Adventures in Autograph Collecting
Today was a fun day getting a couple autographed items along with some cool tickets for the collection.
The autographed items are a 1963 Topps Bill Tuttle card that David P (dcpolak on SCN) was selling. The other item is my Sports Illustrated magazine from 04.20.2016 already signed by Madison Bumgarner and Buster Posey that now is complete after Johnny Cueto signed it in the Dominican Republic for a PastPros/Under The Radar Sports signing. Here is Johnny completing my SI!
No, I don’t have strep throat. I do, however, have a few new Pedro Strop autographs in my collection! Jeremy F (jeremymichael on SCN) had a signing event with Pedro and got two 08.31.2015 Sports Illustrated magazines and a ticket from his ML Debut signed for me. Pedro made his ML Debut at the Metrodome when he was pitching with the Rangers. He signed it with “MLB Debut 8/28/2009”. I my Cubs team SI is out for a Joe Maddon signing otherwise I would have gotten that signed too. Maybe someday!
Today was a fun day to receive a pair of Sports Illustrated magazines from 1983 signed by Andre Dawson. Years ago I had gotten a pair of these signed by Hawk at a show. Both in black Sharpie. When I first started sending requests via the mail, I sent one to an address I thought was for Dave Stieb and never received it back. I found out later that the address I sent it to was to someone else who was purporting to be Stieb so that person enjoyed my SI, marker and donation. I kept the other one I had until Mr Stieb had a private signing. He eventually did and I sent in the remaining SI as well as three others and received them back signed beautifully. Today I received two of those signed by Mr Dawson. Andre has a beautiful signature and inked these up real nice. I will eventually send the remaining one to him but not for a while. Andre now owns a funeral home, yep, a funeral home, in Miami. Interesting career change!
A while ago I purchased a card from Lance D and it went real well. A few days ago someone posted a comment about finding someone who could get a signing together with Troy Tulowitzki and I mentioned I had three Sports Illustrated magazines I needed Troy to sign. Lance noticed that post and reached out to me letting me know he had a couple Tulo SI’s signed and if I would be interested in them as he is in the process of downsizing his collection. I took a look and his collection is of the same quality as mine (ie blue Sharpie autographs on mint no label issues) so I was real excited to work out a deal with him for those I needed. Today I received them and am very pleased! They are:
04.27.1981 – Steve McCatty – (I have one signed by Mike Norris- This is a tough issue to get autographs of any of the five players on the cover!)
11.02.1992 – Pat Tabler/Pat Borders/Alfredo Griffen/Derek Bell/Pat Hentgen – (I have a couple issues in various stages of player signatures but none this complete or with any of these players! Too bad I could not combine the two and have one complete issue!)
06.18.2007 – Orlando Hernandez/Oliver Perez/Endy Chavez – (I have a couple with just Chavez)
05.05.2008 – Kosuke Fukudome – (I had one of these and never thought I would get it signed) with JSA
10.31.2011 – Yorvit Torrealba and Jon Jay – (I had one with just Jay’s signature)
06.02.2014 – Troy Tulowitzki – (I had two of these regional issues unsigned) with JSA
The cool part is that Willie Randolph is doing a signing in a couple weeks and I already have the 2007 issue packaged up and ready to send to that signing!
What a fun package of magazines!