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AutographsPosted onMarch 10, 2018July 10, 2019

TTM Report: February 2018

Yikes! We’re a week into March and I haven’t gotten my February TTM report done. That’s mainly due to a lack of posting time, but…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 6, 2018July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: June Cards from Jayson

Just a quick post to highlight one of my trades from June, as I try to move forward with clearing out this backlog. These cards…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 5, 2018July 9, 2019

Tomorrow’s Heroes Of Yesteryear!

Time for another post featuring some of last year’s pickups. I guess that makes this title more apropos than I thought. Back in May, I’d…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 2, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: ‘Stros from Steve

Still trying to catch up on last year’s trades. At least I’m almost done with May now! These came in from another TCDB member, Steve…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 1, 2018July 9, 2019

Heritage Days Are Here Again

It’s Heritage time, y’all. I grabbed a handful of hanger packs yesterday, so let’s take a look at the goods. Nothing too fancy about this…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 27, 2018June 8, 2022

All Them Astros: 1999 Astros Buddies Club Set

This post marks the final entry from the card show two weeks ago. I told you it would take several posts. However, this also marks…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 23, 2018July 10, 2019

Astros Dimeboxes You Say?

* This is going to be a very long, picture heavy post. You’ve been warned. There’s a lot of fun stuff here though. It was…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 23, 2018July 8, 2019

Slide Them Nachos My Way, Will Ya?

Last week I shot a PWE over to our pal Chris at Nachos Grande with a handful of 2018 Topps that he needed. Being the…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 22, 2018July 9, 2019

Back to the Show: Disappearing with Some Ink

Uh-oh. I’m on the verge of letting this card show content bleed into two weeks old, and that just won’t due. Time to write a…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 16, 2018July 9, 2019

TriStar Show: Bagwells!

Time to dig back into last weekend’s card show finds. Are you ready for an absolute onslaught of Jeff Bagwell cards? I sure hope so,…

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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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