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CollectingPosted onJanuary 7, 2022January 8, 2022

New Edition: New Additions

Well, look what we have here! This place has been dormant for ten and a half months – what does it take to get someone…

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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 onSeptember 13, 2019September 13, 2019

Eagle, er, Owl-Eyed

I still have most of my incoming cardboard sent to the PO Box I’ve kept for the past seven years, but there are a few…

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CollectingPosted onApril 16, 2019July 8, 2019

Birthday Cards

I got another superb trade offer from Bill (minibbcards) over at TCDB. Of course, like any trade with Bill, there were plenty of minis involved.…

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AutographsPosted onApril 11, 2019July 8, 2019

Not Enough Armour For This Bomb

Alright, now we can discuss the more recent package which Mark Armour sent my way. These came in a few weeks ago, after I lamented…

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CollectingPosted onApril 10, 2019July 8, 2019

A Most Delightful Surprise

I mentioned in my last post that Mark Armour had sent me some cards recently. We’ll get to that one soon, but first I need…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 28, 2019July 8, 2019

Debuts, Left and Right.

Today was Opening Day! It’s the most glorious time of the year. I meant to write something last night in order to have it up…

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CollectingPosted onMarch 9, 2019July 8, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: More Like Good-Man GB!

It’s mid-March: Spring Break has sprung, and while tomorrow we will all wonder where the hell our hour went, that doesn’t mean too much to…

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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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CollectingPosted onFebruary 19, 2019July 9, 2019

Trader’s Backlog: A Whale Of A Trade

Back in September, a whopper of a package arrived from Bill, who goes by minibbcards over at TCDB. He’d sent me a few proposals, but…

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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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