4 more All Americans today. Now at 31/91. Anderson/Frazier/McMahon were in trade from a good friend. Gradishar was TTM. Met Nnamdi at a work event. What a phenomenal guy. Not a bad word to say about him.
So excited for baseball season! Went over to Dodgers/Angels tonight and knocked out a ball I missed out on last year - 2005 HR Derby Gold Ball Bobby Abreu (he won it).
Also added the following cards in the last week:
FOOTBALL 2005 Topps AA Charles White (eBay) 2005 Topps AA Ted Hendricks (Donation TTM) 2005 Topps AA Gino Torretta (Donation TTM)
HOCKEY 1971 Topps and 1976 OPC Mike Robitaille (now 103/132 on 1971 Topps and slowed to a crawl - only 1 out at a signing))
BASKETBALL 1981 Topps and 1987 Fleer Walter Davis 2010 SP Authentic Mark Jackson 1979 Topps and 1987 Fleer Alvan Adams 1972 and 1973 Topps Clem Haskins
BASEBALL 2011 Topps Heritage Kendry Morales (I have 25 of these now. The set's impossible without major effort now that the year passed. Wondering if I should trade all other Heritage years for the current year signed and take a real shot at it. Who knows. Just rambling)
Well, I'm a huge Celtics fan. My dad swears that Russell was the greatest of all time. I have been trying to assemble every C's retired number rookie card signed. Now I'm only missing KC Jones. So happy to add this. It was a way overgraded BGS 5 crackout. It's off to PSA tomorrow.
Also added: BASKETBALL 1972 (2), 1973 and 1978 George McGinnes (sure to be a HOFer with the new ABA committee)
Now the dog days really set in on this NBA 50 Greatest Players lithograph project. Beyond Larry Bird, there really aren't any players left that sign with regularity. Isiah and Earl Monroe will probably do shows at some point but they're becoming more and more elusive. I would have thought David Robinson would be gettable but in 2 years I haven't heard of him doing one show. Thanks to John for the Kareem signature in Chicago. My father in law knocked out Cousy and Schayes in Washington DC.
Also added: 1970 and 1971 Topps Bob Boozer 2005 Topps All American Paul Hornung (TTM w/ fee). Now 36/91 on that set. 2003 UD Legends KC Jones signature (I just wanted to own one signed card until I can find a RC to complete my C's retired # set)
FOOTBALL 2005 Topps All American and 1988 Topps D.J. Dozier (SCN Signing) 2005 Topps All American Jay Novacek (Chantilly) - now 38/91 on the set. I decided to not count the certified Craig Heyward.
BASEBALL 2011 Topps Heritage Jason Bartlett 2011 Topps and Topps Heritage Cory Lubke 2009 Topps Heritage Orlando Hudson 2012 Topps Heritage Yonder Alonso 2011 Topps Heritage Garret Jones 2012 Topps Heritage Chase Headley 2012 Topps Heritage Huston Street
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Boston College Mini Helmet signed by 1984 Heisman winner Doug Flutie
1969-70 NBA Champion New York Knicks Media Guide - added Mike Riordan
CARDS BASKETBALL 1970 and 1972 Topps Tom Van Arsdale 1993 Action Packed HOF Dave Debusschere (SCN Purchase)
FOOTBALL 2005 Topps All American Greg Pruitt (Private Signing) - now 39/91 on this set
HOCKEY 1977, 1977 Leaders and 1978 Topps Bernie Parent (Thanks to Doug for the contest win!!) 1969 and 1970 Topps and 1971 OPC Bobby Baun 1969 and 1972 Topps and 1971 OPC Doug Mohns 1968, 1969 and 1970 Topps Andre Boudrais 2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Jean Ratelle (eBay Purchase)
Good couple of days. I'm particularly excited about the Pete Cross and Paul Arizin cards. I bought all three from eBay in a bulk deal but when I receive it the package and address looked familiar. It wound up being an SCN member that I had done business with before...and inbetween the PSA slabs was a free 1971 Rod Gilbert!!! He saw my need 71-72 Topps need list on SCN and just sent it for free. If you ever get the chance to help out SCN member 'siggy' please do it! What a great guy!
