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AutographsPosted onFebruary 23, 2019July 9, 2019

Take Me Out To The Card Show

Last weekend was the big semi-annual card show here in Houston, put together by TriStar. While I love the monthly hotel shows, there’s something about…

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AutographsPosted onMay 26, 2018July 10, 2019

Two Weeks To A Year

Tomorrow is our daughter’s first birthday. It’s been crazy watching her grow. In two weeks it’ll be Father’s Day again for me, which means the…

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CollectingPosted onMay 13, 2018July 9, 2019

Mother’s and Father’s

It’s Mother’s Day, and in this house in particular, it’s the first Mother’s Day. My wife tells me that last year counts, and I’m not…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 27, 2018July 9, 2019

All Them Astros: 1999 Astros Buddies Club Set

This post marks the final entry from the card show two weeks ago. I told you it would take several posts. However, this also marks…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 23, 2018July 10, 2019

Astros Dimeboxes You Say?

* This is going to be a very long, picture heavy post. You’ve been warned. There’s a lot of fun stuff here though. It was…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 22, 2018July 9, 2019

Back to the Show: Disappearing with Some Ink

Uh-oh. I’m on the verge of letting this card show content bleed into two weeks old, and that just won’t due. Time to write a…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 16, 2018July 9, 2019

TriStar Show: Bagwells!

Time to dig back into last weekend’s card show finds. Are you ready for an absolute onslaught of Jeff Bagwell cards? I sure hope so,…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 13, 2018July 9, 2019

Card Show!

Whoa. Something momentous has happened here at RTA. I have made it to two card shows this year, and it’s only February. That pace certainly…

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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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CollectingPosted onSeptember 1, 2014July 11, 2019

Card Show III: The Vintage

Like any card-hunting collector, I went into the recent card show with a few goals: grab a huge stack for my team collection, possibly pick…

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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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