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CollectingPosted onMay 13, 2018July 9, 2019

Mother’s and Father’s

It’s Mother’s Day, and in this house in particular, it’s the first Mother’s Day. My wife tells me that last year counts, and I’m not…

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CollectingPosted onMay 12, 2018July 9, 2019

April 2018 TTM Report

I hinted at it in the last post, but you already knew the April TTM Report was overdue. Well, here it is! There were a…

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CollectingPosted onMay 11, 2018July 9, 2019

Blog Bat-Around: What I Collect

It’s already eleven days into May – heck, by the time this post actually goes live, it’ll likely be twelve – and I still haven’t…

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AutographsPosted onApril 21, 2018July 9, 2019

When Life Water-Logs Your Floorboard…

Don’t worry, all is well in this neck of the proverbial woods. This is a throwback post to highlight a few cards I grabbed in…

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CollectingPosted onApril 21, 2018July 9, 2019

A Trio of Recent Trades

I’ve still got plenty of catching up to do, but I had three small trade packages roll in this week and I thought I’d go…

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CollectingPosted onApril 20, 2018July 9, 2019

March 2018 TTM Report

April’s almost over, so I better tackle last month’s TTM report before another one creeps onto the horizon and turns this into a double post.…

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CollectingPosted onApril 18, 2018July 9, 2019

Johnny’s Trading Trio

Yikes! A new project at work, dual birthdays at home (the wife and I are just three days apart), and tax season have conspired to…

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CollectingPosted onApril 12, 2018July 8, 2019

It’s My Party and I’ll Blog If I Want To

Eh, maybe I’ll blog later. But I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share this hilarious GIF my coworkers made. Have a great one, y’all.…

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CollectingPosted onApril 9, 2018July 10, 2019

Simply Having a Wonderful Christmastime

Last night’s post about cards from Johnny mentioned getting a December package from him as well. Well, I goofed – I actually got a package…

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CollectingPosted onApril 8, 2018July 9, 2019

Señor Johnny Y El Gran Juego Divertido

I was going back through the old scan folders in hopes of someday catching up on this blog, and stumbled across a small set of…

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Moonshots

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

  • 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
  • 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

Flagship Needs

One of my goals is to finish off all the Colt .45s / Astros team sets – let’s say by the end of 2023, since there are some dang ol’ high numbers in there.

Topps Needs

  • 1962 Topps #126 Al Cicotte (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #156 Merrit Ranew (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #177 Bobby Shantz (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #526 Hal Woodeshick
  • 1962 Topps #536 Dick Gertner
  • 1962 Topps #556 Al Spangler
  • 1962 Topps #568 Jim Golden
  • 1962 Topps #598 Rookie Outfielders (Ed Olivares)
  • 1963 Topps #312 Colt .45s
  • 1963 Topps #338 Russ Kemmerer
  • 1963 Topps #442 J.C. Hartman
  • 1963 Topps #491 Harry Craft
  • 1963 Topps #538 George Brunet
  • 1963 Topps #544 Rookies (Rusty Staub)
  • 1963 Topps #553 Rookies (Brock Davis)
  • 1963 Topps #576 Johnny Temple
  • 1964 Topps #544 Steve Hertz / Joe Hoerner
  • 1966 Topps #530 Robin Roberts
  • 1966 Topps #539 Bill Heath / Carroll Sembera
  • 1966 Topps #548 Gary Kroll
  • 1966 Topps #557 Felix Mantilla
  • 1966 Topps #566 Mike Cuellar
  • 1966 Topps #576 Dave Nicholson
  • 1966 Topps #586 Claude Raymond
  • 1966 Topps #596 Nate Colbert / Greg Sims
  • 1967 Topps #337 Joe Morgan
  • 1967 Topps #447 Bo Belinsky (incomplete stat line)
  • 1967 Topps #543 Dan Schneider
  • 1967 Topps #564 Alonzo Harris / Aaron Pointer
  • 1970 Topps #672 Leon McFadden
  • 1971 Topps #583 Ron Cook
  • 1972 Topps #679 Bob Fenwick / Bob Stinson
  • 1972 Topps #716 Jesus Alou
  • 1972 Topps #732 George Culver
  • 1972 Topps #747 Jimmy Stewart
  • 1972 Topps #770 Jim Wynn
  • 1973 Topps #613 Bob Boone / Skip Jutze / Mike Ivie
  • 1973 Topps NNO Astros Checklist

Donruss Needs

Fleer Needs

  • 1963 Fleer #36 Joe Amalfitano

Score Needs

Upper Deck Needs

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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