Wade Boggs is a heck of a signer these days. He signs for a nominal donation and while he doesn’t usually add any inscriptions, he signs in blue Sharpie which makes items look great. I have a number of Bogg’s autographs, including a pair of 3,000th hit tickets, but came across a trio of the cards the Tampa Bay Devil Rays handed out at the game Wade got his 3,000th hit as well as the stub the person used to get into the game so I bought them. I sent the ticket and one of the cards to Wade and received them back signed today. I have wanted one of the 5″x7″ cards since I saw them right after the game but never got around to buying one until this lot came up for sale. I am happy to add these to my collection!
The Arrow Hit the Bullseye
Chris Archer was a pitcher who played for the Twins for just the 2022 season but he has a pair of Topps cards as a Twin. Ryan S (Rls2239 on SCN) had a signing with Chris so I jumped at the chance to send them in. Today I received my two cards signed perfectly by Chris:
2022 #US233
2023 #465
I am excited to knock these two off my list!
I Got Boofed
Boof Bonser has had a couple private signings recently and I previously sent in tickets to his debut game. I realized after the last signing I also had a couple tickets from the game he got his first win in. When I saw Boof was signing again I sent a first win ticket to Josh M (ridiculousxdream on SCN) asking for the inscription. The signing took forever to happen as I understand Boof was pretty uncooperative and the inscription got missed. Josh was not going to deal with Boof again so he refunded me the cost of the inscription. I got one ticket signed and that is good enough for me!
No sMeares Here!
Today I received a signed Pat Meares card from jamesfun2collect on eBay. I needed a 1995 Topps #432 card and found it on eBay. It is signed in black Sharpie instead of blue but I am not picky for Meares’ card because they are not found frequently. I am excited to knock it off my Twins set need list!