I do not know if he is in the set, but:

Jose Gonzalez, who played in the major leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1985 - 1991), Pittsburgh Pirates (1991), Cleveland Indians (1991) and California Angeles (1992) and 1988 World Series Champion, is now charging for his signature through the mail and is represented by JD Legends Promotions. The information is as follows:


MAILING ADDRESS AND PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
JD Legends Promotions
Att: Jose Gonzalez
10808 Foothill Boulevard
Suite 160-454
Rancho Cucamonga CA 91730

Email: jack@jdlegendspromotions.com
Website: jdlegendspromotions.com

$15.00 - per card.
Cash or check made payable to JD Legends Promotions.
Only cards will be accepted for signing. No pictures, baseballs or other items.
Please include a self addressed stamped envelope for the return of your signed items.

Please note: The private signings for Jose Gonzalez, as well as everyone else represented by JD Legends Promotions, is a permanent event, not a one time signing.

I have the dual signed "Rangers Leaders" card of Ricky Wright & Bobby Valentine:

https://i.imgur.com/WhgoleO.jpg

What’s the back story on that Wright?

A few years ago a buddy of mine (who is an avid autograph collector) knocked on Ricky's front door & talked his way into his house. They talked for about 30 minutes or so and while Ricky still refused to sign any card of himself, he did back down somewhat at the end and signed a handful of this Leaders card only because he was pictured with Valentine (and it wasn't a card of himself per se).

I added Valentine at a banquet a couple years ago (who also asked how I got Ricky to sign lol).

I added Mr. Baines via a recent TTM. One of those surprise returns that makes it all worthwhile.

I see a lot of guys are signing that never signed before (for free, and TTM) like Rafael Palmiero and Harold Baines.

Looks like Mike Witt will be doing a signing with PastPros. A very tough autograph to get, especially for this set!!!!! And it is priced accordingly.

Recent returns came from Don Schulze and Jose Cruz Sr. The latter took almost five years.

Also, I checked that I got returns from Paul Assenmacher and Dusty Baker, but I guess I never posted them.


429/792

Daryl Boston, Tito Landrum, Danny Cox and Tommy Herr are all on PastPros now. I have all except Cox.

Dwayne Murphy has been added to PastPros.


Mike Young and Mike Aldrete are doing a PastPros signing. Young is $15, Aldrete $20.

Good luck on collecting the set!

Thank you.

Some updates for those collecting the set.

Curt Ford is now on PastPros.

Rafael Palmeiro is now charging $30.00.

Jose Cruz Sr. is now $3.00 per card.

I just picked up the Roy Lee Jackson (BAS), puts me at 3 for the main set

and

Mike Dunne Traded. Another Bigfot card as he doesn't sign it anymore. Not authenticated but PSA came back as "Likely Genuine". I'll be sending it to CAS once I get it in.

Puts me at 7 for the traded set.

Also got Phil Regan back from a signing to complete the Mariners TL.

I have Mike Birkbeck available for $1.50 shipped via paypal friends and family if anyone is interested.

I have the Andujar posted in the B/S/T section along with 37 or so other cards.

I am a member of a facebook group called "Baseball Private Signings" and someone is talking about being close on getting Ricky Wright to do a private signing that supposedly includes any card. The early discussion has prices in the Dr. Mike Marshall range, but seems to be a lot of interest. Some of those 87T set collectors are real hardcore. At least Marshall had some longevity and accolades. Wright really did nothing in his brief career, but to each their own!

Anyway, if you need/want Wright, it might be worth joining the group and watching for it. The person who apparently is negotiating this possible appears to be a member and said details would be posted there if it happens.

I joined the group in hopes of seeing some cheaper, somewhat obscure guys I wouldn't mind having. Aside from buying a couple Jose Pena cards that were leftovers from a prior signing I had missed, I have never participated in any of the signings. I am simply a regular member, have no affiliation with the group or ties to any members. I am just sharing information that others might find useful.

I have a few Wrights on other items (ball, team sheet and 83 F) and being a Dodgers collector, I have 0 interest in a 1987 Topps signed by him, especially at $150-200!! I hope the guy lines it up though, sounds like it could be interesting.

I do not have a Facebook, so I wouldn’t be able to get details.

Jeff Lahti, Willie McGee and Pat Perry have all been added to PastPros.

Update

789/792 99% - Base
124/132 94% - Traded

913/924 99% - Overall

Down to last few baddies. Always paying top dollar for the ones I don't have.

#202 Ricky Wright
#395 Damaso Garcia
#665 Rod Scurry

#15T Ivan Calderon
#18T John Cangelosi
#30T Mike Dunne - pending authentication
#44T Brad Havens
#83T Jeff Musselman
#95T Tony Pena
#126T Alan Wiggins
#128T Frank Williams

That’s really awesome to have 789/792.

