Therion's All Time Astros Autograph Collection (929 Reached!! 18 To Go!)

[Therion]

A ton of updates since my last post.


Triple signed Bagwell, Gonzalez, and Rhodes rookie card. I did not get this cheap, but it was worth every penny.


Lance Berkman also signed by Glenn Davis. I am a sucker for multi-signed cards.


Curt Blefary


Bruce Bochy, Mike Fischlin, and Don Pisker (never made the team) signed rookie card.


John Hoffman


Erik Kratz, through a private signing. This is the only card ever made that shows him with the Astros.


Jeff Leonard


Matt Lindstrom


Jordan Lyles. Between him and Jon Singleton, I think we have definitive proof that weed is NOT a performance enhancer.


Tom Martin

 

[Therion]

It would not let me post so many images at once, so here is part two!


Justin Maxwell


Lance McCullers, Jr. I have had like six copies of this autographed card and never realized that I had a Minor League card in my permanent collection.


Carl Nichols


JR Richard

 

[MrMet]

Man those doubles and triple are sweet! The Kratz is sweet too, met him a couple times when he was down with Lehigh Valley...

I need to get Lindstrom...I have his autograph, but I need a 3x5 or something saying “last pitch at Shea”, I have first pitch, first hit and last hit...


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[dano7]

Very nice!!! I also love doubles and triples!!!!

 

[mrmopar]

I see a couple former Dodgers in there too, well Davis shown as a Dodger, Jeff Leonard and Tom Martin. Luis Gonzalez was a Dodger too. Nice haul. Like the 78 James Rodney too. Classic set for signed cards.

 

[mrmopar]

I can't seem to figure out how to insert an image in the messages (maybe you can't?), so here are the two I was talking about.

 

[DeliciousBacon]

No Jay Dahl yet?

 

[Therion]

I have Ernest Riles coming from a private signing. Once that auto arrives, Jay Dahl will be the only player I need from before 2017.

There is a Jay Dahl on eBay but the seller wants an insane price for it. I want it, but I am not a sucker.

 

[Therion]

One player knocked off of the needs list (down to 11!) and five upgrades including two HUGE upgrades. My wife also got me a photo system for Father's Day that I am still trying to perfect.


First, the player off of the needs list is Ernie Riles. The image is terrible, but this is the only known image of him with the Astros and it was a 2inx2in photo in a yearbook. So this was the least grainy I could get the custom.

Five upgrades, starting with the biggies!


Dual signed Nolan Ryan and Jose Cruz. This is an upgrade for Nolan Ryan from a team postcard and it is dual signed.


I took a risk with this one. I found the card signed by Beauchamp who passed away quite a while ago. I sent it to Dierker and it came back today. Really pumped, because the upgrade is for Beauchamp, not Dierker.


Jordan Schafer


Colin Moran


Ron Taylor

 

[Therion]

Two upgrades today.


JR Phillips (from a private signing) upgraded from a Minor League card.


It is pretty beat up, but I got it at a good price. Pete Runnels upgraded from an Index Card.

 

[dano7]

WOW.....some nice improvements all around....CONGRATS!!!!

 

[Therion]

Two upgrades since my last update. One huge, both tough.


Yorkis Perez from a private signing. Another homemade custom card.


Leo Durocher. Not SUPER rare, but hard to find at a good price. He does not have a ton of Astros stuff out there.

 

[Therion]

I posted too soon! Today's mail brought a NEW ADDITION to the collection and one upgrade.


Carl Warwick, upgraded from a team postcard.


Garrett Stubbs, the new addition that brings me down to 11 needs (until the season starts)

 

[mrmopar]

Might be a bit out of your wheelhouse and quite obscure, but I have an item up on ebay now that I just discovered has tied to the Astros. His name was Carol V Davis and he went by CV. He worked for the White Sox and Cubs from 1956-82 and then joined the Astros in 1983. He died in 1987, while still employed by the Astros as a scout.

C.V. DAVIS, EX-SOX, CUBS FARM BOSS

C.V. Davis, 57, who until recently had been head Midwest scout for the Houston Astros , was for years in charge of the farm systems of the Chicago White Sox and then the Chicago Cubs .

www.chicagotribune.com

 

[Therion]

Interesting! I LOVE stuff like this!

 

[michaelstepper]

Insane dedication and amazing collection.

 

[Therion]

Insane dedication and amazing collection.

Thank you! It is a labor of love.

 

[Therion]

With today's game officially starting, I go backwards. Dusty Baker officially added to the needs list.

 

[Therion]

Lost more ground with Blake Taylor making his debut as a relief pitcher.

 

[Therion]

And another step backwards with Enoli Paredes debuting in relief.