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CollectingPosted onFebruary 28, 2014July 11, 2019

The Big Bang in Retrospect: 1979 Topps

The last post went over the 1979 O-Pee-Chee cards in the big garage sale score I came across, so I figured it would only be…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 27, 2014July 11, 2019

The Big Bang in Retrospect: 1979 O-Pee-Chee

I’ve been walking back through the stack of boxes that I bought at a garage sale last weekend, an event which I’ve since dubbed “The…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 27, 2014July 10, 2019

TTM: Frank Catalanotto

After a bit of a dry spell, a trip to the mailbox yesterday netted a return from journeyman outfielder Frank Catalanotto. Spell that name five…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 25, 2014July 10, 2019

The Big Bang in Retrospect: 1968 Topps

Well, I’ve made my way through the string of boxes I bought this weekend, adding all of the cards to my cataloged collection over at…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 24, 2014July 10, 2019

Quick notes from The Big Bang.

If the title confuses you, go back and read my last post. As you can imagine, I’ve been digging through the boxes I bought at…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 23, 2014July 10, 2019

… and the Big Bang.

If you read the last post, you know it was about a little garage sale bust and a nice small find. Today’s post is about…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 22, 2014July 10, 2019

The Boom & The Bust

I have Fridays off, so yesterday I decided to head out in search of a few cards, and possibly my current furniture white whale: an…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 15, 2014July 10, 2019

One Man’s Junk Wax Is…

… another man’s treasure of course! I was delighted to come home to a mailbox with three PWE’s from Jeff at One Man’s Junk (Wax). Inside…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 15, 2014July 10, 2019

Tradin’ With Greg

A couple weeks ago I received an email from a gentleman named Greg, who said he found my blog via Night Owl Cards. He wanted…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 15, 2014July 10, 2019

Many Happy Returns, And A Few Duds

Last week saw several returns, a few failures, and lots of ink in the mailbox. On Saturday I popped open the mail and found a…

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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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