Frank Sullivan - 1956 Topps

One return today.  Frank Sullivan signed his 1956 Topps for me.  I enclosed $5 with my request.

Pena and McBean

Two more returns:

Yesterday I received a 1963, 1964 and 1966 Topps signed by Orlando Pena.

 

 And today I received four cards signed by Al McBean: 1962, 1963, 1966 and 1969 Topps. 

 

I wrote a few more requests tonight to send out to Twins spring training.

The Returns Continue - Including Some Twins From Sprint Training

Usually Tuesdays are really bad for returns.  I'm not sure why.  But having sent out 20 requests a week ago yesterday, I was happy to see five returns waiting for me today.

First, I got back a couple cards from current Twins players at spring training.

Kyle Gibson signed a 2013 Topps Heritage high number card.

Vance Worley signed and personalized his 2013 Topps Heritage for me.

Dick Lines signed a 1967 and 1968 Topps.

Ned Garver signed his 1956 Topps and also included a signed Diamond Signatures card.

Dick Brodowski signed and personalized a 1956 Topps for me.

Hopefully the returns keep coming this week.  I have a couple more out to Twins spring training and I'm curious if those will make it back.

Several Returns Today

I received several returns today from the 20 requests I sent out a week ago.

Curt Simmons signed his 1952 and 1963 Topps.

Lew Krausse signed his 1963, 1968 and 1969 Topps.

 

Mel Nelson signed his 1964 and 1966 Topps.  He also answered my question about his time in Minnesota, of which he recalled a "short summer".

George Thomas signed his 1963 and 1967 Topps.

Daryl Spencer signed his 1956 Topps and also enclosed a 2012 Baseball Magazine card.

Finally, Don Kaiser signed his 1956 and 1957 Topps.

 

I still have 14 requests out, so I should have several more posts this week.

A Three Year Wait

On Friday I received a return from Hal Lanier, who signed his 1972 and 1973 Topps for me.

I sent this request in February of 2011.  This is about my third or fourth TTM request that has taken over three years to be returned.  I can usually tell at the mailbox if it's an old return, because the stamp of the SASE will be older.  It's fun to open these requests that I've given up on receiving long ago.

I had since sent another request to Mr. Lanier in 2013, because I wanted to add his 1972 card to my set, and that request came back in about 30 days.

I sent out 20 requests last Monday, so I expect to start seeing some returns later this week.  Thursday could be a big day.

Frank Lary Return

I'm catching up after begin gone for the weekend.

On Friday, I received a return from Frank Lary that I sent out last October.

He was kind enough to sign a 1956 and 1958 Topps.

I bought a little over 50 cards on eBay a while ago.  I hope to start sending them out this weekend.

Barney Schultz - 1962 Topps

Another 1962 Topps return.  This time, Barney Schultz signed his card for me in a little less than a month.

I just have two more outstanding requests from the batch I sent out in January.  I think I"ll head over to the card show in Bloomington on Saturday to see if I can find some more cards to send out.