Johnny Edwards and Al Worthington TTM Successes

We have a community mailbox in our cul de sac with about 15 individual locked mailboxes, and a couple larger ones for packages.  All of a sudden, we couldn't get either of our keys to open our mailbox.  The keys won't even go in halfway.  Today I received a call from the USPS guy who looked into it, and it turns out I have to pay $40 to fix it!  I was pretty surprised since I had no idea I was responsible for the cost of maintaining it.  We've lived here for almost 28 years and never had any issues.

Anyway, I received  a couple ttm successes, which I had to pick up ay the post office since I put a hold on my mail until they fix the lock.

Yesterday, I received a return from Johnny Edwards, who signed four cards for me.  Unfortunately, the 68 got smeared pretty badly.  The 62 is an upgrade from a previous attempt that also got smeared.  Mr. Edwards is a very generous signer and I've sent to him many times over the years.  Sometimes, he includes a handful of signed photocopied pictures as well.  He didn't this time, which is okay since I already have multiple copies of them.

Today, I received three cards back from former-Twin Al Worthington, who signed a couple Twins team cards and a 1980 Fleer Laughlin card commemorating the 1965 World Series.  I've had issues with Mr. Worthington the last few years where I didn't receive anything back, or only some of my cards back.  I lost a 1966 Twins team card to him that had several signatures on it.  The card itself is kind of expensive, so that was a bummer.  I've scaled back my requests to him to include only less expensive cards and those with few or no signatures.

JSA/CGC Authentication Results

All of latest authentication submissions passed, with many being graded a 10.  A couple, Winfield and Henderson, received "Signature Series" slabs because they had authentication sticker son back already.  I'm not sure if that caused them to not be graded, or if they just didn't grade a 10.  I'll get clarification on that.  In all, I'm pretty happy with the results.

Aker, Shantz, Rice and White

Yesterday, I received a couple Athletics yearbooks back.

Jack Aker signed the 1966 Athletics yearbook I've been working on.  Unfortunately, he didn't return the four cards I had sent, including the 1966 athletics team card that already had several signatures on it.  He did return a signed picture that I didn't send, and another unusual item that I am waiting to see if another collector can claim.  I'm disappointed in losing the team card, but that's how it goes.

He signed the cover twice: once in blue in the yellow section, and again in yellow on the pitcher's sleeve.

Bobby Shantz signed a 1952 Philadelphia Athletics yearbook.  Unfortunately, he's the sole surviving member of the team so I can't add any more signatures to it.

Today, Jim Rice returned a couple cards I sent at the end of January.  I was getting a little worried because he's usually quicker than this.

And I received a couple 1982 Topps I sent in for a Frank White signing.

I have a FedEx package waiting for me to pick up at the local holding location.  But, I'm still sick after nearly a week and don't really feel like going to get it, even though it's my latest authentication return from JSA/CGC.

Catching Up

I've been sick the last several days and not feeling like doing much of anything.  I received some returns, and a Don Cardwell purchase which I'll just dump here so I don't fall too far behind.

Casey Blake Long Return

In July of 2020 I sent these cards off to Casey Blake and they just came back. 2095 days, or 5 years, eight months and 26 days.  My longest return ever.  The blue sharpie signature looks nice on these older Topps Heritage cards.