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CollectingPosted onFebruary 21, 2019July 8, 2019

A Seven-Layer Group Break

Phew, let’s take a little break from the trade posts. Back in November, everyone’s favorite Nacho Nacho Man, Chris, held a fabulous throwback group break.…

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CollectingPosted onSeptember 17, 2018July 10, 2019

See A Dime, Pick It Up

Yesterday I showed off a bunch of Astros that I found whilst digging at ye olde card shoppe. In that post I also mentioned that…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 10, 2018July 10, 2019

TTM Report: February 2018

Yikes! We’re a week into March and I haven’t gotten my February TTM report done. That’s mainly due to a lack of posting time, but…

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AutographsPosted onDecember 24, 2017July 10, 2019

TTM Report: May 2017

I’m still working through the TTM returns from 2017, as you can see. We’re down to the final two months that I haven’t blogged: May…

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CollectingPosted onNovember 18, 2014July 12, 2019

Sky-boxin! 1995 E-Motion packs 7-12

Ok, time to keep moving on this box! I’ve got to get to writing if I’m going to keep up with all the drafts that…

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AutographsPosted onAugust 13, 2014July 11, 2019

This Week In TTM: Knuckle Down

I mentioned earlier that the mailbox has been rather kind to me of late, what with the various trade packages that have arrived. On top…

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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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