New Additions:
BASKETBALL 1961 Fleer Paul Arizin (Now 20/66 on the set) 1971 and 1972 Topps Pete Cross (deceased 1977) 1981 Topps and 1986 Fleer Johnny Moore 2010 SP Authentic Rick Barry (SCN help) 2010 SP Authentic Anfernee Hardaway (SCN help) 2010 SP Authentic Toni Kukoc (SCN help)
FOOTBALL 2005 Topps All American Tommy Kramer 2005 Topps All American Archie Griffin (now 41/91 on the set) 1965 Philly HOF RC Dick LeBeau
GOLF 2012 Leaf Metal Ben Crane
HOCKEY 1969 Topps Jean Ratelle (eBay purchase) 1971 Topps Rod Gilbert (THANKS SIGGY!!!) now 105/132 on the set 2001-02 Greats of the Game Dennis Maruk 2001-02 Greats of the Game Dave Taylor
Really looking forward to the red flip group sub popping in a couple months (I have 39 cards in) but I did re-join PSA in March. I have my collectors club 6 in right now and have about 7 days left on them. These two popped this week:
They were Blue-Flip to Red-Flip conversions. I find it pretty stupid that PSA won't start Autographed Company Set registries. I am an autographed set collector and I'm not the only one. I have my sets registered in with the Regular sets and PSA has denied requests to make them separate. I'm not REALLY competitive and don't spend a lot of time thinking about registry rank but two things:
- Auto'd sets will never be able to compete with the non-auto'd sets because nobody is stupid enough to crack PSA 10's to get signed...plus, for anything older than 30 years back or further, there's almost zero chance of a PSA 10 auto'd card of a deceased player.
- I think it hurts the desire of set collectors to grade commons because the registries are not separate. I'm only grading stuff that I question authenticity on or really want to protect. If the registries were separate I might consider grading some TTM commons to finish registry sets. Thats not an option right now.
Just food for thought.
Also two TTMs: 2012 Leaf Metal Golf Brandt Snedeker 1969 Topps Hockey Earl Ingarfeld
Having a lot of fun with these 2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game hockey cards. To be honest, I had fallen away from hockey for a few year but the last couple of seasons and playoffs have pulled me right back in. It's spectacular right now. This GOTG set is probably the most attractive on-card autographed set of all time (although it's missing Gretzky/Orr). What's got me so excited is that it's finishable. I haven't tried to do a certified auto set before. Enjoying the heck out of it.
ADDITIONS BASEBALL 1970 Topps Davey Johnson IP Dodger Stadium 2005 GOTG Fernando Valenzuela IP Dodger Stadium 2007 Heritage Livan Hernandez IP Dodger Stadium 2012 Heritage WIlson Ramos IP Dodger Stadium
BASKETBALL 1977, 1978 and 1978 Topps Bill Walton Free appearance in San Diego 1969, 1972 and 1973 Bob Kauffman 1986 and 1987 Fleer Jim Paxson 1972 and 1973 Topps Dick Snyder 1972 AS and 1978 Topps Dan Issel 1970 and 1973 Topps Jim Fox
GOLF 2012 Leaf Metal Brendan Steele (the best question ever for the porn star or pro golfer trivia game on our podcast - Woody Austin / Rod Curl / Jamie Lovemark are all in the running too).
HOCKEY 2001-02 Fleer GOTG HOFer Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion 2001-02 Fleer GOTG HOFer Harry Howell 1977 and 1978 Topps Dave Farrish
My freebie sub popped for re-joining PSA. Nice thing about living in SoCal is that it as delivered the very next day! Scans included:
1 1 19848785 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1957 TOPPS 77 BILL RUSSELL PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card 2 1 19848786 EXCELLENT 5 1980 TOPPS SCORING LEADER PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card 3 1 19848787 EXCELLENT 5 1971 TOPPS 2 NHL ASSISTS LEADERS PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card 4 1 19848788 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS 3 NHL SCORING LEADERS PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card 5 1 19848789 VERY GOOD 3 1971 TOPPS 66 BARCLAY PLAGER PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card
The Barclay Plager card was the one I was most excited about. I knew everything else was legit. Plager is one of the hardest 7-8 signed cards to find in the 71-72 set.
Great league leaders cards. Orr, Esposito, and Bucyk are awesome. Normally not a fan of cards signed by multiple players but those turned out very nice especially the Scoring Leaders. The Magic/Bird/Dr.J card is a beauty although I hate that panel set. That Bill Russell would be the finest card in just about any collection. The Russell rookie has to be about a thousan bucks signed and slabbed. Barclay Plager died in his 40's he was probably better know as a coach. You should be proud of some awesome cards.
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New additions! Stoked to add Gerald Henderson. He's been a recluse for quite awhile. Nice to add him to my 84 Celtics Media Guide and some cards. Everything else here is pretty much set cards. I LOVE this 2001 Fleer Greats of the Game Certified set.
