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Tag: eBay Pickups

AutographsPosted onSeptember 7, 2015July 15, 2019

Catch O’ the Bay: A Bird In The Hand

Trying to clear a few more drafts before a pretty massive State o’ the Blog post. I netted another big name on the Astro-graphs checklist…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 5, 2015July 14, 2019

Catch O’ The Bay: Pressed by Dexter

Just a quick lunchtime post to get something out of the draft folder.There’s nothing like a nice vacation to totally kill your eBay budget, right?…

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AutographsPosted onJuly 5, 2015July 14, 2019

Catch O’ Bay: Andujar Cedeno Autograph

Not a whole lot to say tonight. I’ve been cramming for an exam on Tuesday in Organizational Behavior and Leadership after crushing a paper and…

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AutographsPosted onJune 30, 2015July 14, 2019

Catch o’ The Bay: All the Hits

The eBay bug bit hard recently, but these pickups were nice and cheap. I’ve taken a look at this lovely Mike Scott jersey relic from…

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CollectingPosted onJune 28, 2015July 14, 2019

Catch o’ Bay: Modern Relics

More semi-recent eBay winnings to share with you. The Bagwell here happened to be sitting on the bookshelf, awaiting filing, when the house was burglarized.…

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AutographsPosted onJune 28, 2015July 14, 2019

Catch O’ the Bay: Vintage and Ink

This was an eBay purchase from a little over a month ago. Found a seller who had a nice looking autograph from my Astros list,…

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AutographsPosted onJune 17, 2015July 14, 2019

Catch O’ the Bay: Prospect Autographin’

Back at the end of May I found a nice eBay auction for a lot of certified Astros prospect autographs. So, I put in a…

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CollectingPosted onMay 21, 2015July 14, 2019

Catch O’ The Bay: A Threaded Surprise

The ‘bay lured me in once again, enticing me with a nice little lot of cards from 2014 Triple Threads. There are three Astros in…

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AutographsPosted onMay 4, 2015July 13, 2019

Catches o’ The Bay: Astrographs

I mentioned in my latest post (the one with the awesome Clayton Kershaw autograph!) that I was cobbling together an Astros autograph collection mega-update. Well,…

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CollectingPosted onApril 30, 2015July 13, 2019

Catch O’ The Bay: ‘Stropendous Shopping Spree

This episode of Catch O’ The Bay originally occurred back at the end of February, when one of my saved searches sprung forth a bevy…

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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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