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Tag: Junk Wax

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 onMarch 8, 2014July 11, 2019

Trade Post: The Angels, In Order, In My Mailbox, But Few Angels

I mentioned trading with Tom of The Angels, In Order recently, and promised to follow up on what he graciously sent over to me in…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 7, 2014July 11, 2019

Terrific Mail Day!

Yesterday’s mailbox held a trade package from Tom, which I’ll follow up on in the next post, but the bounty awaiting me in today’s mail…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 7, 2014July 11, 2019

Captured: 1989 Topps #3 – Gary Carter

I opened up my mailbox yesterday and discovered a fine trade package from Tom of The Angels, In Order. Among the goodness inside was a…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 23, 2014July 10, 2019

… and the Big Bang.

If you read the last post, you know it was about a little garage sale bust and a nice small find. Today’s post is about…

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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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