ADDED 1984 World Champion Celtics Media Guide and 81/86/87 Gerald Henderson cards (SCN Help) 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 Topps Jerry Lucas (private signing) 1969 and 1970 Topps Adrian Smith (private signing) 1977 and 1978 Topps Lucius Allen 1971, 1972 and 1974 Topps Joe Hamilton 1970, 1972 and 1973 Toby Kimball 1961 Fleer Rod Hundley Also added Tom Thacker to my 1967-68 NBA Champion Celtics Media Guide
FOOTBALL 1958 Topps and 2005 All American Earl Morrall (TTM w/ Fee)
HOCKEY 2001 Fleer GOTG Certified Red Kelly 2001 Fleer GOTG Certified Jari Kurri 2001 Fleer GOTG Certified Kent Nilsson
I realized when I started this All American set that there was no choice but to pay for some of the big signatures at shows. I made a list of the guys that will never sign TTM, even for a small fee, and all the ones from today were on that list. I like 3 out of the 4 very much but have to say that Marcus Allen's signature is total garbage. For $60/each, give me more than this crap. All in all, a good day for returns.
ADDED FOOTBALL 2005 Topps All American Ronnie Lott 2005 Topps All American Fred Biletnikoff 2005 Topps All American Dave Casper 1983 Topps RC and 2005 Topps AA Marcus Allen (NOW 48/91 on this set)
BASEBALL 1983 Topps Ryne Sandberg (SCN member)
BASKETBALL 1969 Topps Howie Komives - NOW 80/99 on this set.
You have really been getting some nice set cards back over the past couple months. I am really digging the All American set. That sucks about the Marcus Allen's, he is really a miserable person when it comes to autographs. I have been holding off getting a rc signed at a show because his signature has become garbage. I have read numerous stories how he just a complete jerk when approaching him for an autograph. From my understanding, he thinks that all autograph collectors are just looking to sell the stuff he signs.
You bought the Komives. Nice card. I actually got Marcus Allen ttm for free right after he went into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. I am collecting all the guys that signed for free in the All-Americans. Good Luck with that set.
I can't believe how happy I am with this checklist card. I sent it to Slick Leonard, coach of the 1972-73 ABA Champion Pacers. I asked if he would write '73 ABA Champs on it. Instead, he signed his name and checked off every guy on the team - front and back. I was skeptical for a minute because now it looks like a checked checklist but after repeatedly looking at it. it may be my favorite checklist ever, and I have quite a few fun ones.
ADDITIONS FOOTBALL 2005 Topps All American Desmond Howard (now 48/91 on the set w/ 2 out at signings)
BASKETBALL 1961 Fleer and 1972 ABA Checklist Bob 'Slick' Leonard 1971 and 1972 Topps Byron Beck 1970 and 1972 Topps Clyde Lee 1957 Topps HOF RC Clyde Lovellette (little bummed about personalization - I sent $20 with it) 1961 Fleer Arlen 'Bucky' Bockhorn 1987 Fleer Phil Hubbard
HOCKEY 2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Gilbert Perreault 2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Bernie Federko 2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Grant Fuhr 2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Joe Mullen 1969, 1970 and 1971 Topps Eddie Shack (thanks for going to that show eyebone!!!) 1978 Topps Bobby Clarke 1971 Topps Bob Berry (now 107/132 on this set - only 7 remaining living guys) - this was an eBay purchase. Will go to PSA in next group sub.
Your collection is getting CRAZY! Congrats on all the new additions. Man, I have slowed down SO much ... After sending out about 950 requests in my first two years of TTMs, I have sent out only 50 in the last 1.5 years. I need to get back on track!
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Your collection is getting CRAZY! Congrats on all the new additions. Man, I have slowed down SO much ... After sending out about 950 requests in my first two years of TTMs, I have sent out only 50 in the last 1.5 years. I need to get back on track! >>
Thanks Doug. I hope you do get back on the horse. I always enjoyed your thread. This is mostly a baseball message board so I'm sure the other sports don't interest many...but completing baseball sets is nearly impossible and I'm getting less and less interested in baseball by the day. I wish English soccer guys had cool cards and would sign TTM. I'd really enjoy that.
I made an argument the other day that this signed set collecting is one of the true "hobbies" left in this overall hobby. Most of this stuff isn't ever going to be worth what I paid for it. If I pay $60 for a 2005 Topps All American Marcus Allen, I couldn't even sell it for $30. Value is nice but this really is a hobby to me and I really enjoy it.
