I stumbled upon a post of cards for sale on Facebook that Wesley George posted. Before looking further, I looked into him on SCN and there was a post that he is a legit seller. I then dug into the cards and found they are identical to a number of in person autographs I received for these players so I made a list. Today I received the third of three packages I bought from him. I could not be happier!
The cards I received are:
Jorge Polanco – 2024 Topps #67
Pablo Lopez – 2024 Topps #155
Jorge Alcala – 2024 Topps #US4
Ryan Jeffers – 2025 Topps #339
Trevor Larnach – 2024 Topps Heritage #455
Max Kepler – 2021 Topps Heritage #119
Max Kepler – 2024 Topps Heritage #476
Jorge Polanco/Brian Dozier – 2017 Topps Heritage #128
Carlos Correa – 2023 Topps Heritage #548
Carlos Correa – 2024 Allen & Ginter #90
Byron Buxton – 2017 Allen & Ginter #33
Byron Buxton – 2019 Gypsy Queen #78
Byron Buxton – 2020 Gypsy Queen #289
Byron Buxton – 2022 Gypsy Queen #13
So excited to knock all these off the need list!
Category: Bought
That’s The Ticket(s)!
I received my first package of tickets from Ben W last week or so. Today the last package came… All the way from London! In it were the following tickets:
Lyman Bostock Cycle 07.24.1976 (unsigned)
Rob Manfred ticket from 04.05.2015 @ Cubs with “1st Game as Commissioner”
Lou Piniella ticket from his managerial debut 04.08.1986 @ Yankees (unsigned)
A pair of Pat Gillick tickets from 04.07.1978 Blue Jays @ Tigers with “1st Game as GM” and “HOF 2011”
Emmitt Ashford, the first black umpire, ticket from his first game on 1966 Opening Day at the Washington Senators. I hope to donate this ticket to the Negro League Museum soon.
Ben has a tremendous collection that he is selling pieces of. I am fortunate enough to have been able to acquire a VERY small part of it!
Just the Ticket!
I met Ben W years ago at Twinsfest. We did a couple trades if memory serves me right over the years. Ben moved to England recently and reached out that he was planning on selling his collection and wanted to see if I was interested in anything. I went through his list and picked some out. He still had a couple of the tickets at his parents’ home in the Twin Cities and some with him in England. Today I received three of my purchase that were from his parents. Today’s part included:
Brian Cashman GM Debut
Adam Wainwright MLB Debut
Terry Francona Managerial Debut that was signed
I love these and look forward to the package coming from England with the second part of the purchase!
Sweet Chiles O’ Mine!
One of the toughest living person’s autographs to get for a Twins collector is Rich Chiles. I have sent my 1978 and 1979 cards with a cash donation to him a couple times and never got a response. When Brian F (abcunlimited.net) posted he had one for sale from a collection he purchased, I jumped on it. Today I received that along with a 1974 Frank Quilici managers card signed by Frank as well as Ralph Rowe and Vern Morgan. Both of these cards were the last ones I needed to complete each respective year’s signed sets! What a great mail day!