Horlen, James and Navarro

Today I received a 1963 Topps signed by Joel Horlen that an SCN contact got signed for me.  I had received this card signed by Mr. Horlen through the mail a few years ago, but it was signed in pretty dry black marker, so this is an upgrade for my collection (and doesn't count towards my goal for the year of adding 50 more to the set).

I also received a few through the mail requests.

Julio Navarro signed his 1960 and 1964 Topps for me.

And Charlie James signed his 1963 and 1964 Topps.  I sent this request back in October of 2014, so I'm happy to see it come back.  I also have this 1963 card signed by Mr. James already.  I purchased one a while ago but prefer to get them TTM.  So why do I buy them?  Good question.