Im not sure how to quote my post from another thread, but thats ok lol.
I think I did pretty well on my general goals this year. My intention was to keep things broad and open this year so i could really try to hone in on which area of collecting makes me the happiest and overall, i think its really helped focus my purchases this year. I feel like ive learned a lot about myself and what i value as a collector. Lotta crazy big things! Just did my first ever event and got my cards signed by Arita!! Did my first PSA submissions, first time using a proxy buying from Japan, first time using PWCC; a lot of firsts this year!! Despite my very broad goals, i managed to make decent progress on just about everything I was interested in!
- made solid progress on my PSA 8 Shadowless set
- got a couple no symbol jungle holos in varying grades for great prices all around, including a PSA 9 Snorlax!
- got to enjoy a lot of modern product, as well as start some japanese binders and make decent progress on them
- purchased a decent chunk of PSA 10 vintage Japanese holos, as well as modern promos like Player’s Ceremony
- grabbed some obscure JP prize promos like Palace Book 2014 & some early tropical worlds cards
Im very happy with where im at right now in collecting in general, as well as the actual collection. I also made my first sales!
For 2023, im thinking i wanna keep moving in the direction ive been going. I also have some big purchases in mind for this year (big for me), and want to continue selling some cards to make that happen because i really managed to raise my price ceiling recently with profits from cards and thats really opened the door to more amazing cards i never thought id be able to afford (and it feels awesome!) So yea thats where im at. Cheers to another amazing year collecting!!