Mitch Williams arrived via a mail order.

Finally, a major milestone: 300/792

Hubie Brooks came in today. So did Tom Candiotti from a private signing.

302/792

Success
 

Probably my last two for a couple of weeks now that Canada Posts will probably go on strike Saturday!!!

Strike delayed !!!
 

George Frazier

Love seeing the updates. Has any player sent the card back unsigned?

Unsigned
 

Hi,

I have had a few returned unsigned. Normally they come back asking for anything from $1 (Sid Bream) to $20 (Bill Buckner). Rick Reuschel just returned one unsigned with no apparent reason. My success rate is around 80% out of the roughly 100 I have sent out. That includes a few wildcards that I have sent out to like Ricky Wright, Mark Mcgwire, and Roger Clemens who I don't expect a response from.

It's a bit of a pain in the butt because I have to send an SASE from Canada so I need to buy USA stamps all the time. Not normally a big deal but the exchange rate sucks and I am at the whim of both USPS and Canada Post!!!

My biggest concern is that approximately 20% of the signers do not put the cards back in the top loader or cardsaver when they ship them back so they are sometimes prone to damage.

Andy

Awesome, glad your success rate is so high! Seems silly that Bream would send a card back for $1, but one never knows.

Clemens signs through his foundation for $20 or $25 per card. Can't recall the exact amount but he's dependable and fairly fast about returning the items.

Arriving today was Manny Trillo, who took roughly about 11 or 12 months.

304/792

I got Steve Crawford and Spike Owen Thursday.

306/792

Sweet Music
 

Two Frank Viola's today!!

I'm pretty sure that's Frank Eufemia on the Twins card, not Viola, even though he still signed it.

Twins leaders
 

Agreed,

I just wanted a Twins signature on the team cards and I was sending to Frank Viola anyways. I had to donate to get the auto so I threw in two cards and luckily he signed both!!

Andy

Ttm
 

A couple have rolled in the last few days!!

enjoying the scans

+1

A Big Thank You to 7nohitter
 

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share with you and give a big shout out to one of the finest members on the board for his generosity in helping me complete an autographed 1987 Topps autographed set.

He has been following my posts and messaged me regarding a higher value card I still needed for my set and said he would send it to me as he no longer required it.

7nohitter, Mr. Miller, THANK YOU for assisting a fellow board member and for your generosity.

Cheers,

Andy Sargent
Trenton, ON, Canada

No problem, Andy. Like I said, glad the card went to someone who would enjoy it-that's what this hobby is about!

Ttm
 

New in the mail today!

Things have slowed down, mainly because I've gotten much of the easier ones TTM, but today Kent Tekulve arrived.

307/792

August has not been kind to me at all. I had three successes today, the first of any kind since the 5th.


One of them was a 1987. Bud Black signed for me c/o the Angels.

308/792

I really enjoy this thread, especially now that it has pictures.

Good luck with your quest,
Doug

Purchases
 

Can't get them all through the mail so here are a few recent purchases.

Willie Wilson came in today.

309/792

Gary Pettis
 

New one today

Kelly Gruber and Don Sutton came in today. Sutton added the HOF inscription.

311/792

Today's mail

Doug Drabek
Chris Chambliss

313/792

Chris Chambliss
 

Finally got this one back after a few months

Hello,
I put together TTM about 75% of the set going on about 10 years ago.....

But unfortunately I was in my 20's and ended up putting it up on eBay for the dough....

Anyway is there anyone out there who has some doubles they want to part with?

I got the itch... and want a jump start LMK via IM if you have available. - James

I don't really part with doubles. I do, however, have a list of resources and players who sign from that set.

Doubles
 

James,

Here are the doubles I currently have. PM me if interested.

Cheers

Andy

Does anybody collect other sets? Just curious. I do Pacific Legends, 1962 and 1965 Topps as well as 1991 Leaf.

I am doing a 57 set

I have worked on a 1969 topps, 1976 topps and a 2015 heritage minors but gave up and sold them. I am currently working on the 1974 topps set and traded and am down to 180ish cards left. I am thinking about starting the 1986 topps set as I have nearly 150 of those without really trying yet. If anyone wants to help with my 74 set, I can send you the needs list and I have many 86's to trade with.

