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: Bought
Twins Spring
I received my first package of signed cards from Spring Training today. Charie D (CDietz on SCN) posted some extras he got signed in Ft Myers at Twins Spring Training. I found a pair I needed and a pair of cool ones and purchased. They are:
2022 Topps Heritage Max Kepler #122
2023 Topps Jhoan Duran #218
2023 Bowman Draft Paper Connor Prielipp #BD-8
2023 Bowman Chrome Blackjack Conner Prielipp/Brooks Lee #BJ-6
That Blackjack card shows two super prospects for the Twins.
A Killer Pickup
If you follow this blog you know I just started getting into signed Baseball Digest magazines. Since I just started, I don’t have any of the deceased players so when I came across one on eBay for sale from cardboardlegendsonline I was pretty excited. This issue was signed by Harmon Killebrew and was the issue from January, 1970. It even had JSA authentication and is in perfect newsstand shape!
Poppen It!
Sean Poppen pitched for the Twins just a short time. He did pitch long enough for Topps to recognize him and put him on a 2020 Update card. AutographDen on eBay, who is also ColeL33 on SCN, listed one that they acquired from a long time in person collector. I was excited to pick it up at a small price for the collection. There was one other person bidding on it but I prevailed in the end!