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CollectingPosted onFebruary 21, 2019July 8, 2019

A Seven-Layer Group Break

Phew, let’s take a little break from the trade posts. Back in November, everyone’s favorite Nacho Nacho Man, Chris, held a fabulous throwback group break.…

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CollectingPosted onOctober 25, 2018July 9, 2019

Dime Boxing by Mail, Part 2

As we I mentioned at the beginning of yesterday’s post, Nick is an absolute Dime Box legend. We all know this, surely, but were you…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 17, 2018July 10, 2019

See A Dime, Pick It Up

Yesterday I showed off a bunch of Astros that I found whilst digging at ye olde card shoppe. In that post I also mentioned that…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 21, 2018July 9, 2019

Another Affordable Break

Yesterday’s post was about Colbey’s recent “free Twitter break” that I jumped into. That was a few weeks back, but I still owe a post…

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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 onMarch 20, 2018July 9, 2019

Uh, What Are These Rangers Cards Doing Here?

Today, it’s time for something quite a bit different. As I’m sure you’ve probably seen, our pal Colbey over at Cardboard Collections has resurrected the…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 5, 2018July 9, 2019

Tomorrow’s Heroes Of Yesteryear!

Time for another post featuring some of last year’s pickups. I guess that makes this title more apropos than I thought. Back in May, I’d…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 7, 2018July 9, 2019

Some Random Keepers From Trevor

Nothing crazy today, just a few more random cards from the big lot I got last year when Trevor unloaded his collection and I was…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 23, 2018July 9, 2019

Unscribbled Cardboard From Scribbled Ink

Now that I’ve gotten caught up through March of 2017, I wanted to take  a few posts and acknowledge some trades that came in towards…

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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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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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