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CollectingPosted onMarch 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Cards and More Cards

Ok, maybe reaching into the vault frequently is helping to keep me sane. At least it distracts me from the endless scroll, and that’s probably…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 25, 2020March 25, 2020

It’s Just Old Hits

I need a quick break from the reality of full-time Dad-ing and job hunting, so let’s talk about some cards, shall we? I decided to…

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PersonalPosted onMarch 21, 2020

Corona Vita

You don’t need me to tell you this, but life as we know it has changed, for now. Baseball has joined Tony on hiatus. We’re…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 21, 2020

Blasé-faire.

I’m in a rut. I don’t really know what to attribute it to, just a general sense of malaise. But, I’m going to see a…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 20, 2020

Trades Big And Small

Well, it’s just small trades here, although I’ve had packages of several different categories arrive lately. It’s late and I’m feeling the scan folder growing…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Putting 2019 In Ink: Private Signings

Oh man. So much for staying on top of things and catching up on the backlog in 2020. I feel like that’s the constant refrain…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 27, 2020January 27, 2020

Stooooooooob!

I absolutely love it when I stumble across a new trading partners and then that turns into an actual trading relationship. I put together several…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 11, 2020January 11, 2020

Johnny’s Trading Box!

Back in October, Johnny hit me with a box out of the blue – and not just a little box, either. This was a small…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 10, 2020

More Little Trades!

Alright, the third little batch of small TCDB trades has rolled in, which means I’m already starting to get behind on 2020. I guess I…

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AutographsPosted onJanuary 10, 2020

Putting 2019 In Ink: Many Happy Returns

I’m in the midst of trying to stay on top of what’s currently coming in while knowing that for the great many unblogged trades 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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