When I saw Joe Crede was going to be signing at the Chicago White Sox Fanfest, I had to find someone to get me the last Crede card I needed. Donnie D (macey225 on SCN) stepped up to get the job done for me. I probably offered too much to get it done but to have that knocked off my need list is a great feeling. Donnie got me the 2009 Topps Heritage high numbered card signed in beautiful blue Sharpie. His communication and fast turnaround shipping it to me was perfect! Thanks Donnie!
Category: Consignment
A Cuddy and a Pair of Aggies
Today I received a pair of envelopes with signed cards in them. The first was from a private signing Shaun H (via fanhqstore.com) with Michael Cuddyer. Unfortunately, I screwed up and sent in a card I already had signed. I needed one more card and it turned out I sent in one I already had. I will wait for the next signing Shaun has with Cuddy to get the 2011 Allen & Ginter card signed.
The other envelope contained a pair of Rick Aguilera cards that Jesus C (jeserone on SCN) got signed for me at a recent event where Aggie attended. Jess lives in California and has hooked me up in the past. The two Aggie cards are the last two I needed for my signed Twins card project. They are the 1998 Topps #95 and the 1999 Topps #158. Both were signed beautifully in blue Sharpie.
Mission Accomplished!
Today I received an awesome package. It contained two cards only but one of those cards was a milestone maker. Mark C (psugator01 on SCN) was able to get me my last two Mark Guthrie cards I needed for the collection signed at the High School Perfect Game event in Florida last weekend. The set Mark completed for me was the Twins World Champion 10 Year Anniversary set. My most favorite card of Kirby Puckett is in that set and I was fortunate to have gotten that one and finally finished it a number of years later. Thanks Mark!
Another Nice Mail Day!
Today I received three packages from various people with autographed items in them. One was a box full of baseballs gotten for me at the Arizona Fall League, one was a World Series ticket, and the other a couple photos I traded for.
The baseballs came from Christian B (hheroes10 on SCN) who has gotten me autographs from Arizona Spring Training and Fall League over the past number of years. This group contained:
Jesse Winker
Hunter Dozier
Anthony DeSclafani
Eddie Rosario
DJ Peterson
They were all signed perfectly in blue on the sweetspot just how I like ’em!
A couple weeks I saw where Dan C (scfdff on SCN) was going to a signing with Jim Kaat in New York and was offering to take items. I had a Game 2 of the 1965 World Series ticket I had been wanting to get signed by Jim for a while. I sent it to Dan asking if he would ask Jim if he would write “Complete Game Winner” on the ticket too. Dan emailed me right after the signing and said Jim’s agent was saying no inscriptions but he asked and Jim told him it was such a unique item he would inscribe it. Today I got the ticket and COULD NOT be happier! It turned out AWESOME!
The other package was a tube with a pair of photos. Bryan W (bryanwood on SCN) contacted me about an NFL Duke football I posted on SCN a long time ago for trade. He was going to see someone a couple days later and wanted it for the signing. Since I bought the ball in hopes of having Brett Favre sign it when he was a Viking and it never happened, it was just gathering dust so I looked over his trade items and picked out a couple cool signed pictures. The first picture is an 8×10 of the fight between George Brett and Graig Nettles in the 1977 ALCS signed by both of those guys. I showed it to Caden and we watched the video of it and he wanted that photo so I got that one. The other one I received is a really cool 11×14 of Phil Niekro on the mound in mid-windup about to throw a knuckleball while playing for the Yankees. What makes this photo so cool is there are five inscriptions on the photo all signed in perfect silver paint pen. Cami saw that picture and said she wanted that one.
All in all it was a really nice mail day!