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Tag: Trading Card Database

CollectingPosted onJanuary 6, 2018July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Sweet ‘Stros from Ryan

Whoa. Here’s a trade I really should have highlighted last year but absolutely failed to post. This one is a solid year old now, and…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 10, 2017July 8, 2019

Swappin’ Swatches

I’m trying to keep up with the cards that are rolling in these days. Yankees fan Bryce, whose handle at TCDB is aptly yankeesfan234221, shot…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 7, 2017July 9, 2019

Trade Recap: TJ Brings The Variety

Another day, another trade post! This one is a current trade – I’ll play some more catch up in a bit, but I don’t want…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 6, 2017July 9, 2019

Trade Recap: Friggin’ Awesome Sportscards

 Oofta – I’m a better person than this, really. I swear. Here’s another trade from way back in January that never got posted. I should…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 6, 2017July 9, 2019

Trade Recap: Just Joshin

It’s trade catch-up time, and whoa: we’re reaching wayyyy back – all the way into January for this one. That’s a shame, because I really…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 14, 2017July 8, 2019

A Trade Springs Into Action!

I don’t want to let this blog get away from me again – so even though I’ve got a bunch to catch up on from…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 27, 2017July 9, 2019

The Hunker Down Chronicles, Part 6: Trading Tornadoes

Aug 27, 10:00 pm: Rain was fairly sparse for us throughout the day, relatively speaking. Don’t get me wrong – it rained the entire day,…

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CollectingPosted onMay 7, 2017July 9, 2019

Trading at the Database: New Goodies from Mike

I’m furiously trying to pound out a bunch of trade posts in order to catch back up on the ol’ blog. If you’ve sent along…

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CollectingPosted onApril 6, 2017July 9, 2019

It’s Gonna Be A Good Year.

It’s Thursday, April 6th and it’s the fourth game of the season. The Astros are 3-0, looking to make it 4-0 with a win tonight…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 14, 2017July 9, 2019

An Assorted Mailday

It’s an odd week here at the office. Most of the staff is gone (it’s a small office), and things are very quiet. I’m getting…

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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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