I have always been intrigued by presidential autographs but never had the courage to jump into them outside of signed books. They seem to be the easiest and cheapest way to get presidential autographs. But, for every George Bush or Jimmy Carter autographed book I have I have a Hillary Clinton and Michelle Bachman. I would love to have an autographed baseball but they always run with black Sharpies and they do not hold up very well on baseballs (although I have a couple that have stood the test of time quite well). Today’s mail brought in Ron DeSantis’ “The Courage to Be Free” signed copy. Premiere Collectibles does a great job with books and the one I bought came in a special presentation box and is numbered 2015/2800. Who knows if he will be president down the road but if he is, I have his signed book!
Category: Political
A Peanut Farmer’s Bell
Today I received a pair of items with one being baseball related.
The first package contained a Chris Colabello cowbell that was given away at a Twins game early last year. I sent it to Lou R (signatures on SCN) and he got it signed during Spring Training. He also got a bunch of other stuff for me that he is sending.
The other package was a pair of books I bought at Half Price Books that were written by Jimmy Carter. I thought it would be neat to have a couple president autographs in the collection so I thought I would try him. I received them both back with a signed bookplate affixed inside each one.
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.