Therion's All Time Astros Autograph Collection (1,003 Reached!! 19 To Go!)

[Therion]

ANOTHER debut last night. This season has been crazy. Kaleb Ort puts me back at 29 needs.

 

[tramers]

Total unique Astros autographs: 984
Players Still Needed: 29

List of Needs:

Jacob Amaya
Pedro Baez
Joe Biagini
Trey Cabbage
Victor Caratini
Dylan Coleman
Luis Contreras
Jay Dahl
Miguel Diaz
Matt Gage
Robel Garcia
Kendall Graveman
Zach Greinke
Blair Henley
Nick Hernandez
Cooper Hummel
Bryan King
Joey Loperfido
Phil Maton
Wade Miley
Hector Nerris
Kaleb Ort
Tayler Scott
Joe Smith
Will Smith
Alex Speas
Wander Suero
Christian Vazquez
Jacob Wilson

I started this project roughly 10 years ago. Crazy that the list is below 30 needs!

I'll look for Speas --he played here =on rangers card or minor IF i find one

 

[Therion]

Two upgrades today


Russ Ortiz, upgrade from a Minor League card, obtained in a Private Signing


Chris Jones, upgraded from an Index Card, via TTM.

Also included a cool letter.


To explain this, I don't add custom backs until after a card is signed (saves money)

 

[MrMet2.0]

Two upgrades today

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Russ Ortiz, upgrade from a Minor League card, obtained in a Private Signing

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Chris Jones, upgraded from an Index Card, via TTM.

Also included a cool letter.

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To explain this, I don't add custom backs until after a card is signed (saves money)

You should make a full one and send it to him


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[Therion]

You should make a full one and send it to him


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I like it. Making this happen.

 

[Therion]

Two updates in two days, it feels like when I first started this project again!


Jerry Goff via TTM. I sent this request FOUR YEARS AGO! The image is a still frame from a video of him hitting a homerun. It may be the only image of him with the Astros.

 

[Therion]

Knocked a need off of my list.



This goes off of the needs list and immediately onto the Upgrade Needed list. He does have an Astros card, but I've never seen it signed.

 

[Therion]

Huge upgrade in today. This is only the second copy of this card I have ever seen signed. Set me back more than I really wanted to pay, but it came out beautifully. This upgrades from an Index Card.

 

[Therion]

Another upgrade in this week.


I'll take deceased autos at $20 every day of the week. Upgraded from an index card.

 

[mrmopar]

Huge upgrade in today. This is only the second copy of this card I have ever seen signed. Set me back more than I really wanted to pay, but it came out beautifully. This upgrades from an Index Card.


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Nice. That is a card I would have picked up just for the action shot, as those were still somewhat rare even in the 1980 set. I never realized how tough he was though until I really started looking for certain autos.

 

[Therion]

If I double posted this, oops. For some reason the first post doesn't seem to be showing.

One step forward, two steps back. I already had this Pedro Leon ready for his debut. Unfortunately, Yusei Kikuchi and Caleb Ferguson both also made debuts and put my needs back at 30.

 

[LWMM]

Nice. That is a card I would have picked up just for the action shot, as those were still somewhat rare even in the 1980 set. I never realized how tough he was though until I really started looking for certain autos.

What makes him so hard to find? At least per Wikipedia, he’s still around.

 

[Therion]

What makes him so hard to find? At least per Wikipedia, he’s still around.

Anger. Some players leave the game bitter and won't sign.

 

[nosterbor]

That will be a check list that will never end. SO, give it up!

 

[mrmopar]

Anger. Some players leave the game bitter and won't sign.

Did you win that 79 Dixon that ended the other day. I bid $9.99 and the winner got it for $10! Pennies sometimes do matter!!

 

[Therion]

Did you win that 79 Dixon that ended the other day. I bid $9.99 and the winner got it for $10! Pennies sometimes do matter!!

Nope, wasn't me!

 

[Therion]

Three steps forward (two of them baby steps) and one step back.

With the debut of Zach Dezenzo this week, I add one to the needs list. I also marked off three, but two are Minor League cards that will need to be updated.


Matt Gage. I also have this card signed by Salazar, but hoping I can get each signed by the other.


Christian Vazquez minor league card. He's a willing signer but for some reason is hesitant to sign Astros cards, even though he won a WS with us. They do exist though, because I've seen one.


Yusei Kikuchi. I grabbed this one just in case he ends up going back to Japan and disappears before an Astros card is made.

 

[Therion]

Shay Whitcomb's killer debut yesterday puts me back to 29 needs.

 

[Therion]

With the Astros debut of Ben Gamel, my needs list is back to 30.

 

[MrMet2.0]

With the Astros debut of Ben Gamel, my needs list is back to 30.

Gamel was a very good singer when he was with Syracuse, unfortunately I didn’t have his Syracuse card then to get signed, but I think I have him on 3 others…will still have to get the Syracuse one signed due to it being his only Mets related card I know of


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