Today I received a package from Vinnie M (vinniemiller on SCN) who got me a few Astros and Royals autographs recently. Vinnie lives in Seattle and gets the Mariners and visiting teams and does awesome work. Today’s mail included:
Alex Bregman ML Debut ticket
03.28.2016 Sports Illustrated- Astros Version- Dallas Kuechel and Carlos Correa (it was already signed by Jose Altuve so it is now complete!)
11.09.2015 Sports Illustrated that was already signed by a couple Royals. Vinnie added Alex Gordon, Jerrod Dyson, and Mike Moustakas! I now have five autographs on it! Thanks for all the fine work Vinnie!
Mr Cub
About three years ago I sent the Ernie Banks “Where Are They Now?” Sports Illustrated magazine to a private signing. Due to a mixup caused by the person conducting the private signing, I was unable to get my magazine signed (I have not purchased anything from him and was removed from his mailing list as a result). I resubmitted it a couple months later and sadly Mr Banks passed away. Via my friend Joel B, I was connected with a person who had a PSA’d issue for sale. Today I received the magazine from Brian L and can mark this one off as taken care of! Thanks for the help Joel!
Juan A Go Go gosto
Today I received a card from Noel A (bluejay50 on SCN) that I bought from his recent signing with former Twin Juan Agosto. It is the 1987 Topps card. I already had this card but it had a slight smear in it so this was a nice way to upgrade it.
A Butcher, A Baker, A Candlestick Maker
Today I received a few cards from Kenneth W (kgwatson on SCN) that I traded him for. I needed just one more card to complete my 2012 Topps Heritage Twins set and that was card #26, Scott Baker. Kenneth had this card and was cool enough to work out a trade. We made it a little larger of a trade as he needed some older signed cards I had and I thought I would help him with more cards he needed while getting some Gypsy Queen cards for the kids. In addition to the Baker card, I got the following:
2013 GQ Ian Desmond
2013 GQ Starling Marte
2013 GQ Trevor Rosenthal
2013 GQ Torii Hunter
2015 GQ Charlie Blackmon
I let the two kids decide who got what cards and everyone was happy. Thanks for the trade Kenneth!