Authenticated Cards and a Few Returns

Today I received my cards back from PSA/DNA, authenticated and encapsulated.

I also got back a few returns.  Zach Monroe signed his 1959 Topps that I sent out back in August.  I tried sending this card to him back in 2008 and never got it back.  I'm happy to have this one.

Larry Dierker Signed his 1972, 1973 and 1978 Topps.

 

Bart Johnson signed his 1971, 1972 and 1973 Topps.  He also signed and returned the 1972 Topps I had enclosed for him to keep.

I'm starting to think about TwinsFest.  Jeff Reardon will be there signing for the Bob Feller Museum.  I'd like to get him to sign his bobblehead form the 1987 Twins set.  The Twins have a lot of free agents.  Eight of the players on the playoff roster could be off the team.  I'm not sure what that will look like in January and if there will be many current players there to sign.  I also want to get Killebrew on a jersey and a program already signed by Camilo Pascual.  Other than that, I'd like to get a few more players on their 2010 Topps Heritage cards.  I have a lot of Oliva, Blyleven, and Molitor autographs, so I"m not sure if I'll even go to their lines.

Frank Robinson Set Cards

This was a slow week.  I added a couple of Frank Robinson cards to my sets, both 1958 and 1965.  An SCN contact had these signed at the MAB show in October.

I have quite a few outstanding requests as does my younger son, but didn't get any of them back this week.  I did get an email notification that the two 1972 Topps I sent in to PSA/DNA to be authenticated (Willie Mays and Billy Martin) are done and both were authenticated and slabbed.  I think I saved quite a bit of money by buying these unauthenticated from sellers who guaranteed them and sending them in to PSA myself.  I will probably try doing this more often.  I will scan in the slabbed cards when I get them back.

Authenticated 1954 Topps Lot

Today I received six signed, authenticated 1954 Topps that I bought on eBay. For some reason this shipment was delayed. It was shipped from Colorado, when through a distribution center in New Jersey, then ended up here in Minnesota. Quite a trip.

I got a nice deal on these. Most for a dollar or two over the price of authenticating a card. Four of these players are deceased (Frank Smith, Mike Fornieles, Johnny Klippstein and Ray Boone).

Although I'm not actively collecting this set, I do have about 100 of these signed. It's one of my favorite card designs of all time, but since they already have a facsimile signature, they aren't ideal for getting autographed.