Today I received my 1971 Topps Twins Rookie Stars card signed by Jim Nettles. Anthony Solano had a private signing with him so I sent in the card I had. What makes this exciting is that this card was already signed by Pete Hamm. Even though Pete is still alive, he just doesn’t sign autographs so having any card signed by him is pretty rare. The card I had was signed by Pete in red Sharpie so I included a red Sharpie in my package to Anthony and Jim signed it perfectly with it. While I would prefer blue over red, I am just happy that they are both the same color on a hard to find completed card! I already had a single signed Nettles card in blue but that will never get completed.
Category: Private Signing
From India With Love
Today I received an awesome package of items from Vincent B (Lucky’s Sports Cards and Memorabilia) who recently had a signing with Jonathan India. Lucky’s is the exclusive promoter of India’s autographs, etc and I could not be happier with the items I received today! I got two baseballs and two debut tickets, one with “MLB Debut,” and they all look fantastic! I got JSA on each item but Lucky’s also has an exclusive hologram as well. Vincent must be a collector too as he does things right!
Laying Down The Law!
If you are a regular (one of the very few) reader of this blog, you probably remember Vinnie Miller as a person who I have worked with pretty consistently with to procure autographs for me. Vinnie does a lot of in person autographs but with COVID, he started doing private signings. I never would have thought that my Sports Illustrated magazines with Matt Lawton on the cover would ever get signed but, thanks to Vinnie, they did! I sent in three 04.30.2001 issues for the signing and received them back today!
Casey At The Bat
Today I received four baseballs I sent to a private signing with Casey Mize. Casey is a former first overall draft pick and when I asked Caden if I should send any baseballs in for it, she said send in four. He is high on Casey. The signing was held with All Sport King’s Don Gorbutt and he took care of me! I have three with just Casey’s name and one with the inscription “2018 1st Overall Pick”. Nice additions to the collection by a future ace!