Today I received the second package from Isaias F (franco858 on SCN) and he did not disappoint! This package contained the remaining items I had sent in for his private signing with Rod Carew:
3 2015 Gypsy Queen cards (one for me and each of the kids)
2 Hall of Fame Postcards
1967 Topps Rookie card! My last Rod Carew card I needed to complete the run of Carew Topps Twins cards!
Petersen’s ’78 Pro Baseball magazine
Street & Smith’s Official 1978 Baseball Yearbook
04.10.1978 Sports Illustrated
I am pleased with how everything turned out. Thanks Franco! You did a great job!
Category: Postcards
Highpockets
Today I received a really cool surprise from my friend Kyle S (esiason14 on SCN). He surprised me with a couple awesome HOF postcards that I did not have. Because of Kyle I can now include a Ray Dandridge and a George “Highpockets” Kelly postcard! Kyle also included a season ticket booklet of his tickets for the Orioles and a couple Orioles schedules. THANK YOU Kyle! I appreciate you thinking of me and wish you much success in philanthropic pursuits. Take care my friend!
ARF, ARF!
Today I received a pair of autographs from Tony LaRussa that I had sent to him with a donation to ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation). Mr LaRussa signed my baseball with H/F 2014 as well as my postcard. ARF is near and dear to Tony so we both win in this deal! These are real nice additions to my collection. The person who handles the mail and requests like mine, Kathleen, included a note that she did not want the postcard to get bent so she used the larger box instead of the SASE I provided. I thought that was a classy move. I will be reimbursing ARF for the postage. If not, it would kind of defeat the purpose of the original donation! Thanks Tony and thank you Kathleen!
A Pair of HOFers
Today I received a couple HOF postcards in the mail that I bought from Tom Orr (orr23mj on SCN). Tom had a signing with both Craig Biggio and Randy Johnson and these were signed then. The Biggio has Tristar certification and the Johnson has JSA Witness. I do not actively buy the HOF postcards but Tom offered them at a fair price so I picked them up.