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

[Therion]

Total unique Astros autographs: 1,003
Players Still Needed: 19
Upgrade Needed: 118

List of Needs:

Jacob Amaya
Pedro Baez
Joe Biagini
Dylan Coleman
Luis Contreras
Jay Dahl
Miguel Diaz
Caleb Ferguson
Ben Gamel
Robel Garcia
Kendall Graveman
Zach Greinke
Jason Heyward
Phil Maton
Hector Nerris
Joe Smith
Will Smith
Alex Speas
Wander Suero

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

Upgrades Needed:

Jason Alfaro - 8x10
Hector Ambriz - Minor League Card
John Anderson - Index Card
Ezequiel Astasio - Index Card
Rylan Bannon - Minor League Card
Rafael Batista - Cut Index Card
Walt Bond - Index Card
Kent Bottenfield - Index Card
Jim Bouton - Non-Baseball Card
Ollie Brown - Index Card
Pidge Browne - Minor League Program
George Brunet - Index Card
Mike Burns - 8X10
Jim Busby - Baseball
Robinson Cancel - Minor League Card
Joe Cannon - Index Card
Jack Cassel - Minor League Card
Jose Castillo - Minor League Card
Xavier Cedeno - Minor League Card
Rich Chiles - Index Card
Al Cicotte - Index Card
Paul Clemens - Minor League Card
Willie Crawford - Index Card
Trevor Crowe - Minor League Card
Casey Daigle - Minor League Card
Samuel Deduno - Minor League Card
Tony DeFrancesco - 4X6
Jesus De La Rosa - Index Card
Ramon De Los Santos - Index Card
Dan Dreissen - 8X10
Travis Driskill - Minor League Card
Dick Drott - Baseball
Keith Drumright - Index Card
Luis Durango - Custom Index Card
Sergio Escalana - 8X10
Bobby Fenwick - Index Card
Jared Fernandez - 8X10
Gene Freese - Index Card
Jeff Fulchino - Astros Stadium Card
Ralph Garza, Jr - Minor League Card
Sammy Gervacio - Minor League Card
Joe Gibbon - Index Card
Edgar Gonzalez - Minor League Card
Bill Goodman - Index Card
Howie Goss - Baseball
Jeremy Griffiths - Index Card
Jandel Gustave - 8X10
Dave Hajek - Minor League Card
Ryan Hartman - Minor League Card
Bill Henry - Index Card
Anderson Hernandez - Minor League Card
Jose Herrera - Minor League Card
Joe Hoerner - Index Card
James Hoyt - Astros Postcard
Al Javier - Index Card
Jonathan Johnson - Minor League Card
John Johnstone - Minor League Card
Gordon Jones - Baseball
Matt Kata - Minor League Card
Matt Keough - Index Card
Yusei Kikuchi - Japanese League Card
Hal King - 8X10
Brandon Laird - Custom Index Card
Jack Lamabe - Index Card
Mike Magnante - Index Card
Dr. Mike Marshall - Cy Young Card
David Martinez - Minor League Card
Wade Miley - Minor League Card
Aurelio Monteagudo - Index Card
Oswaldo Navarro - Minor League Card
Jim O'Bradovich - Index Card
Dan Osinski - 8X10
Matt Pagnozzi - Minor League Card
Salty Parker - Index Card
Jim Pendleton - Index Card
Gregorio Petit - Ticket Stub
Gordie Pladson - Index Card
Bo Porter - Scorecard
Ken Ramos - Minor League Card
Jim Ray - Astros Postcard
Larry Ray - Index Card
Howie Reed - Index Card
Brady Rodgers - Minor League Card
Gil Rondon - Index Card
Billy Sadler - Minor League Card
Aaron Sanchez - Logoless Card
Jay Schlueter - Index Card
Greg Sims - Index Card
Mark Small - Minor League Card
Jason Smith - Minor League Schedule
Chris Snyder - Custom Index Card
Mike Stanton - Index Card
Dean Stone - Index Card
Cory Sullivan - Astros Postcard
Johnny Temple - Index Card
Joe Thatcher - 8X10
Ashur Tolliver - Signature Card
Chris Tremie - Minor League Card
Gus Triandos - Index Card
Jim Umbricht - Baseball
Jose Uribe - Baseball
Raul Valdes - Index Card
Jose Valdez - Minor League Card
Glenn Vaughan - Index Card
Christian Vazquez - Minor League Card
Henry Villar - Ticket Stub
Oscar Villareal - Custom Index Card
Johnny Weekly - Baseball
Dean Wilkins - Index Card
George Williams - Custom Index Card
Walt Williams - Custom Index Card
Ron Willis - Index Card
Gary Wilson - Index Card
Jacob Wilson - Minor League Card
George Witt - Index Card
Danny Worth - 8X10
Anthony Young - Astros Postcard

 

[Therion]

Two latest pickups:

Brett Myers, super tough auto. I wish I had him on a card, but this will do for now.

