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CollectingPosted onMarch 26, 2020

Gritting It Out

Today found me trucking along rather well – we got out for a short drive to pick up coffee (to-go, of course) and tacos (also to-go)…

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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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CollectingPosted onFebruary 24, 2019July 8, 2019

Mount Fuji-Mojo

It’s kind of amazing that this blog has been around for five years (as of last month), and within the past couple months I’ve made…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 12, 2019July 8, 2019

State of the Blog Address: 2019 Edition

It’s that time again, of course. There are posts to be written, and cards to be shared, and plenty to be said. But I’d be…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 22, 2018July 9, 2019

A Stros-centric Trade

I pulled off another sweet little trade over at TCDB this week. This comes from new trading pal Ryan, aka Guicentric. Of course, the trade…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 24, 2017July 10, 2019

TTM Report: May 2017

I’m still working through the TTM returns from 2017, as you can see. We’re down to the final two months that I haven’t blogged: May…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 6, 2017July 9, 2019

Trade Recap: Friggin’ Awesome Sportscards

 Oofta – I’m a better person than this, really. I swear. Here’s another trade from way back in January that never got posted. I should…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 12, 2017July 9, 2019

Tradin’ at the Database: Old and New

Back in the beginning of January, when I was in the midst of my new year trading frenzy (still looking to move some cards, of…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 19, 2015July 10, 2019

Finally Finishing a Bomb from Bo

Four months back, when we got burglarized, I had just received a package from Bo Rosny. Well, a bomb is more like it, and I’d…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 13, 2015July 12, 2019

Catching Up With Jared’s Trade

It’s time to catch up on a trade post, and in this case, that means it’s Lima Time! Back in November I received a very…

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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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