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AutographsPosted onOctober 28, 2020

Stop Doomscrolling and Write a Post Already

There’s been a lot going on. Duh. So it’s pretty easy to get sucked into Twitter (if that’s your thing – it’s mine, for better…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 17, 2018July 9, 2019

Brubaker’s Dozen Finds of Ebay #9: Relics of the Game

Much in the same way I came across the “lot” of Hunter Pence cards which makes up entry #12 in this series, this one started…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 19, 2018July 9, 2019

Avast, I’ve Been Planked!

Ohhhh, man! Blogging (and blog reading) time has been hard to come by as of late. That doesn’t mean the cardboard hasn’t been rolling in,…

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AutographsPosted onJanuary 17, 2018July 9, 2019

Hotel Card Show? Hotel Card Show!

Thanks to Commishbob over at The Five Tool Collector, I got tipped off to something that I thought had all but disappeared here in Houston…

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AutographsPosted onMay 5, 2017July 9, 2019

Cards from Greg

Oh man. This post definitely got lost in the drafts folder. To be quite honest, and I’m ashamed to say this, I don’t recall which…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 28, 2015July 9, 2019

My Best Pull of 2015

Hi everyone! I was supposed to post this a looooong time back, but now actually seems like a pretty good time for such an item.…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 12, 2015July 16, 2019

Catch o’ The Bay: Springer Relics

Another quick post to highlight something I purchased on eBay months ago. Killing that draft folder quick this time! Here’s a pair of 2015 Springer…

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AutographsPosted onJuly 23, 2015July 14, 2019

Terrific mail day!

Ok, so this mail day happened last week, but it was still, most certainly terrific! Two eBay packages, a big trade package from Kerry at…

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AutographsPosted onAugust 4, 2014July 11, 2019

Trading with Wes at Jaybarkerfan

Ok, I mentioned the other day that there were two massive trades in Domeland. The other package that landed in my mailbox was another doozy,…

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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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