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Tag: Houston Colt .45s

AutographsPosted onFebruary 5, 2022

TTM Report: October 2020

Alright – we’re still over a year behind on these, but if I keep that momentum rolling, I’ll be on-time with the February report. What…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 28, 2019July 8, 2019

Debuts, Left and Right.

Today was Opening Day! It’s the most glorious time of the year. I meant to write something last night in order to have it up…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 28, 2018July 8, 2019

Brubaker’s Dozen Finds of Ebay #4: Some 54 Year-Old Paper

Alright, time to keep counting down the best (eBay) finds of 2018! Clocking in at number four is this lovely leaflet. Wait, what? You’re not…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 11, 2018July 9, 2019

The Find That Broke My Collection.

I tried not to conduct a ton of eBay buying this year, but I did pick up some things here and there. I haven’t been…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 24, 2018July 9, 2019

Better Than Pizza

Here’s another semi-neglected trade post. Everyone’s friend and beloved Cubs fan, P-Town Tom of Waiting ’til Next Year sent over a little package right around…

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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 onJanuary 12, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Jason Hoards Cardboard, And So Do I

More trades from ages ago, y’all! We’re gonna be in March 2017 for the next week, judging from the scan folders I have. These delightful…

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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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AutographsPosted onAugust 26, 2017February 20, 2021

The Hunker Down Chronicles, Part 3: Legends Weekend!

Aug 26, 2:30 pm: we saw another band come through around 10 am, but it left fairly quickly and moved north of us. It’s been…

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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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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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