1990 Leaf currently at 522 out of 600.

1990 Leaf
 

1990 Leaf is a beautiful set. Is that the set that Kelly Gruber refuses to sign his card for ???

Andy

I've read Gruber doesn't do 1990 Leaf.

I have more than 100 combined of the 1988/1989 Pacific Legends cards.

I currently have 98 signed cards from the 1965 set.

1962 is around 60 or 70 signed cards. Give or take, I have about 60 signed 1991 Leaf.

To a lesser extent I'm also doing the 1972 Topps set. I have roughly 45 of those signed.

So I have multiple projects I'm doing. Some sets I'm taking more seriously than others.

After a couple months, George Frazier came in today.

314/792

I don't right now but have been considering the 1988 Score set.

I'm 1/3 of a card away from completing that set and the 110-card update. I need Tony Fernandez on the 3-player card he shares with Ripken and Trammell.

That's awesome! How long did it take? What was your process? TTM? In-person? eBay? Did you get them all yourself or begin with a "starter pack"? (I'm in the process of purchasing about 50 to get things rolling.) How do you store them? Binders or sleeves?

So many questions, but that's pretty cool you're about done! :cool::cool::cool:

A few available
 

sold

Is anyone doing a mail order for the upcoming Hofstra show in a couple weeks? NyShows.org is your source. It can help the 1987 project or any other set you're doing from that era.

I did a mail order signing with Oil Can Boyd. It came back today.

315/792

Chris Welsh came in c/o the Reds.

316/792

Give or take, I had about a year wait.

Doug Sisk came in today.

317/792

I am now well into my set (288) and I now have the following 65 doubles.
Interested in trading for something I do not have or if you want to buy the lot for $65.

(X2) 19 Matt Young, 22 Doug DeCines, 39 Marty Barrett, 59 Ken Dailey, 70 Charlie Hough, 73 Dave Anderson, 77 Bryan Oekers, 95 Oddibe McDowell, 157 Danny Darwin, 165 Jeff Reardon, 169 Ron Washington, (2) 192 Cory Snyder, 207 George Frazier, 209 Rick Schu, 217 Chris Codiroli, 222 Denny Walling, 226 Max Venable, 229 Mike Birkbeck, 233 Russ Morman, 255 Juan Samuel, (2) Dan Plesac, 327 Dale Sveum, 343 Hal Lanier, 355 Don Carman, 357 Steve Fireovid, 387 TR Bryden, 391 Jay Howell, 399 Curt Ford, 429 Tim Pyznarski, 447 Bill Almon, 451 Joe Sabito, 462 Scott Fletcher, 465 Todd Worrell, 475 Scott Garrelts, 477 Ken Howell, 491 Ron Karkovice, 503 Larry Anderson, 511 Steve Lyons, 540 Terry Kennedy, 541 Refael Belliard, (x3) 542 Rickey Horton, 550 Pete Incaviglia, 555 Dennis Rasmussen, 558 Greg Gagne, 563 John Stefero, 567 Greg Mathews, (x2) Pete Ladd, 580 Mike Krukow, 585 Scott Bailes, 635 Ken Schrom, 647 Tom Lawless, 671 Ray Soff, 675 Ed Romero, 682 Jerry Reuss, 698 Ernie Whitt, 708 Scott McGregor, 729 Tom Paciorek, 737 Floyd Bannister, 767 Ron Cey

Yes, it's a project that will never get completed, but that's the story of my life anyway :D

I figure that Gruber, Bonds, Albert Belle, and Mel Hall will probably be the ones that keep me from ever finishing the set.

I did a mail order for a show. Two of my three envelopes came back. For some reason the other didn't come back today.

It was the Phillies show in Pennsylvania. I added Danny Jackson on my smaller 1991 Leaf project and also got Steve Jeltz on his 1987 Topps.

318/792

Milt Thompson came in today.

319/792