BASKETBALL 1961 Fleer Richie Guerin 1971 and 1972 Zelmo Beaty (a HOFer one day for sure) 1972, 1973 and 1978 John Mengelt 1970, 1971 and 1972 Barry Clemens 1972 Archie Clark AS (eBay purchase) 1972 and 1979 Phil Chenier 1970 and 1972 Terry Dischinger 1971 an 1989 Vann Williford
HOCKEY 1970 Ralph Backstrom 1978 Bernie Federko RC 1973 and 1978 Bill Barber 2001 GOTG Richard 'King' Brodeur 2001 GOTG Norm Ullman 2001 GOTG Ken Hodge 2001 GOTG Steve Larmer 2001 GOTG Andy Bathgate 2001 GOTG Mario Lemieux - super excited to get this one! 2001 GOTG Peter Stastny
Nice Greats of the Game collection. One of the greatest autograph sets around. Nice clear on the card autographs. Still a nice Clyde Lovellette 1957 even personalized.
Digging the heck out of this 2001 Greats set. I may do the Football and Basketball counterparts one day. We'll see. I did notice that the Gordie Howe for auction this weekend went for $300+. I wish I could find the number issued of each SP. I know which ones are SP's but there's no registry for the hockey set and I can't find those figures.
Also figured I'd update the status overall on many of the sets that I post here:
ADDED HOCKEY 2001 Fleer GOTG Bobby Hull SP 2001 Fleer GOTG Bobby Clarke SP 2001 Fleer GOTG Dennis Potvin 2001 Fleer GOTG Butch Goring 1970 and 1978 Topps Terry Harper 1977, 1978 and 1982 Topps Paul Gardner 1970 Topps Bob Barlow 1970 Topps Garry Monahan
BASKETBALL 1971 Topps Warren Davis 1998 Topps Dirk Nowitzki RC
FOOTBALL 2005 Topps All American Mean Joe Greene (w/ donation)
I'm starting a new project this month that should be exciting. I'll post as soon as the first couple signatures arrive. As for now, here are this week's returns. I'm now 109/132 on 1971-72 Topps Hockey. It's the closest (82.58%) that I've come to finishing a set so far. If you know of any for sale, I'll send you my list!
On another front, now comes the hard part on 2005 Topps All American football. I have 53/91 but it comes time to decide if I want to pay Jim Brown/Troy Aikman/Barry Sanders/John Elway etc. $100+ each to sign their cards. I may delay on that front for a bit if I can resist. We'll see.
FOOTBALL 2005 Topps All American Johnny Musso 2005 Topps All American Keith Byars (eBay purchase - TTM never returned) 2005 Topps All American Hart Lee Dykes (eBay purchase - TTM never returned)
BASKETBALL 1971 Topps Joe Cooke (ebay purchase) 1972 Topps Dorie Murrey (Best NBA Unis ever) 1972 and 1973 Topps Randy Denton (AWESOME white afro) 1972 and 1973 Topps John Roche 1986 and 1987 Fleer Larry Nance
HOCKEY 1971 Topps Dennis Hull 1971 Topps Pat Quinn 1969 and 1970 Topps Andre Lacroix 1969 and 1970 topps Jean Guy Gendron 1970 Topps Gary Venruzzo 1970 Topps and 1971 OPC Rick Ley 1973, 1977 and 1978 Topps Bobby Schmautz 2001 Fleer GOTG Guy LaPointe
GOLF 1981 and 1991 Raymond Floyd 2001 and 2012 Nick Faldo
@cardsandbeads, I have 26/80 1957 Topps basketball. I was going to try for the set once upon a time but I think the Maurice Stokes signature makes it impossible. At least with 1971 hockey, Wayne Maki had two+ years to sign one and he's not a HOFer. Stokes had less than a year. Plus, if one did surface, HOF collectors would make it a five figure card. I can never afford to spend that on one piece of cardboard. My whole collection might not be worth five figures!
Been busy working on several projects and haven't had a chance to update newer stuff. Here's the most recent:
FOOTBALL 2005 Topps AA Roland James (now 54/91 with three at signings)
BASKETBALL 1971 Topps Leroy Ellis (eBay) 1971 Topps Don May 1971 and 1972 Topps Dave Stallworth 1970 and 1972 Topps Rick Roberson 1972 Topps Jim McDaniels
HOCKEY 1970 Topps George Swarbrick 1970 and 1978 Topps Gerry Meehan 1969 and 1971 Topps Ted Hampson 1965 and 1970 Topps Doug Mohns (w/ donation) 1971 Topps Bob Berry (I had just bought another one on eBay too. Oh well) 2011-12 Parkhurst Champions Marcel Dionne signed Mini (pack pulled) 2001 Fleer GOTG Bob Nystrom
Also added Don May to my 1969-70 NBA Champion New York Knicks Media Guide.
