Jim Perry, Dave Robinson and Ron Reed TTM Returns and some HOF Postcard Purchases

Jim Perry is a very reliable signer for a small $5 per card fee.  Sometimes though, the results aren't what I would hope for.  I've sent several cards to him more than once to try to get a nice one.  If a card isn't signed as well as I'd like, it's because he's used a ballpoint pen, which isn't always bad, but then it's signed lightly, so the signature isn't very visible.

Here are some examples of cards that came back with a signature that I eventually upgraded.

And here are the cards I tried again and on which I got a better signature.  The 1961 Topps came in my return today.  I could still use a darker signature on a 63 Topps, but this one is good enough for now.

In addition to the 1961 Topps, today's return from him included Twins team cards from 1964, 1966 and 1967.  On the 1964 card, he signed right over Gary Roggenburk's first name, despite there being a lot of open space on the card.  Roggenburk's signature is pretty light, so maybe he didn't see it.  Or maybe he was just moving through his fan mail quickly and didn't notice it.

Dave Robinson signed his 1971 Topps as well as the 1972 Topps Padres team card.  I was really focused on getting the team card signed by him and already had his 1971 Topps signed in March of 2020.  That signature was a nice blue sharpie, as opposed to the ballpoint I received today.  Although sometimes a ballpoint signature looks nice, maybe even better in some cases, than a blue sharpie.  

Jim Williams, the other player on the 1971 Topps, had been a pretty reliable signer over the years, but often took several months to reply.  However, I haven't seen a success from him posted on SCN since 2019, but no attempts since 2020.  He doesn't appear to do organized signings either.  Maybe I'll risk this one with the ballpoint signature and see what happens.

And Ron Reed signed his 1968 Topps, already signed by Jim Britton, and his 1971 Topps for his $10 per card fee.  He included a nice note describing where the donations go (a camp for children with cancer) as well as answered a couple questions I asked in my letter.  I didn't win the blue sharpie lottery on this one, but the 68 looks better in ballpoint, matching Britton's signature.  He previously signed a 1972 Topps for my set with a nice blue sharpie signature.  At $10 per, I hadn't intended to send him any cards that weren't part of a set I am collecting, but I couldn't let the 68 go unfinished.

 

Here's the 72 he signed in 2022:

I also received three Hall of Fame postcards I bought from Tom Orr (Atommic Sports) via eBay.  Once again, I bought something I already have (the Tony LaRussa postcard), but the Selig and Winfield are new.