Mike Marshall, also signed by John Smoltz and Jim Perry. I got this for a mere $40 shipped. Dr. Mike Marshall is incredibly tough. He rarely signed as a player and is notoriously anti-autograph. He did a private signing a few years ago at $250 a pop. I'll take this at $40.

 

[Brewer Andy]

Therion's All Time Astros Autograph Collection (74 To Go!)

Pics aren’t showing up for me but gotta be thrilled with a Marshall pickup!


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[Therion]

Still in shock that I got it so low. Poorly titled.

I'm not at my computer anymore. I'll fix the pics later.


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[bstanwood]

That's incredible, are you looking for autos in a Houston uni only? I don't have any on your list, just curious. Really cool, and massive project.

 

[AnthonyCorona]

Thought for sure I had more but I have these

Bring me your Bickford, Ryan McMahon, Senzatela and Peter Lambert cards

 

[mrmopar]

Thanks to Chris Potter, Marshall can be had for under $100 on just about anything but maybe a ball now. Not sure how deep his stock goes, but I have been able to add several cards and a SI and all were under $100 each. There are still plenty of listings at the old price range though, keeping those not actively looking for one in the dark on the newer wider availability.

I'm guessing some of those will just need to be customs made from cuts.

Two latest pickups:

Brett Myers, super tough auto. I wish I had him on a card, but this will do for now.

Mike Marshall, also signed by John Smoltz and Jim Perry. I got this for a mere $40 shipped. Dr. Mike Marshall is incredibly tough. He rarely signed as a player and is notoriously anti-autograph. He did a private signing a few years ago at $250 a pop. I'll take this at $40.

 

[Therion]

That's incredible, are you looking for autos in a Houston uni only? I don't have any on your list, just curious. Really cool, and massive project.

It has to fall into one of three categories:

1. Wearing an Astros uniform.
2. Wearing a Minor League uniform without obvious team affiliation. Sugarland Skeeters is fine. Iowa Cubs is not.
3. No team shown. This is baseballs, index cards, etc.

Anthony, sending you a PM.

 

[Therion]

Thanks to Chris Potter, Marshall can be had for under $100 on just about anything but maybe a ball now. Not sure how deep his stock goes, but I have been able to add several cards and a SI and all were under $100 each. There are still plenty of listings at the old price range though, keeping those not actively looking for one in the dark on the newer wider availability.

I'm guessing some of those will just need to be customs made from cuts.

I actually won this from one of Chris Potter's auctions. He accidentally called John Smoltz the wrong name in the title, which I think helped keep the price lower.

 

[Therion]

Thanks to Mr. Corona, I am now 72 away.

Francis Martes

David Paulino, failer of multiple drug tests.

 

[AnthonyCorona]

David Paulino, failer of multiple drug tests.

He and Bickford would make a great 1-2 punch on my all druggy team

Bring me your Bickford, Ryan McMahon, Senzatela and Peter Lambert cards

 

[Therion]

I wonder why the pics show up fine on my laptop but don’t show on my phone.


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[Therion]

Two more in today!

Samuel Deduno

Erik Kratz, famous for falling on his face coming out of the dugout in his first introduction as an Astros player.

 

[Therion]

Four new in today!

Cody Clark

Darin Downs

JR Phillips

Ross Powell

 

[Brewer Andy]

Nice. I need to upgrade my Reggie Harris. For a guy that seems to sign pretty easily TTM I’ve had horrible luck with him. First time I sent a custom and got back somebody else’s custom instead. I identified who it belonged to and they were kind enough to send me a signed magazine bio page which is ok enough. So I tried this year with a new Brewers custom and I appear to be the only one not getting a return lol


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[Therion]

Reggie Harris has failed to return my custom of him three times. I wonder if he has some kind of anger with the Astros. I don't remember him leaving on horrible terms.

 

[dano7]

Love that you are getting near on your collection! I know my Yankees collection will NEVER be completed, but I'm shooting for over 1000 different players.

 

[MrMet]

Love that you are getting near on your collection! I know my Yankees collection will NEVER be completed, but I'm shooting for over 1000 different players.

Isn’t that the fun of this tho...even if you complete it, there will be new guys next year, and the year after that, and the year after that...


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[dano7]

Isn’t that the fun of this tho...even if you complete it, there will be new guys next year, and the year after that, and the year after that...


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It IS the fun of it......and with the Yankees, I'm going to have to rely a lot on the new guys, because the old ones keep getting more and more expensive!!!

 

[Therion]

It is part of the fun! Throughout the regular season my needs list constantly grows and shrinks.