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AutographsPosted onJanuary 4, 2018July 9, 2019

TTM Report: December 2017

Here it is, the last monthly TTM report from 2017! Let’s check presents rolled into the mailbox during December. Jack McDowell: 3/3, 363 days. “Black…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 2, 2018July 8, 2019

Ye Olde Annual RTA Goals Check-In

Last year, I did the whole blog goals thing for the first time (I believe). I wanted to take a quick moment to evaluate how…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 27, 2017July 9, 2019

TTM Report: Non-Baseball 2017

So I finally made it through the year’s worth of TTM returns – well, almost. I showed you all the baseball returns, but I withheld…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 26, 2017July 9, 2019

TTM Report: June 2017

Finally, we’ve come to the end of my monthly autograph reports for 2017 – well, at least until I do the December roundup in a…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 25, 2017July 9, 2019

Merry Christmas From A Not-So-Secret Santa

A few weeks back, I got an extremely surprising email out of the blue from our fellow blogger Tom of The Angels, In Order. He…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 24, 2017July 10, 2019

TTM Report: May 2017

I’m still working through the TTM returns from 2017, as you can see. We’re down to the final two months that I haven’t blogged: May…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 23, 2017July 8, 2019

TTM Report: April 2017

Boom! April’s report is short and sweet. I wasn’t doing much writing in the spring, as we were doing a lot of baby preparations. I…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 22, 2017July 9, 2019

TTM Report: March 2017

The mail returns started to taper off in March, but what it lacked in sheer quantity it certainly made up for in quality. Let’s take…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 21, 2017July 8, 2019

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

Give, and it shall be given to ye. At least, that’s how Thorzul’s annual Trade Me Anything works. I dashed over a stack of ’80…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 21, 2017July 10, 2019

TTM Report: February 2017

Still trying to knock out the year’s TTM autograph returns. January was a loaded month; February was nearly as full as well. I netted a…

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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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