By the way, Garvey has been added to PastPros. I already have him, but does this mean his fee is higher now? I sent $5.00 to have my 1987 signed. Would he only sign through PastPros now and for the appropriate fees?

Be careful folks. Lock-em-up-bob just posted a Donnie Moore.

I sent this back out in June. It looks like he's catching up on his mail. Thank you, Mr. Rasmussen.

430/792

I am at 252/792, although I don't have a laser focus on 87 Topps. Casting a wider net. It has been a quiet summer. Here's my most recent 87T TTM:

That's a great card of Plunk. I played softwall with a guy they caught him in the minors, and he said that Plunk was one nasty SOB. Took his name to heart, and would plunk anyone at anytime. LOL

Thanks. And fun story!

Always elusive to me when I was trying to put this set together. Keith Hernandez is now with PastPros!!

I am just making an educated guess here, but I have several Wright items on team themed things. Ball, paper sheet. I have his 83 Fleer as well and it was nowhere near $200, maybe not even 1/10th of that. I think he signed OK when he played or at least the early years. In fact, I just won a lot of singled hotel postcards with mostly Dodgers from around 1982 and one was his and they averaged $1 each ($20 delivered for 20 signed postcards) and also included Welch, Howe, Lasorda, Belanger, Garvey and others. They all look spot on and I am sure it was just someone hitting up players at the hotel they likely stayed at on road trips (Dodgers and Padres + Tony Pena), or maybe one of several on the rotation. These were Pittsburgh Hilton PCs.

I believe that he may have stopped signing in general and that lead everyone to believe that ALL of his signatures are worth a fortune, but that is not the case.

Prior to the 1987 spring training Ricky Wright was trying to catch on with the minor league Tigers and, with another friend from California we went to FL for the 1987 spring training. Both of us were working on signed sets and the Topps set was among them. Together we went to the Tigers camp the day before the major league players were scheduled to arrive and both of us were fortunate to see Ricky and we spoke with him for about an hour on the pretty much empty field. Ricky had decided to not sign card 202 as that card was to be signed and then auctioned for funds for his high school team to be able to build their own baseball field. In short time, however, the high school workouts merged with the jr college workout field and the need to auction for card was no longer necesarry and Ricky simply shelved the idea and his family pushed him to not sign that particular card, possibly ever, even though Ricky had promised the eventual gift of the signed Topps card to my friend and to myself. Both of us need only that one card to complete our signed sets. And yes, we do have the Ranger team card signed which pictures Wright on the mound with the manager there as well. Rumors that say Wright does not sign any other cards is not true although the family limits the fan mail reaching him.

His "family" sounds like a piece of work.

No reason to hold out on something so long. If it was meant to create a great demand, you'd think they would have pulled the trigger by now on cashing in.

UNLESS, he signed a bunch and they are just waiting in limbo, maybe until he dies? I imagine if such a rare and desired card was released in small quantities after he had died, the demand would probably be the greatest then.

Here are some ones I've gotten through the PastPros submissions.

432/792

Nothing terribly exciting but I got a nice return from Gene Nelson which gets me to ... 255. Edited to add my other recent additions since Plunk last summer: Youmans and Schroeder.

Here's one from Henry Cotto.

433/792

This was badly smudged, and I'll have to send a new one, but it counts.

434/792

I paid the fee for Jesse Orosco, and got this back.

435/792.

Have Added Eight this Year So Far All TTM ....
 

Thad Bosley
Pat Clements
Jim Dwyer (second attempt)
Jesse Orosco (small donation)
Shane Rawley (took a couple of years)
Milt Thompson
Chris Welsh
Rich Yett (second attempt)

263/792

not my era of collecting but it is a nice set.

And I love the ones that were autographed

Here are my newest adds to the set. Perry was c/o PastPros, while McGaffigan took a while.

437/792

Make it 438/792 now.

I met Mike LaValliere at a show in St. Louis today - very nice, lighthearted man.

439/792

I was not expecting this, but a friend of the family was very kind enough to surprise me gifting me this.

440/792

First, great thread. I’ve really enjoyed following your journeys.

Came across this site this morning. Interesting about why some players won’t sign some cards. Includes Kelly Gruber: won’t sign any leaf cards; only signs for family.

https://www.dfwgrapher.com/links-and...yers-wont-sign

I got two more additions to the set.

442/792

Anyone here need a signed 1987 Pete Rose?
 

PM or email me if so.

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=34812
https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=34813

Angyale

Thanks for checking out my site!

Sometimes I think it would be easier to name collectors who AREN'T working on the 1987 Topps set. Super popular, and I considered doing it for a while since it's one of my favorites. And then I saw how many were doing it and kicked any thoughts about it to the curb.

