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CollectingPosted onMarch 11, 2019July 8, 2019

Another Cardboard Social

I’m oh-so-close to clearing out my scans of 2018 pickups, so it’s time to recap Twitter Sale number two of 2018. This one was hosted…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 30, 2018July 9, 2019

A Belated Birthday Dig

I got off my nice posting rhythm once again, but that’s primarily because I have been working on my season-long custom set. Here’s a Twitter…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 17, 2018July 10, 2019

See A Dime, Pick It Up

Yesterday I showed off a bunch of Astros that I found whilst digging at ye olde card shoppe. In that post I also mentioned that…

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CollectingPosted onJune 30, 2018July 9, 2019

More Randoms from Trevor

Remember how I showed off some cards from Trevor? You know, from the giant haul of cards I took in about 18 months ago? Well,…

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AutographsPosted onApril 4, 2018July 9, 2019

Look What You Made Me Do

It’s a week into the season and I haven’t even posted yet. Let’s fix that. Last week y’all were all out here like, “oh, new…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 21, 2018July 9, 2019

Nachos Grande Por Favor!

As you well know, there’s plenty to post around here, and I’m trying to head things off at the pass before the backlog gets even…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 15, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Bits from Brian

Yikes! With scan folders this small, I really have no excuse for why I didn’t get these posts up in time. No matter, just time…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 5, 2018July 9, 2019

Oscar Claus Dropped By The ‘Dome

Like many of you, I was among the lucky recipients of an unexpected visit from good ol’ Santa Oscar Claus of All Trade Bait All…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 27, 2017July 9, 2019

The Hunker Down Chronicles, Part 6: Trading Tornadoes

Aug 27, 10:00 pm: Rain was fairly sparse for us throughout the day, relatively speaking. Don’t get me wrong – it rained the entire day,…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 27, 2015July 8, 2019

A Quick PWE from Kerry

Kerry over at Cards on Cards sent a PWE my way after I comment on a Series 2 blaster he opened. Inside were a couple…

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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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