Yesterday I received a couple ttm returns.
Al Ferrara signed his 1965 Topps, already signed by John Purdin, and his 1971 Topps for his $10 per card fee.
And Sonny Siebert signed a couple 1966 leaders cards and a 1967 Topps, already signed by Sam McDowell.
I have not sent out many requests at all this month so it will be slow for a while.
Today I received a 1975 Topps signed by Tom McCarver that I bought from Tom Orr on eBay.
And Phil Roof was kind enough to sign his 1966 and 1971 Topps, as well as three team cards. He also briefly answered a couple questions in my letter.
I received one return Friday. Reliable-signer Felix Mantilla signed his 1960 and 1964 Topps for his $5 per card fee in just under a month.
Last summer I sent a few cards to a Rico Petrocelli mail-in signing, including this 1965 Topps. For some reason, he wasn't signing his rookie card at that signing, so after checking that he'd sign it, I sent it to another singing last month and just got it back today.
I didn't ask for the Red Sox Hall of Fame inscription, and on a multi-player card there isn't a whole lot of room for it. I guess I'd prefer it wasn't there, but it's not a big deal.
I received twp ttm returns and one private signing return today.
The private signing was with Vic Davalillo, who lives in Venezuela. So this signing was complicated and took a while. I'm happy to have the opportunity, but I'm a little disappointed that the pen seems to be running out of ink so it's not a very strong signature. Oh well.
I received a ttm return from Ken Holtzman, who signed his 1975 Topps. He only signs one per request, and uses ballpoint. It's a pretty messy signature, but not any worse than most of today's players. He has a private signing coming up that was more than I was willing to pay. I'm hoping someone posts a return from this signing so I can see if he has a different signature when he's getting paid for it.
Finally, Woody Woodward was kind enough to sign his 1964 Topps, a 1965 Braves team card, and the 1971 and 1972 Reds team cards.
I didn't receive and ttm returns today, but I did receive a purchase and a consignment return.
The consignment return was from the 2023 Cooperstown Hall of Fame Classic, where an SCN contact was able to get Brian Dozier to sign three cards for me, including the 2015, 2017 and 2018 Topps Heritage cards. I paid $10 each to get these done.
The purchase included 11 different signed 1961 Topps cards from another SCN contact. I have been buying a few lots from this contact as he has had some very reasonable prices on some vintage cards as well as older players on newer cards, such as the archives cards I posted about a little while ago.
I already have all of these cards signed. At least one of these is an upgrade to my existing card, but I also have multiples for many of these players. I just couldn't resist these at a little over $3 each, including shipping, which is less than I could have gotten these ttm (if the payer were even still alive).
I haven't sent out many requests lately, so things are slowing down. I have a handful of cards out to private signings that should trickle in this month though.
I have had a couple returns this week that I haven't posted yet. Sam McDowell signed a couple 1973 Topps, a couple 1966 Topps leaders cards, and a 1967 Hill Aces card for his $5/per card fee. I need to get a few of these cards off to Sonny Siebert next.
I received a 1966 Topps back signed by Tony Oliva from a private signing. I paid $55 for this, which is tough to swallow considering I used to be able to get him for free around the Twin Cities at various promotional signings.
The first time I got his autograph was in front of a seafood restaurant with my boys after we went to a Pat Neshek signing at one of the Twins' Pro Shops. We weren't aware of Tony's signing, but others in the Neshek line were kind enough to clue us in. The line for Tony was 3-4 people, and I got a great picture of him with my boys. My boys are now 23 and 25, college graduates, one engaged and one married, and homeowners. Hard to believe.
I received a ttm return from Bruce Howard, who signed his 1964, 1966 and 1967 Topps as well as a 1969 Topps Buy Back. I'll send the 64 off to Frank Kreutzer next.
And finally, I received a ttm return from Buck Martinez, who signed his 1971 Topps, the 1971 and 1972 Topps Royals team cards, and a Brewers sticker from the 1980 Fleer (I think) set. The 71 Topps was sent to replace another that he returned smeared, but this time the Fleer was smeared.
