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CollectingPosted onMarch 9, 2014July 11, 2019

eBay Pickup: 1963 Colt .45s

Hello everyone! I’m binder-ing some more of my ’74 set and going through some trade lists, but I wanted to take a minute to show…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 8, 2014July 11, 2019

Trade Post: The Angels, In Order, In My Mailbox, But Few Angels

I mentioned trading with Tom of The Angels, In Order recently, and promised to follow up on what he graciously sent over to me in…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 8, 2014July 11, 2019

WANTED: 1989 Topps #523

There’s a new addition to the Most Wanted List. After receiving my trade package from Old Foul Cardboard and cross-checking my cards with my want…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 7, 2014July 11, 2019

Captured: 1989 Topps #3 – Gary Carter

I opened up my mailbox yesterday and discovered a fine trade package from Tom of The Angels, In Order. Among the goodness inside was a…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 3, 2014July 11, 2019

Ebay Pickups: 75’s and More

I’ve probably paid a little too much attention to the grand auction arena of the four colors lately. It all starts with my saved searches,…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 1, 2014July 11, 2019

Lured In By Discount Blaster Bait

The last several posts have been about my recent vintage score, but just before purchasing those I had made a quick run through Target to…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 4, 2014July 10, 2019

P-Town Tom’s Bomb, Part One

Friday’s post mentioned a trade package that came in from P-Town Tom of the fabulous Waiting ’til Next Year. When I joined this community a…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 31, 2014July 10, 2019

Sports Card Mask-a-Trade

I’ve got to say, this online card collecting community is pretty stellar. Within a week of this blog being up and a few emails being…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 25, 2014July 10, 2019

Racking It Up

First off, let me say a huge thank you to Robert over at $30 A Week Habit for the bump in his morning blog post the other…

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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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