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CollectingPosted onApril 8, 2019July 8, 2019

Opening Day Has Come And Gone

Opening Day may be well behind us at this point, but I still haven’t finished my 2019 Opening Day team set – or many other…

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CollectingPosted onApril 3, 2019July 9, 2019

A Repeat Customer

I mentioned a few posts back that I’d actually jumped in on three of Brian’s virtual card sales on Twitter last year.* That post covered…

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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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CollectingPosted onMarch 10, 2019July 8, 2019

I’d Like To Buy A Card, Brian

One of the hobby phenomena that emerged last year was that of the “virtual dime box sale” via Twitter. Brian of Play at the Plate…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 29, 2018July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Just the Hits

It’s time to officially put July to bed before the year’s end (note: this will bring me caught up on trade posts through August). Back…

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CollectingPosted onAugust 4, 2018July 9, 2019

Cards for a Cause

One of my favorite innovations in this hobby has been the new tactic of people not just selling cards on Twitter, but selling them cheap…

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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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