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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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CollectingPosted onMay 17, 2017July 8, 2019

Help! My Puhl is Overflowing.

Hey guys. I need a little help. One of you Canadians / Canadian ex-pats collects Terry Puhl. I know this because I stumbled across it…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 17, 2017July 8, 2019

He’s Out.

This past weekend, I got an email from a fellow collector here in the Houston area whom I’d traded with before. His name is Trevor,…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 20, 2016July 8, 2019

RTA: A Brief Update

First, an answer to many of the questions that have rolled in through blog comments, email, and TCDB: yes, I am still looking to unload…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 4, 2016July 8, 2019

Unloading.

I made a really big decision this week. Look, I enjoy collecting. We all do, or we wouldn’t take the time to write posts and…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 29, 2015July 8, 2019

Breaking Sets Left and Right.

Alrighty, blogosphere, I’m counting on you. With my renewed focus and restraint for the coming year, I’m going to break up several of the sets…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 5, 2015July 14, 2019

Free Junk Wax!

Hey there fellow collector! Are you working on a junk wax set? Perhaps you have some holes in your team collection? Well, have I got…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 18, 2015July 12, 2019

Belated Bragging, No Purchase Necessary

Last month I opened the ol’ mailbox to find a mysterious bubble mailer from some unknown place – not once, but twice. As it turns…

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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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