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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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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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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 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 onJanuary 20, 2022January 18, 2022

TTM Report: August 2020

The title of today’s TTM Report post may be a little askew, as August of 2020 was apparently private signing month. All four of today’s…

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UncategorizedPosted onSeptember 1, 2020

It Came From A Private Signing!

With the pandemic delaying the baseball season and a lot of the minor league staff sitting at home, it seems that private signings really took…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 14, 2020February 14, 2020

Putting 2019 In Ink: Private Signings

Oh man. So much for staying on top of things and catching up on the backlog in 2020. I feel like that’s the constant refrain…

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CollectingPosted onDecember 24, 2019January 8, 2020

Peace on Earth, and Goodwill for Cards

It’s the end of the year, and I have a tremendous backlog of trades that need some posts of recognition. Those aren’t always necessary, but…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 23, 2019July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: Some Astros, In Parallel

Woof. I haven’t posted here in two weeks, and I was hoping to be caught up on my January and February trades by the end…

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AutographsPosted onFebruary 23, 2019July 9, 2019

Take Me Out To The Card Show

Last weekend was the big semi-annual card show here in Houston, put together by TriStar. While I love the monthly hotel shows, there’s something about…

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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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