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AutographsPosted onDecember 18, 2017July 10, 2019

TTM Report: January 2017

Alright, I swore to myself that I’d get this thing caught up before the end of the month, and I’m gonna do my best. So…

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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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AutographsPosted onAugust 26, 2017July 9, 2019

The Hunker Down Chronicles, Part 2: Some HOF Pickups

Aug. 26, 9:45 am: Harvey’s deluge is underway. Well, at the moment, it’s actually hit a pause here in our location, but the rainfall has…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 23, 2017July 9, 2019

TTM Roundup: A Flounder and a White Whale

Ok. I have so, so many unresolved returns from my TTM autograph adventures. There are seriously hundreds of returns that I haven’t posted. So, I’m…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 14, 2017July 9, 2019

An Assorted Mailday

It’s an odd week here at the office. Most of the staff is gone (it’s a small office), and things are very quiet. I’m getting…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 11, 2017July 9, 2019

Tradin’ at the Database: Another Spaceboy

Time to do a little housekeeping and catch up on some trades. This one features a bunch of nice cards from Mark, whose handle over…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 16, 2017July 9, 2019

Story of an Autograph: Another Amazing HOFer!

Hey blogosphere. I’ve let you down a bit – haven’t been keeping up with your blogs, haven’t been posting to mine. I have pulled off…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 18, 2017July 9, 2019

Bagwell’s Hall Bound!

It’s finally happened! As I’m sure you’re aware, the Hall of Fame results were announced this evening, and my boyhood hero finally received a well-deserved…

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AutographsPosted onOctober 4, 2016July 9, 2019

Long Time Coming

I haven’t posted in over four months. The weird thing is that I actually would have had more time in the summer, I suppose. Part…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 28, 2015July 9, 2019

My Best Pull of 2015

Hi everyone! I was supposed to post this a looooong time back, but now actually seems like a pretty good time for such an item.…

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Moonshots

A somewhat crazy list of cards and ephemera I want most.

  • 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
  • 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

Flagship Needs

One of my goals is to finish off all the Colt .45s / Astros team sets – let’s say by the end of 2023, since there are some dang ol’ high numbers in there.

Topps Needs

  • 1962 Topps #126 Al Cicotte (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #156 Merrit Ranew (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #177 Bobby Shantz (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #526 Hal Woodeshick
  • 1962 Topps #536 Dick Gertner
  • 1962 Topps #556 Al Spangler
  • 1962 Topps #568 Jim Golden
  • 1962 Topps #598 Rookie Outfielders (Ed Olivares)
  • 1963 Topps #312 Colt .45s
  • 1963 Topps #338 Russ Kemmerer
  • 1963 Topps #442 J.C. Hartman
  • 1963 Topps #491 Harry Craft
  • 1963 Topps #538 George Brunet
  • 1963 Topps #544 Rookies (Rusty Staub)
  • 1963 Topps #553 Rookies (Brock Davis)
  • 1963 Topps #576 Johnny Temple
  • 1964 Topps #544 Steve Hertz / Joe Hoerner
  • 1966 Topps #530 Robin Roberts
  • 1966 Topps #539 Bill Heath / Carroll Sembera
  • 1966 Topps #548 Gary Kroll
  • 1966 Topps #557 Felix Mantilla
  • 1966 Topps #566 Mike Cuellar
  • 1966 Topps #576 Dave Nicholson
  • 1966 Topps #586 Claude Raymond
  • 1966 Topps #596 Nate Colbert / Greg Sims
  • 1967 Topps #337 Joe Morgan
  • 1967 Topps #447 Bo Belinsky (incomplete stat line)
  • 1967 Topps #543 Dan Schneider
  • 1967 Topps #564 Alonzo Harris / Aaron Pointer
  • 1970 Topps #672 Leon McFadden
  • 1971 Topps #583 Ron Cook
  • 1972 Topps #679 Bob Fenwick / Bob Stinson
  • 1972 Topps #716 Jesus Alou
  • 1972 Topps #732 George Culver
  • 1972 Topps #747 Jimmy Stewart
  • 1972 Topps #770 Jim Wynn
  • 1973 Topps #613 Bob Boone / Skip Jutze / Mike Ivie
  • 1973 Topps NNO Astros Checklist

Donruss Needs

Fleer Needs

  • 1963 Fleer #36 Joe Amalfitano

Score Needs

Upper Deck Needs

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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