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CollectingPosted onOctober 13, 2020

Cards from Familiar Places

Alright, we’re up on a first inning Altuve homer once again – he really climbed the ladder to smack that one off the top rung – but…

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CollectingPosted onOctober 10, 2020

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. III

Well, I keep telling myself I’m going to it down and just pound out a bunch of these posts. The problem has been that by…

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CollectingPosted onOctober 22, 2018July 8, 2019

Five Minutes or Less

Daniel over at It’s Like Having My Own Card Shop started up a five-minute post program a couple weeks ago. It looks like it’s been…

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CollectingPosted onJune 16, 2018July 9, 2019

Another Great Package From Gavin

My last post showed off a seven month old package from our pal Gavin at Baseball Card Breakdown. I’m happy to report that this package…

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AutographsPosted onJune 16, 2018July 9, 2019

Belatedly Breakin’ Down Some Cards

Overdue post time! One of my favorite and earliest trade partners upon starting up this blog has been everyone’s pal, Gavin at Baseball Card Breakdown.…

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AutographsPosted onJanuary 11, 2017July 9, 2019

Overdue Treat: A Quick Package from Gavin

Let’s do a little more catch-up, shall we? Here’s a quick post to acknowledge some cards that came in from Gavin last year. This treat…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 9, 2015July 15, 2019

Way Overdue: Gavin Breaks Down Some Wantlist

So, this is one of my heavily overdue posts that I should have written a long time ago. I finally reached way back in my…

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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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