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Tag: Trades

CollectingPosted onFebruary 17, 2019July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: It Came From PA

In late October I pulled off another stupendous trade with Ora, aptly named OraInPA over at TCDB. Guess where he resides? Ora has an interesting…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 16, 2019July 8, 2019

Stuck On You

This place is going to be trade post central for a while, now that the Starchives set is finished and has been printed. I’ve still…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 16, 2019July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Jon Community Gum

A while back I noticed that Jon at Community Gum was still trying to track down some of the recent Topps Stickers to complete his…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 15, 2019July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: A Quick Holiday Catch

Well, sort of holiday. This trade came in the week before Thanksgiving, and while I’ve forgotten most of the details around it, that seemed like…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 12, 2019July 8, 2019

A Lightning Fast Trade

Time to knock out another quick trade recap post. This was an exchange with Justin, whose handle at TCDB is Lightningfan7609. I had a nice…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 11, 2019July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Kerry Cards on Cards

Alright, you know what time it is: time to crush that backlog of trades that have gone unblogged. This delightful package came from the esteemed…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 11, 2019July 8, 2019

Ask And Ye Shall Recieve

Yesterday was card show day, and I picked up some fun stuff. I’ll get to my spoils a bit later in the week. For now,…

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CollectingPosted onFebruary 9, 2019July 9, 2019

A Deadline Deal

Everyone’s favorite editor sent me some cards recently. He did this despite the fact that I missed my self-imposed, secondary (tertiary? I lost count) deadline…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 8, 2019July 8, 2019

Another Tiny Trade to Start the Year

I pulled off another quick swap with Jared (Gapporin at TCDB), giving me a quick start to 2019. There are a few Cardinals headed his…

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CollectingPosted onJanuary 7, 2019July 8, 2019

The Last Trade of 2018!

There’s still about two dozen unposted folders, each representing a trade or pickup of some sort, in my scans file, and another three trades (albeit…

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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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