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CollectingPosted onFebruary 24, 2019July 8, 2019

Mount Fuji-Mojo

It’s kind of amazing that this blog has been around for five years (as of last month), and within the past couple months I’ve made…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 21, 2019July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: A Wacky One, No Doubt

Today’s mildly overdue trade post is yet another TCDB swap. This was my first time trading with John (handle: wackydog), and it sure was a…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 11, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Feeling (Dodger) Blue

Time to keep things moving around here. Like these cards that came in from another TCDB trade back in June. Yup, that’s a lovely pair…

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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 onOctober 24, 2018July 9, 2019

Dime Boxing By Mail, Part 1

Back when this blog was really rolling – say, a month ago before I really let it go to waste, I posted a couple times…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 19, 2018July 9, 2019

Flying By Night

It’s mid-September now, and while both of our teams are in much narrower playoff races than either of us expected – especially in Night Owl’s…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 15, 2018July 9, 2019

Off Hiatus In My Mailbox

It’s been well documented that our pal Tony at Off Hiatus has been spreading some 2018 Topps around the ol’ blogosphere. I, too got a…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 12, 2014July 11, 2019

Catch O’ the Bay: Food Card Frenzy

Alas, eBay, you are a constant temptress. You know me too well – to the core of my collecting you slice, providing fresh listings with…

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CollectingPosted onApril 27, 2014July 11, 2019

eBay Pickups: Vintage Inserts & Oddballs

I went hunting again on eBay, in search of some cheap oddballs. It usually runs the following course: something will pop up in one of…

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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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