Perez Steele Auto, a 1948 Bowman uncut panel with Sain & Kiner Rookies on it, a 2013 Five Star Bryce Harper Auto,
a 2021 Tier One Scott Rolen Auto, a 1957-58 Topps Lennie Rosenbluth RC, 4 '57T including 2 mid numbers, 10 '55B including Aaron & Mays,
4 key cards from '54 Bowman in the Don Larsen RC, Doby, Fox & Schoendienst, 5 '53T, 3 '53B B&W, 26 '52T, 34 '51B including Mize &
Whitey Ford RC, 5 '51T Red Backs, 3 '51T Blue Backs, 58 '50B including 8 low numbers, 5 '49B, 2 '48B, a '47-66 Exhibit of Jackie Robinson,
1 '40PB, 11 '34G, 1 1920 Zeenut as a type card, 3 T206s including Joe Tinker Portrait & Frank Chance Portrait, Brooks Robinson & Earl Averill PS Registration Cards, the start of a new set with 53 '60 Fleer, and finally bobbleheads of: Ronald Acuna Jr., Brian Snitker, Tyler Matzek,
Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Ian Anderson, Ron Washington, Austin Riley, Eddie Rosario, The Freeze, Dale Murphy & Charlie Morton.
4 '52 Red Mans including HOFer Casey Stengel, 3 '55T Double Headers including my first HOFer for the set in Hal Newhouser,
2 '70-71T Basketball in Hal Greer & the Nate Thurmond All-Star, Thirty-one cards for '69-70T Basketball including HOF rookie cards of
Lew Alcindor, Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Billy Cunningham, Don Nelson, Walt Frazier, Nate Thurmond, Willis Reed, and Dave DeBusschere,
a Willie Mays Perez Steele Auto, a 1948 Bowman uncut panel with Sain & Kiner Rookies on it, a 2013 Five Star Bryce Harper Auto,
a 2021 Tier One Scott Rolen Auto, a 1957-58 Topps Lennie Rosenbluth RC, 4 '57T including 2 mid numbers, 10 '55B including Aaron & Mays,
4 key cards from '54 Bowman in the Don Larsen RC, Doby, Fox & Schoendienst, 5 '53T, 3 '53B B&W, 26 '52T, 34 '51B including Mize &
Whitey Ford RC, 5 '51T Red Backs, 3 '51T Blue Backs, 58 '50B including 8 low numbers, 5 '49B, 2 '48B, a '47-66 Exhibit of Jackie Robinson,
1 '40PB, 11 '34G, 1 1920 Zeenut as a type card, 3 T206s including Joe Tinker Portrait & Frank Chance Portrait, Brooks Robinson & Earl Averill PS Registration Cards, the start of a new set with 53 '60 Fleer, and finally bobbleheads of: Ronald Acuna Jr., Brian Snitker, Tyler Matzek,
Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Ian Anderson, Ron Washington, Austin Riley, Eddie Rosario, The Freeze, Dale Murphy & Charlie Morton.
4/28/2023: OBC Before My Birthday
James Moleta sends me 2 '73T to make that set exactly 70% complete, and Dave Hogan chips in with 5 '69T to get me to 25% of my '60s vintage goal for this year!
4/22/2023: Dan Williams of OBC
Dan hits me with 4 '73T & 4 '74T (including HOFer Frank Robinson)!
4/19/2023: Never-Ending Trade w/ Staven Sports Cards
My friend Dom sent me his end of the first rendition of our never-ending trade! He sent me a Michael Harris II RC, an Andruw Jones pinnacle coin, an Andruw Jones patch, and hits to every vintage set I'm working on in the '60s! Awesome, thanks Dom!
4/17/2023: 2 '74T from OBC
Robert Musgrove sends me 2 '74T cards for my set, getting me to 88.9% on the set- just 73 cards to go to completion!
4/1/2023: A Perez Steele Custom Return & Getting Brave
I got a Perez Steele Custom Return from a private signing (via my good friend Hall-Of-Fame Pullers on Youtube, Chris McCrary) who helped me get this Randy Johnson signed!
I also got brave (I'm left-handed, and scissors and I typically do not get along haha)- and cut these autos to create these Perez Steele cut autos myself! The Giles auto was supplied by my friend Scott Schulman (Reindeer Studios on Youtube) as a gift from Christmas, the Zach Wheat I bought as an index card at The National in 2022, and the Gil Hodges was from a signed laundry slip from The Drew Ekback (The Drew A Vintage Legacy on Youtube). I also tried something for the first time on the Zack Wheat- check out the front and back! Super cool!
I also got brave (I'm left-handed, and scissors and I typically do not get along haha)- and cut these autos to create these Perez Steele cut autos myself! The Giles auto was supplied by my friend Scott Schulman (Reindeer Studios on Youtube) as a gift from Christmas, the Zach Wheat I bought as an index card at The National in 2022, and the Gil Hodges was from a signed laundry slip from The Drew Ekback (The Drew A Vintage Legacy on Youtube). I also tried something for the first time on the Zack Wheat- check out the front and back! Super cool!
3/28/2023: Basketball and Baseball Commons!
I acquired 3 '70-71T basketball cards for my set from Brian Roth (BRoth6 on Youtube, of Cardsoup), and 12 '73T from Ed Pike of OBC.
3/24/2023: Down to FOUR COMMONS on '78T!
Ken Morganti of OBC sends me 4 for my '78T set: Molitor/Trammel RC, Thurman Munson, Yaz, and Ryan Record Breakers! Robert Musgrove also sends me 1 '58T!
3/22/2023: OBC
Bob D'Angelo sends me 1 '63T, and 1 '65T. That gets me to exactly 25% of the '63T set; and 36.3% on '65T.
3/16/2023: Tommy & T206s
One of my collecting mentors as a kid was my cousin Tommy. He was always in to vintage, looong before I was. He had lots of different things over the years, but his final pursuit was a set build of The Monster. That's right: 1909-11 T206. Well, long story short- I was able to acquire that collection this past weekend, and I will now be carrying on what he started- the building of that set. It included 61 different T206s, with 15 HOFers--absolutely incredible. Along with an original t206 package from Factory #42, in my home state of North Carolina. You can see some of them below!
3/3/2023: A UNC HOF Baseball, and 1 vintage card!
2/28/2023: A New HOF Auto'd Baseball!
2/16/2023: Andy Blackburn of OBC's first RAOK!
I received my first RAOK from newer member of OBC Andy Blackburn. He sends 5 '71T black beauties!
1/29/2023: OBC like a broken record!
1 '58T, 1 '72T, 4 '73T from three OBCers!
1/22/2023: OBC Strikes Again!
1 '78T, 10 '74T, 5 '73T and 1 '69T hit the PC from Brad Utterstrom, Bob Donaldson, and Andrew Blackburn. I'm down to just 8 cards needed on '78T, and down to just 75 cards for '74T!
1/17/2022: Another One From OBC!
Ed Pike hits me with 3 '68T, and 1 '71T- the first hits to those sets this year! '68T is now at 68.2%, and '71T is at 83%!
1/15/2023: First OBC Envelope of 2023!
Mark Talbot hits me with two '66T cards, the first for the '60s this year, the first vintage of the year, and the first to that set of the year! Getting me to 46% complete overall on that set.
1/5/2023: Starting 2023 Out With A BANG!
I made a MAJOR purchase to start the year! I added one of the two remaining autographed baseballs I need to complete my Sandlot PC: A James Earl Jones, who played Mr. Mertle! SO EXCITED to add this one! It wasn't cheap, as he was also in Field of Dreams, voiced Darth Vader, and is very popular. It was so worth it though!
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