As you wish.

Tony turns 80 on Friday, and I wished him a Happy Early Birthday, which he thanked me for. He was wearing his rings, and I hope I'm not making a mistake in passing on him for this show, something that's also on my mind after we lost Pete Rose (R.I.P.), but I liked other covers and other autographs better. I hope the opportunity for him will come again and I can jump on it. He said he was actually embarrassed in being called the Mastermind by SI.

I'm happy to have helped you out and hope to help out other fellow collectors in the future, including you again.

Just received the following two covers from the Philly Show. Brad Lidge added to both covers. I might add Brad Ausmus and perhaps umpire Jeff Nelson.

I had my birthday yesterday, and I'm proud to add these two to my collection:

I went with my girlfriend last night to downtown Nashville, saw Chuck Foreman was going to be there signing. I just happened to purchase his cover 2-3 months ago off eBay in hopes I'd maybe visit Minnesota someday and see him there. For some reason, he came to Nashville to a couple of restaurants in a rally for the Vikings, who were playing the Titans today, and won.

I didn't realize until yesterday how poor condition the SI I ordered was. I tried tending to some bends/tears and a slight tear happened when trying to put the SI back in the toploader, paid $20 for the autograph.

I've got mixed feelings, because I don't like the condition, obviously, but I do like the autograph, and I do like the cover. I'm happy overall about it, though.

This is from last month, and I have the greatest mother in the world - who, among other things, is kind enough to help me with my SI collection in getting these signed for me at the Chicago Sports Spectacular.

Not pictured is my Bernard King May 7, 1984 issue, personalized to me.

I think I can say that I had a nice Christmas. James Worthy was at the November show in Chicago but opted against getting him there since he pricier and is also younger than some of the people whom I got.

I think my favorite out of these five is either Gary Carter or Ken Norton, was fortunate to receive Norton's 1978 cover as a gift last Christmas. Pernell Whitaker came from Leader in Sports. Pretty much all of these came with COAs in addition to their stickers.

I've got a signing my girlfriend and I are going to later this month and will post my adds from that one. I've also reached out to some other Net54 members in offer to get something done for them that show. One of them might take me up on it, but pricing isn't up yet.

I hope you all had a nice holiday, and you all have a safe and Happy New Year.

Very nice, especially the Carter and Norton covers. I had gotten SweetPea at a local appearance (not a signing) years ago, and just got 'Sweetpea' scrawled across the cover; yours is a much better signature.

Oh, nice. Which local appearance was this?

I believe it was at a Boy's Club in Newport News, VA. I couldn't make it, but my dad was able to take it and get his signature. I'll try to dig it up and get a photo.

While not an SI, I did see Scott McGregor today and had him sign this 1984 Street and Smith Yearbook, adding '1983 World Series Champs'. Also got his photo showing off his 1983 WS ring. Very nice fellow.

Really cool. Now, you’ll just have to get Dempsey, whom I’ll need on a couple of his SI covers.

He actually made a comment about Dempsey signing it, saying "Where do you want me to sign, because Dempsey will take up the whole cover? I guess I'll sign across Dempsey's butt"

You've heard of a trifecta, but have you ever heard of the Tram-Fecta? That's right. I got Alan Trammell on all three of his SI covers yesterday at Night of Memories inside the University of Evansville's Carson Center. I like the cover of first one, May 1984, the best, but I think his second SI cover, October 1984, turned out the best. We somehow got on Spanish and Latin, and Tram was saying being from San Diego, he regretted he didn't learn Spanish/Latin more. It was a good time, went with my girlfriend.

And, in continuing my connection with fellow Net54 SI Collector Huck, I got him both Don Mattingly and Ryan Klesko on covers. I got both of those covers myself at past shows, now I'll be mailing him his covers back sometime this week.

Nice covers! Thanks again for helping out a fellow collector!

Very nice. I just heard John Smoltz talking about his first time in a MLB locker room with the Tigers and that Tram went out of his wat to introduce himself and welcomed John and how it made a big impression on him.

From the Pinstripe Pride Show. Gooden was from a previous signing.

For anyone interested, I have an April 2, 1962 issue of Sports Illustrated signed by Arnold Palmer available in The Collector Connection auction that just opened.

https://thecollectorconnection.com/b...e?itemid=75740

Auction ends Sunday, March 2 for this autographed Sports Illustrated.

https://thecollectorconnection.com/b...e?itemid=75740

My girlfriend and I went to the North Cincinnati Marriott in West Chester, OH today, and we're staying the night. We went and saw Jack Billingham, who added his signature to the March 3, 1975 cover, as I previously added Clay Carroll in November 2023 at the Thanksgiving Moeller show.

The only other living pitcher left to get on this SI cover is Gary Nolan. Don Gullett passed away in February 2024, and that one stings. I did meet and got Gullett at a March 2006 show when he signed a 1972 Topps for me as a VIP guest, but I was 14 years old at the time and had no idea who he was. I only knew the stars from those Reds teams in Bench, Morgan, Rose, Perez, those kinds of players. Gullett might've been booked for a Moeller show I went to, but it might've been on a different day.

Kirby I can live more since he died just before I was born, and from what it looks like from his database, not even the SI King has Kirby on that cover.

I also found a few covers on the cheap that I hope to get signed in the future. Billingham was very nice. And of course, anytime I'm in the Cincinnati area, have to have that vegetarian chili. I prefer Gold Star to Skyline, having had Skyline for the first time today.

Went to the CSA show in Chantilly and got Johnny Bench and Kordell Stewart SIs signed. Both gentlemen were very friendly. Lots of other athletes there with SIs, but prices for autos were generally too $$$.

Very nice. I like Kordell Stewart’s signature. They both look good, too.

I own that Stewart cover, just don’t have it signed yet.

This month's Kids edition:

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AWESOME cover of Elly! :cool:

Picked up this Big Mac cover, also signed by his son Matt, last week. Bought it from Tom Orr (Atomic Sports) who does a lot of signings, especially with St. Louis athletes.

My girlfriend and I celebrated our 11-month anniversary Sunday in St. Louis. I treated her to a nice Italian restaurant, but before then, I added Doc Gooden on my favorite SI cover of his. There are some streaks with the sharpie, but overall, I like it.

Really nice Gooden cover and auto. The cover is reminiscent of the 1983 Tom Seaver cover.

It is a similar one, isn’t it? And I know which one you’re talking about, too.

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Mail order from recent Pittsburgh show.