Going into 2013 will be a lot different than going into 2012 as far as my CGC collection is concerned. In 2012 there were a whole pile of comics that I intended on purchasing throughout the year and I pretty much did. This year the list is much smaller so the biggest challenge will be resisting buying what I don't need.

My goal is to avoid the accumulation for accumulations sake bug. There are four problems with this collecting method.

1. It's expensive

2. It creates a watered down unfocussed collection

3. It's a pain to store

4. It's expensive

2013 will be about waiting for opportunities and the more my sets grow the harder it will be to find something I need. My goal is to create sets that when visited will be an experience for the visitor. I think of the CGC website as more of a virtual museum than just a listing of comics and their owners. My Captain Marvel Adventures collection isn't the top set but I guarantee it's the most informative and hopefully the most entertaining. There are a lot of second and third best copies out there but the goal will be to resist these and wait for the next highest grade copy as they appear for sale. One thing I've learned is that every time I think I've exhausted what's available something new pops up.

It's likely (and hopeful) that I'll spend a lot less money this year as opportunities become rarer but that's a good thing. I may end up working on buying a few comics that are currently priced a bit higher than I feel is appropriate for the issue but this may take some haggling. It's nice to be number one in All American Men of War but I'd love to try and fill in some of the gaps in my Western Comics set and continue to improve my crown jewel set, Captain Marvel Adventures.

It's really amazing to own part of history including the highest graded copy of Tawky Tawny's first appearance and a whole slew comics actually owned by William Crowley, the publisher of Fawcett comics. The growth of my sets my be slower this year but hopefully when people visit my sets they will learn something new about some sets they may not know much or anything about.

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