Today I received a package of a few items I sent in to Isaias F (franco858 on SCN) who had private signing with Frank Thomas and Reggie Jackson. I went through Isaias in his Reggie signing previously but was not pleased with the condition of the last two Reggie SI’s I had so I picked up new ones for the two issues and sent them in. Reggie signed his 08.30.1976 and 05.11.1987 issues in beautiful blue Sharpie.
A week or so after Reggie’s signing, Isaias had a signing with Frank Thomas so I sent in three SI’s and a HOF postcard. The 08.08.1994 and 03.13.2000 issues were signed beautifully in silver paint pen and the postcard and 07.18.2014 HOF Commemorative issue signed beautifully in blue Sharpie. I could not be more pleased with how everything turned out! Thanks Isaias!
Category: HOF
Holy HOFers Batman!
Today’s mail brought an envelope with five Hall of Fame postcards in it from Tom O (orr23mj on SCN). Tom was running a Christmas special of five postcards for $100. He happened to have five listed that I did not have and could not pass up the opportunity so I picked up the following:
Dennis Eckersley
Bob Gibson
Juan Marichal
Bill Mazeroski
Don Sutton
I really did not collect these postcards but had quite a few and these will fill the holes nicely.
The Ryan Express
There are not too many Foundations that do autograph signings as well as Nolan Ryan’s does. I heard via SCN that Nolan was going to have one more signing before Christmas and the deadline was around the end of November. I needed three of his Sports Illustrated magazines signed but found that his first issue was not in as good of shape as I would have liked so I only sent in two. I mailed in the 07.23.1979 and 05.01.1989 issues. (I have since found a real nice version of his first issue to send in next year.) Today I received the two magazines back signed beautifully with the Nolan Ryan hologram on each. They do an awesome job with everything. If you are looking for a Ryan autograph, you cannot go wrong sending in to the Nolan Ryan Foundation!
Also in the mail today was a 4×6 photo of Rudy Guiliani I received in trade with Eric M (erocmace on SCN). It was my first autograph of Mr Guiliani and a nice one at that.
The White Rat!
Today’s mail brought a nice envelope with a pair of items from Whitey Herzog. For the longest time I have had a picture of Whitey and Tom Kelly shaking hands before Game 1 of the 1987 World Series already signed by TK and finally decided to mail it to Whitey along with a HOF Postcard. Both were signed beautifully in blue Sharpie.