Brooks Robinson (Again)

When I first sent to Brooks Robinson, I didn't have all the cards I wanted to send but I didn't want to miss out on his signing from home, so I sent what I had at the time (2000 Fleer Greats of the Game).

I bought a 1961 Topps on Ebay for my set, and sent it shortly after it arrived.  I received it back today, along with a signed Hall of Fame postcard tat he was kind enough to include!

Juan Marichal

I received a couple cards back from a Juan Marichal private signing via Tom Orr at Atommic Sports.

I had a 1963 Topps and 2000 Fleer Greats of the Game signed.

Update On My 2017 Collecting Goals

I've made just a little progress on my 2017 goals.  Here's my end of Q1 update:

Goal - Add three signed cards to my 1958 set. - Update - I haven't added any cards to this set yet this year.

Goal - Add 10 signed cards to my 1961 set.  I haven't worked on this very seriously so this will be a bit different this year. - Update - I've added just two so far this year, but I think this one is easily achieved if I take some time to buy some cards to send out.

Goal - Add five signed cards to my 1963 set. - Update - I've added four so far, so this one will be easy.

Goal - Add five signed cards to my 1965 set. - Update - I haven't added any yet, but I do have one out to a private signing that keeps getting delayed.

Goal - Add 10 signed cards to my 1972 set. - Update - I haven't added any to this set yet.  This one might be tough and expensive.

Goal - Add two signed bobbleheads to my collection. -  Update - I cheated a bit on this one since I knew I'd have a good chance to get these done at TwinsFest, which I did.  I got Kent Krbek and Tom Kelly.

That's it, I've got a bit of work to do to reach these goals.  Although I didn't include it in my goals, I've been going after the 2000 Fleer Greats of the Game set this year.  I've added five so far, and hope to get a few more.

Jay Hook Return

Today I received three cards back from Jay Hook that I sent back in March.  He signed a 1960, 1962 and 1963 Topps for me.

This is my fourth 1963 Topps this year.  Just one more to reach my goal.  I need to provide an update on my goals.  Maybe tomorrow.