While on a short get away vacation with the family this weekend, I received a package on Friday which contained four Pete Rose magazines. I sent these magazines, plus one other, to Tom Orr for a signing a while ago. The signing was rescheduled a couple times but Tom’s persistence got it done! The magazines I received were all signed beautifully and were:
Sport, September, 1967
Home Run, 1969
Dell All Star Sports, May, 1974
Sport, June, 1974
I found one other one after I mailed these to him and sent them separately. That one should be coming soon. As always, Tom does a great job!
Category: Private Signing
A Real Japanese Import
Today I received a baseball signed by Masanori Murakami that was signed via a private signing with Greg R (mookie41 on SCN). Masanori was the first Japanese baseball player to play in the MLB. He signed the ball with the following stats:
Japanese and English signatures
1st Japanese player in MLB
1964-65 SF Giants
5-1
9 saves
3.43 ERA
100 SO
It looks awesome and is a ball I never figured I would get in my collection. It goes real well with my baseball signed by the first MLB player to play in Japan!
Dal To The Max(vill)
Today I received my 1968 Sports Illustrated magazine signed by Dal Maxvill. He is the last living person on the cover so I can now retire it. Lezcano D (deano on SCN) got it signed for me at a recent signing event in St Louis. Lezcano is a real friend of collectors as he is willing to take care of other collectors by getting autographs for the local shows for people. My SI now has Tim McCarver, Bob Gibson, Mike Shannon, Lou Brock, Orlando Cepeda, Julian Javier, Dal Maxvill, and Red Schoendienst. It looks great! Thanks Lezcano for your help!
Kitty Kaat
Today I received a 1963 Topps AL Strikeout Leaders card with Jim Kaat’s signature added to it. It already had Camilo Pascual’s autograph on it and waited for Kitty to show up at a show or private signing to get him to sign it. Tom O (orr23mj on SCN) had a private signing with him and I sent it in for that. It turned out great.