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CollectingPosted onAugust 25, 2018July 8, 2019

More Outgoing Mail Day!

Heads up to the homies in the following zip codes: 30350385834635085338I don’t normally do these announcements, but after the last one it seems like they…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 10, 2015July 15, 2019

A Late Post on 2015 Bowman

Another fast and dirty post to show off some stuff I bought months ago. Here’s some highlights from a pair of Bowman fat packs and…

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CollectingPosted onApril 30, 2015July 13, 2019

Catch O’ The Bay: ‘Stropendous Shopping Spree

This episode of Catch O’ The Bay originally occurred back at the end of February, when one of my saved searches sprung forth a bevy…

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CollectingPosted onApril 28, 2015July 13, 2019

Shiny Stuff: A Bowman Platinum Hanger

Still trying to catch up on posts, still jobless, still buried in schoolwork. Not a lot has changed over here at RTA headquarters. Let’s start…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 22, 2015July 12, 2019

Astros Winter Caravan

Rosters are getting cut, and Spring Training is starting to wind down with Opening Day just over two weeks away. Which means it’s a perfectly…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 19, 2015July 12, 2019

Tony L. Lifts My Spirits

Yesterday was mildly full of crap. While I did finally get my car back from the shop, I had to pay way too much for…

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AutographsPosted onSeptember 26, 2014July 11, 2019

Catching Up On TTM: Former And Future Astros

Jeezy petes, knights of Mars! If you get that reference, you’ve just earned extra points in my book, though I already love all of you.…

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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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