Terry Fox and John O'Donoghue - Upgrading to Blue

I've been sending some requests out to players who are generous signers, but always seem to sign in black, or ballpoint.

Today I received a couple of those requests back.  

Terry Fox signed his 1962 through 1967 Topps for me using the blue Staedtler I had enclosed.  In 2009, he signed one card for me in blue sharpie, but since then, all of my requests to him have been signed in very fine black marker.  They look just fine, and he's been very kind to even respond to my requests, which had no fee or gift enclosed, but I've wanted to upgrade several of those cards to a nice blue marker for quite a while.  

I sent him these six cards, a medium blue Staedtler, and $20.  Despite not having a fee, I felt that six cards, and bubble envelopes to open and repack deserved a little gift for his hassle.

He signed them all very nicely, and even returned my $20, which makes me feel kind of guilty.  He didn't include a note or anything, just the cards and money back.  Thank you Mr. Fox!

I previously sent John O'Donoghue a blue sharpie with my request, but he signed my cards in fine black marker that was kind of clumpy, for lack of a better word.  Again, he signed my cards for free so I can't complain, but I've wanted a couple of his cards signed with a nice blue marker

This time, it was a mail-in signing rather than a request directly to the player.  Unfortunately, the date kind of snuck up on me, and having committed to sending in five cards, I only had 1965 and 1971 Topps cards to send to him.  I had intended on sending two 71 Topps because they are high number cards, but would have preferred to send in a couple different cards in addition to the 65 Topps.  These were the set cards I really wanted upgraded, so I guess it worked out okay.