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CollectingPosted onSeptember 14, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: D’oh!

“Hello again.”  The voice comes forth graveled and ominous. “Remember me?”I shrink in mild terror. Oh no, I f*cked up, I think, as my brain…

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CollectingPosted onJune 15, 2018July 9, 2019

Sweet Cardboard from Jason!

I’ve been attempting to do some cardboard liquidation this year, and in the process I’ve sent out a smattering of packages large and small in…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 19, 2018July 9, 2019

Avast, I’ve Been Planked!

Ohhhh, man! Blogging (and blog reading) time has been hard to come by as of late. That doesn’t mean the cardboard hasn’t been rolling in,…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 30, 2018July 10, 2019

Flat Rate, Full Goodness

Okay, I want to try and keep things rolling at a good clip around here, so let’s dive back into the flat rate box that…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 20, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: MZentko Returns!

What’s this, you say? Another trade post from TCDB member Mark, aka MZentko? That guy must be pretty swell! He is indeed! I don’t have…

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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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