The tenth-oldest living player, Tommy Brown, signed his 1949 and 1953 Bowman for me. I included $20 with my request. His return rate is a bit spotty but has been about 50% so far this year so I decided to take a shot.
I also received a couple items back from a Tom Kelly signing with FanHQ. He is the tenth player to sign his 1991 Twins World Series poster for my set. I have three left: Scott Erickson, Greg Gagne, and Dan Gladden. It's a bit tough to send these ttm because the cardstock on which they are printed is too thick to roll, so it has to be sent flat. I had been using the box I originally received these in, but it's getting really covered in tape and getting pretty beat up. So, I had to make a new box out of a different box to be the right size and thickness. It has to be big enough to safely store the poster sandwiched between cardboard pieces, but small enough to try to minimize the postage costs.
I also had him sign his bobblehead from the 1991 World Series set. I had him sign one like this in person at TwinsFest in 2012. He insisted on signing it in black, on the blue brim of the cap. A terrible idea, and I requested silver, but for some reason he insisted. I'm not sure if he was doing this on purpose so it wouldn't look good for some reason, or if he genuinely thought it would look better. I've been waiting a long time to get this redone. As always, FanHQ did a great job handling this.
Here's the previous one he signed for me.
2 comments:
Surprised TK was insistent on black the first time around. I've never known him to be prickly when signing anything so maybe he really did think it would look better.
Yeah, I was surprised too. He usually doesn't even really talk very much. He must have signed enough bobbleheads to know better though, I would think.
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