Today I received a card I never thought I would pick up. A signed 1996 Topps #50 Kirby Puckett card. This, along with the All Star card, is from the last year of Kirby regular cards printed from his career. I saw this card go for $1,500 at a large collector show last summer. That one was signed in blue but I don’t care this was signed in black Sharpie for what I got it for. I bought it from Greg Kozniewski, who I bought a number of other items in the past (he remembered my name!). Greg warned me there was a paper clip indentation that was pretty severe on it but, again, for the price and rarity, I was ok with that. When it arrived today, it was not nearly as bad as what Greg warned me of and it will display amazingly. I am really excited to add this one to the collection! Now to track down the All Star card from that year…
Category: HOF
The Hawk
Today’s mail brought in the final 1986 Expos Provigo card I sent out. Andre Dawson signed his card in perfect blue Sharpie. The Hawk has an awesome signature too!
Sir Rodney
Wow! What a cool item I received today! Josh Martin recently posted in a Facebook group about offering a Rod Carew stat ball for sale. It looked pretty nice so I bought it and it arrived today. Years ago Reggie Jackson had a company that sold stat balls of different players and Carew was one. There are nineteen stats on the ball! It even came with the ReggieJackson.com card with the matching hologram sticker number! I love it! It is Rod’s old signature (pre-heart attack).
Billy The Kid
A few years ago I sent a ticket in to a signing and the signing didn’t go well. The paint pen exploded and ruined the ticket. The promotor, Jack B, worked out a deal with me so I sent him back the ticket. He would send me a pair of Hall of Fame postcards to make up for it. Today I received a Billy Wagner postcard. I will be getting another one in the future. I only had a baseball signed by Billy so it is cool to add this postcard to the collection!