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AutographsPosted onJune 6, 2022June 9, 2022

TTM Report: July 2021

Well, I was on a nice little roll there, until we got a little busy with some birthday activities (someone just turned five around these…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 30, 2020

The Kindness of (Almost) Strangers

It’s a weird time right now. That’s a massive understatement, but it is certainly true. Under these straining and foreign circumstances, I have been trying…

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AutographsPosted onJanuary 10, 2020

Putting 2019 In Ink: Many Happy Returns

I’m in the midst of trying to stay on top of what’s currently coming in while knowing that for the great many unblogged trades of…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 11, 2019July 8, 2019

Another Cardboard Social

I’m oh-so-close to clearing out my scans of 2018 pickups, so it’s time to recap Twitter Sale number two of 2018. This one was hosted…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 23, 2019July 9, 2019

Take Me Out To The Card Show

Last weekend was the big semi-annual card show here in Houston, put together by TriStar. While I love the monthly hotel shows, there’s something about…

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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 onSeptember 10, 2018July 9, 2019

A Very Cardboard Weekend

It was a busy weekend ’round these parts when it came to cardboard. I received a couple trade packages, a great virtual dime box sale…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 14, 2018July 9, 2019

Yet Another Overdue Trade Post

I’m still trying to knock out this trade backlog. I’ve been making decent progress – just this and another trade and I’ll finally be done…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 7, 2018July 9, 2019

A Whole Lotta Vintage Goin’ On

Yesterday’s post was about “new” old cards. This one is also about new old cards, but ones that are now old again. You see, these…

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AutographsPosted onAugust 3, 2018July 9, 2019

July TTM Report

It’s that time again! I don’t have anything particularly insightful, whimsical, or revelatory to say, other than another month has come and gone. So here’s…

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Moonshots

A somewhat crazy list of cards and ephemera I want most.

  • 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
  • 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

Flagship Needs

One of my goals is to finish off all the Colt .45s / Astros team sets – let’s say by the end of 2023, since there are some dang ol’ high numbers in there.

Topps Needs

  • 1962 Topps #126 Al Cicotte (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #156 Merrit Ranew (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #177 Bobby Shantz (green tint)
  • 1962 Topps #526 Hal Woodeshick
  • 1962 Topps #536 Dick Gertner
  • 1962 Topps #556 Al Spangler
  • 1962 Topps #568 Jim Golden
  • 1962 Topps #598 Rookie Outfielders (Ed Olivares)
  • 1963 Topps #312 Colt .45s
  • 1963 Topps #338 Russ Kemmerer
  • 1963 Topps #442 J.C. Hartman
  • 1963 Topps #491 Harry Craft
  • 1963 Topps #538 George Brunet
  • 1963 Topps #544 Rookies (Rusty Staub)
  • 1963 Topps #553 Rookies (Brock Davis)
  • 1963 Topps #576 Johnny Temple
  • 1964 Topps #544 Steve Hertz / Joe Hoerner
  • 1966 Topps #530 Robin Roberts
  • 1966 Topps #539 Bill Heath / Carroll Sembera
  • 1966 Topps #548 Gary Kroll
  • 1966 Topps #557 Felix Mantilla
  • 1966 Topps #566 Mike Cuellar
  • 1966 Topps #576 Dave Nicholson
  • 1966 Topps #586 Claude Raymond
  • 1966 Topps #596 Nate Colbert / Greg Sims
  • 1967 Topps #337 Joe Morgan
  • 1967 Topps #447 Bo Belinsky (incomplete stat line)
  • 1967 Topps #543 Dan Schneider
  • 1967 Topps #564 Alonzo Harris / Aaron Pointer
  • 1970 Topps #672 Leon McFadden
  • 1971 Topps #583 Ron Cook
  • 1972 Topps #679 Bob Fenwick / Bob Stinson
  • 1972 Topps #716 Jesus Alou
  • 1972 Topps #732 George Culver
  • 1972 Topps #747 Jimmy Stewart
  • 1972 Topps #770 Jim Wynn
  • 1973 Topps #613 Bob Boone / Skip Jutze / Mike Ivie
  • 1973 Topps NNO Astros Checklist

Donruss Needs

Fleer Needs

  • 1963 Fleer #36 Joe Amalfitano

Score Needs

Upper Deck Needs

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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