tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post8547934847211643994..comments2024-03-03T07:30:42.721-05:00Comments on Section 36: How Do You Handle a Collection that’s Impossible to Complete?Section 36http://www.blogger.com/profile/18194098940017348361noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post-7377078489481724472012-09-17T20:46:52.336-04:002012-09-17T20:46:52.336-04:00It is all about how you define the set. I set out...It is all about how you define the set. I set out to collect the T206 set and set my set number at 518, knowing I would never get a Wagner, Doyle, Plank, Magee, O'Hara (STL) or Demmett (STL). Once you set out, you will waver. You will see a card at a show and consider going outside of your set, but stick to your parameters.<br /><br />And avoid reprints. Reprints look so horrible next to the real thing, that they just bring disappointment and a want for the real thing.Postcards Never Senthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412117741639979442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post-76757744451074253302012-09-17T20:38:54.725-04:002012-09-17T20:38:54.725-04:00Myself I'm after every base Red Sox card of ev...Myself I'm after every base Red Sox card of every manufacturer. Will I get them all, no way. I know there are some cards I just will never get doesn't mean I'm going to quit. I found that patience eventually pays off lots of times. Ted Williams cards are expensive I knew that going in. I now have almost all the Topps ones by setting a price limit and waiting for them. I set a price limit of $25 and over the years I have aquired enough that I only need a 54 and a 58. All the rest of them, I got for under $25 each. Patience will eventually pay off and I will get them too. Eill it eork for 54 Bowman, no, but I still have a partial team set. <br /><br />The next kinda big one I am after is a T205 Speaker. My limit is $40. (saw one go for 38 once but bid too late) One day it will happen.AdamEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107347958456472504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930474236639439381.post-84411220143025396312012-09-17T18:14:43.823-04:002012-09-17T18:14:43.823-04:00Interesting question. Very few of my collections a...Interesting question. Very few of my collections are started with completion in mind. I decided to collect the '59 Topps and knew that I could finish it because a) I had some of the tougher cards (Gibson rookie, Koufax, Clemente) and I knew that if I was patient I could get the Mantle, etc a a decent price if I waited and didn't care much for the condition. I have collected Orioles yearbooks and knew going in it would be tough to get the very early ones at reasonable prices but I keep at it.<br /><br />OTOH I collect Topps '51 Ringside boxing cards, presidential campaign pins, t206s and vintage putters knowing that I'm simply going to find affordable ones that I like and that there is no way I could collect a complete set even if I wanted to. I just enjoy those that I own and never worry about anything else.<br /><br />So to answer your questions... I don't care for reprints, I don't avoid sets with impossible cards and for the most part I go with the 'this is the best I can get' approach. Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.com