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1953 Bowman card of Bobby Shantz, autographed
AutographsPosted onJanuary 23, 2021

TTM Report: May 2020

At some point in early May of last year, I pulled out some of the stack of cards I have set aside (okay, it’s honestly…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 20, 2021

What’s This Blog For?

It’s been two months since I’ve posted anything here. Part of that has been due to the renewed busyness of life with a job once…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 14, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. VI

Ooof, missed again. Let’s start this thing over, shall we? I have a sneaky suspicion I might actually be able to maintain a posting streak…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 7, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. V

Well, I guess it was pretty foolish of me to think that I could begin a posting streak this week. Let’s start anew, shall we?…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 1, 2020

Fall Back In The Saddle

Alright, here’s the goal: one small post a day in hopes of getting through all (most of?) the stuff that I have in the scan…

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AutographsPosted onOctober 28, 2020

Stop Doomscrolling and Write a Post Already

There’s been a lot going on. Duh. So it’s pretty easy to get sucked into Twitter (if that’s your thing – it’s mine, for better…

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CollectingPosted onOctober 13, 2020

Cards from Familiar Places

Alright, we’re up on a first inning Altuve homer once again – he really climbed the ladder to smack that one off the top rung – but…

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UncategorizedPosted onOctober 12, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. IV

Alright, it’s time to whip up another of these posts. I’m sitting here watching us hit the crap out of the ball – right at the…

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CollectingPosted onOctober 10, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. III

Well, I keep telling myself I’m going to it down and just pound out a bunch of these posts. The problem has been that by…

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CollectingPosted onOctober 4, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. II

It’s baaaaack! I told you this would be a recurring feature. As you can tell, I’ve returned to my usual posting frequency. Oops. By the…

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Moonshots

A somewhat crazy list of cards and ephemera I want most.

  • 1939 Play Ball #130 (Wilbur) Bill Brubaker
  • A Jeff Bagwell printing plate
  • A Bill Brubaker on-card autograph (’39 or ’40 Play Ball)
  • A Nellie Fox autograph
  • Any of the original 1962 Phillips “Here Come the Colts” magazines
  • A complete run of the 1999 Astros season tickets, which celebrate the franchise history
  • An uncut sheet of the twelve 1967 team issued cards
  • A Colt .45s bobblehead
  • The “Streaking Orbit” bobblehead

Top Targets

A quick list of cards which are most desired at the moment, as dictated by random collecting whims.

  • 2018 Big League Gold Parallels: 86, 104, 304
  • 2019 Topps Chrome Refractors: 28, 62
  • 2019 Topps Fire Inserts
    En Fuego: Gurriel Gold Minted parallel
    Fired Up: Correa (+ Gold Minted parallel)
    Flamethrowers: Cole Blue Chip
    Max Velocity: Fisher Blue Chip parallel
  • 2018 Stickers: 14, 28, 37/40/57/67, 52, 64/141, 70, 86/196, 97/138/146/149, 114, 137, 159, 193, 236
  • 2019 Stickers: 7, 11, 12, 18/19, 34, 37, 45, 46/59/66/76, 49, 54, 56, 57/197, 61, 78, 82, 86, 99, 101, 102, 106, 107, 111, 115, 118, 128/130, 142, 149, 150, 155, 156, 162, 164, 166, 171, 179, 180, 182, 185, 196, 201, 204, 217, 220, 222, 224, 230, 231

Set Killers

A non-exhaustive list of cards that will finish Astros team sets for me. Assassins are most appreciated.

  • 1988 Donruss Baseball’s Best #150 Billy Hatcher
  • 1988 Fleer Star Stickers #88 Nolan Ryan
  • 1989 Topps Big #291 Scott Servais
  • 2000 Upper Deck Hitter’s Club #4 Craig Biggio
  • 2001 Topps Traded – Chrome #T96 Tim Redding
  • 2012 Allen & Ginter #345 Nolan Ryan
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