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Category: Remember The Astrodome

AutographsPosted onMay 27, 2022May 25, 2022

TTM Report: June 2021

This blog is officially open for business! We’re making moves here! Or, I’ve decided to finally just smash out some of these mostly-prepped and dormant…

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CollectingPosted onMay 26, 2022May 26, 2022

All in the Family Redux

Something about holiday season just has me wanting to break out the ol’ Brubaker book, dust off that Ancestry.com subscription, and do some genealogical hunting.…

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AutographsPosted onMay 25, 2022May 25, 2022

TTM Report: May 2021

May is almost over, so how about I finally post about the TTM returns from last May? There were several fun things that came back…

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CollectingPosted onMay 24, 2022

The Small Trade Parade, Vol. IX

I am in my final week of my two months of parental leave. I figured during that time that I’d get a bunch of things…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 15, 2022

TTM Report: April 2021

Okay, we’re back to making some progress here! After some strong numbers in the several months prior, the returns dipped last April. That’s what happens…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 14, 2022

TTM Report: March 2021

Alright, time to get this thing back in gear, particularly if I want any shot of this year’s March report to be on time. There…

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AutographsPosted onMarch 1, 2022

TTM Report: February 2021

It’s March, and this is a February report, so that means I’ve caught up! Oh, wait. I’ve just been handed something. It seems I still…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 17, 2022

TTM Report: January 2021

Alright, I had mentioned needing to maintain a “post every other day” pace in order to get myself caught up to the present and have…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 13, 2022

TTM Report: December 2020

Well, I’ve put this one off long enough, for the second time – but that’s because it was quite a month! By and large, 2020…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 6, 2022

TTM Report: November 2020

Well, I didn’t keep too much momentum on the letter writing, so November 2020 was a lighter month than the return-fest of October. Still, there…

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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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