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Tag: Minis

CollectingPosted onNovember 1, 2020

Fall Back In The Saddle

Alright, here’s the goal: one small post a day in hopes of getting through all (most of?) the stuff that I have in the scan…

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CollectingPosted onOctober 13, 2020

Cards from Familiar Places

Alright, we’re up on a first inning Altuve homer once again – he really climbed the ladder to smack that one off the top rung – but…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 25, 2020March 25, 2020

Cards and More Cards

Ok, maybe reaching into the vault frequently is helping to keep me sane. At least it distracts me from the endless scroll, and that’s probably…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 27, 2020January 27, 2020

Stooooooooob!

I absolutely love it when I stumble across a new trading partners and then that turns into an actual trading relationship. I put together several…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 17, 2019September 17, 2019

A Mini Mailday

Does three trades really constitute a mini mailday? Well, they were all small swaps, and two featured minis, so I’m going to say yes. These…

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CollectingPosted onApril 16, 2019July 8, 2019

Birthday Cards

I got another superb trade offer from Bill (minibbcards) over at TCDB. Of course, like any trade with Bill, there were plenty of minis involved.…

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CollectingPosted onApril 1, 2019July 8, 2019

Quick Swaps and Flip Flops and Big Boxes

Alright, time to get back on that blog train. I will get this place caught up by the end of April. That means you can expect…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 3, 2019July 9, 2019

I Finally Cracked

A few posts back, in my trade recap of the cards that Fuji sent me, I mentioned that despite having been in this circle for…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 22, 2019July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Loot From LaLoosh

New Bagwell Alert! Just look at this oh-so-nineties card here. This is a Soaring Stars insert from 1996 Fleer – although I’m not sure how…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 19, 2019July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: A Whale Of A Trade

Back in September, a whopper of a package arrived from Bill, who goes by minibbcards over at TCDB. He’d sent me a few proposals, but…

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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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