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AutographsPosted onJanuary 20, 2022January 18, 2022

TTM Report: August 2020

The title of today’s TTM Report post may be a little askew, as August of 2020 was apparently private signing month. All four of today’s…

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AutographsPosted onJanuary 19, 2022January 18, 2022

TTM Report: July 2020

Oh my, I’ve headed back to the drafts folder once again. Lodged in my “recent” drafts are a set of TTM Report posts covering my…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 13, 2022January 18, 2022

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. VIII

In prepping my last post and checking to see where the Small Trade Parade left off, I came across a neglected draft. Oh my goodness,…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 9, 2022January 9, 2022

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. VII

It’s baaaaaack! The Small Trade Parade has returned. I know it is somewhat unnecessary to acknowledge every trade here on the blog – particularly the…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 7, 2022January 8, 2022

New Edition: New Additions

Well, look what we have here! This place has been dormant for ten and a half months – what does it take to get someone…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 20, 2021

Post-Apocalyptic Mail

It’s been one heck of a week down here in Texas, as you may have seen. We hit our lowest temperatures in over 30 years,…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 7, 2021

TTM Report: June 2020

Alright, I’m way overdue for a post so let’s get another one of these out of the draft folder. It’s time for a TTM Report!…

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1953 Bowman card of Bobby Shantz, autographed
AutographsPosted onJanuary 23, 2021

TTM Report: May 2020

At some point in early May of last year, I pulled out some of the stack of cards I have set aside (okay, it’s honestly…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 20, 2021

What’s This Blog For?

It’s been two months since I’ve posted anything here. Part of that has been due to the renewed busyness of life with a job once…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 14, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. VI

Ooof, missed again. Let’s start this thing over, shall we? I have a sneaky suspicion I might actually be able to maintain a posting streak…

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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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