I do have several I'd trade potentially if anyone needs them and can help out with my projects.

7, 19, 22, 47, 67, 72, 77, 78, 98, 104, 110, 114, 127, 147, 157, 165, 169, 186, 190, 191, 192, 199, 209, 225, 229, 243, 279, 283, 292, 293, 297, 322, 343, 349, 351, 384, 391, 401, 402, 407, 408, 426, 432, 433, 447, 451, 453, 457, 465, 470, 524, 526, 538, 558, 585, 605, 619, 623, 634, 651, 674, 683, 690, 698, 703, 708, 721, 726, 728, 742, 751, 771, 780, 786, 788, 789

Anyone looking for a Beckett slabbed 87 topps lasorda? I posted over on the bst board

Thanks

I went to the Moeller Show in Cincinnati today, added Tom Browning.

443/792

Here's the Browning card.

I've listened to the audio of Browning's perfect game so many dozens of times. Appreciate you keeping this thread going, Topps206.

Sure, my pleasure, and I’m sure you know about him nearly getting another one until Dickie Thon broke it up July 4, 1989.

Has anyone noticed the insane prices some 87T are going for in recent ebay sales? In the last few weeks I've seen Frank Wills go for $271, Tony Bernazard for over $200, a Frank Williams Traded (in black, and smudged!) for over $230...up now are Tony Phillips, Sammy Stewart and Brian Downing, each closing in on $100, and a personalized Joe Niekro Traded that's over $170 already. All this during a recession. Mind boggling. I realize all these guys (except Bernazard and Downing) are deceased but it's shocking to see how quickly these cards have jumped in the years since the pandemic. I guess all the 80s kids are fully formed adults with deep pockets now. Nostalgia sells.

Correct. Nostalgia sells. But, more specifically, there are signed sets such as 52 Topps, 72 Topps and 87 Topps that collectors pursue very, very aggressively.

Also, Brian Downing has not signed anything for years (unless there is a private signing that I do not know about). So no surprise there.

Yes, Downing is definitely a toughie, as are a lot of the others I mentioned. And I realize 87T is collected by seemingly 4 out of every 5 collectors. Still, the prices being realized are orders of magnitude greater than pre-pandemic. $230+ for a personalized Joe Niekro, who wasn't a tough signature by any stretch. The Steve Lake that sold for over $50 looked like it was signed in pencil. I'm certainly not complaining or judging, but it's still pretty surprising to me.

I get it. But in autographed cards:

P = f {set, player, card quality, auto quality}

Some sets are collected way more than others.

Is what it is.

I went to the Night of Memories event in Evansville yesterday. I added Graig Nettles on a couple of items, including this one right here.

444/792

Well Done
 

Wow great card and, more importantly, great auto!

Thanks. It was nice to get this one.

I got this Wally Backman card from PastPros.

445/792

Anyone here pick up the Ricky Wright that ended on eBay last week? Ended up as underbidder and felt it was worth taking a shot at.

"AUTOD BY HIM 15 YEARS AGO FOR HIS SIGNING FEE"

Um, no. There has never been a "signing fee" that's swayed him in relation to this card. Fake story.

Funny how, after over 3500 feedback ratings, he can't take clear photos of some things, but the Ron Kittle is crystal clear. Sheesh.

I couldn't be bothered looking too deeply into this after seeing that, but this "Bonds" is ridiculous.

"AUTOD BY HIM 20 YEARS AGO OUTSIDE VETERANS STADIUM"

https://www.ebay.com/itm/19559954384...gAAOSwEgxj7DC0

What a fascinating thread, and I'm not even an autograph guy! Just seems like such a daunting task to get anywhere near a complete set of signed cards from so long ago. And someone mentioned there are collectors pursuing 52T sets? Holy cow!

I'm with you.

I am breaking my 1987 Topps partial set of over 500 if anyone wants to send me a wantlist, I can also text pictures of card you are interested in

Sorry to spam here, but seems like the place! $90 shipped paypal goods!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...92661ef444.jpg

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Some new additions. I saw Kelly Downs was starting to sign some, got in on that, plus Berenyi I paid his $5 fee for.

447/792

I added Bip Roberts, using PastPros.

448/792

I added Ted Simmons at Night of Memories. He was $50, compared to $80 at larger shows.

449/792

I dropped this off at the St. Louis Show earlier this month, with Jeff Lahti signing for me and I just got my order received back yesterday to me.

450/792

A couple more came back by mail recently. I guess someone wrote for Sierra inside not to send a check next time, as I'm sure many of you know he's signing for $10 per card.

I'll have another update on Sunday.

452/792

I added Mike Moore yesterday at the St. Louis show.

453/792

I got a recent return back from John Moses.

454/792