26 out of 80 is pretty darn good. There has to be at least 30 dead. One of my regrets was never sending my 1957 to George Yardley to get signed. I saw a PSA Yardley go for like $800 . Maurice Stokes probably doesn't exist. Heck I have never seen Neil Johnston either he died in 1978. 54/91 is awesome on the All-Americans.
<< <i>26 out of 80 is pretty darn good. There has to be at least 30 dead. One of my regrets was never sending my 1957 to George Yardley to get signed. I saw a PSA Yardley go for like $800 . Maurice Stokes probably doesn't exist. Heck I have never seen Neil Johnston either he died in 1978. 54/91 is awesome on the All-Americans. >>
I never got a George Yardley either. I've always been a huge basketball fan but never collected signed cards until this thread started. I was strictly a golf collector from about 2002-then. I do have another attempt out to Vern Mikkelsen. We'll see. He had a signing window open up pretty recently. I really don't think a Maurice Stokes exists signed. I don't know the release date for 1957-58 Topps basketball but I know the season started October 22. Stokes' injury happened in early March. If I had to guess, I'd say the release date of the set was late November. If that's true, Stokes had about 4 months to sign one. I would bet there were a couple that he did sign but one surviving in 2012 would surprise the heck out of me.
This is the tough part about set collecting. It's a passion for completionists...but actual completion is nearly impossible. I actually think the 69 and 70 Topps hockey sets are easier than 1971 but the Tim Horton cards make it 99.9% impossible and the rare chance that one exists would spell 5 figures in bidding. Even the '05 All American's aren't REALLY completable. The Ironhead Heyward card might not exist. Someone on the SCN board claims to have bought one on eBay awhile back but he was already in hospice when the set was released. Of every set I'm working on, I think that's the closest I'll come to completing one. I think 88/91 are doable. Ed Marinaro won't sign them. Kenny Easley is super tough and Heyward are the ones that I don't think I'l see. I do think a Merlin Olsen or two will pop up one day. I will eventually get to 120/132 on that hockey set too. I wish I could come that close on 71 basketball but some of the obscure ABA guys just aren't findable and the couple John Brisker cards would fetch quite a bit signed.
Lots of positive returns yesterday and today but one seriously bummed me out. People that aren't set collectors might have a hard time appreciating this. There is a former NHL player named Charlie Burns who played in the 60's and into the early 70's. I've been collecting 1971-72 Topps hockey signed for about 16 months and reached 109/132 last week. From all of my discussions with other collectors and research with promoters etc, Charlie Burns is the single toughest living signer. He hasn't ever done a show and never signs in the mail. So when I saw Sportsworld USA announce a signing with him two weeks ago, I nearly fell over. There wasn't enough time to find every card of his ever produced but i managed to get a hold of 68T, 69T, 70T, 71T, 71OPC to send in. Needless to say, all the cards meant nothing to me besides the 1971 Topps that I never though I'd get signed. I would have sent in 5 of that card if I could have had them in time. Last year a 1968 signed Burns sold on eBay for $500 from his playing days.
So, needless to say, when I got the package back yesterday I was overjoyed...until I opened it. Of course, the 68T, 70T and 71OPC were all great...and the 71 Topps, the only one I gave two craps about was totally smudged. I was heartbroken. I've emailed them asking them to replace it but the odds of them having another in stock are very low. I hate this hobby sometimes.
Other than that, here are the other returns:
HOCKEY 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971 Topps + 1971 OPC Charlie Burns 2001 Fleer GOTG Darryl Sittler
FOOTBALL 2005 Topps AA Jim Plunkett
BASEBALL (Sort of) 2008 Topps Heritage Dalai Lama
Also added Keith Foulke to my 2004 Red Sox WS team ball
GOLF Charl Schwartzel signed Masters logo golf ball
sorry to see/hear that. i know you needed mr burns in a serious way. hopefully they can work it out somehow--maybe the promoter could get him to make one exception and sign ttm.
good luck. eyebone
"I'm not saying I'm the best manager in the world, but I'm in the top one." Brian Clough
BASKETBALL 1957 Topps Vern Mikkelsen RC (cracked a PSA 5 - stoked to get this back) 1972 and 1978 Gar Heard
HOCKEY 1969 and 1970 Topps Vic Hadfield 1969 Topps Checklist - signed by coach of the 69-70 Stanley Cup Champion Bruins 1969 and 1970 Topps Ron Schock (from signing) 1965, 1968 and 1969 Topps Arnie Brown (sent him $20 - was hoping for no personalization - oh well)
Also started a 1969-70 Topps Boston Bruins Media Guide with a Johnny Bucyk signature at a recent signing. Will be sending to a Phil Esposito signing next month
That is a great Mikkelsen signed even though his looks like he had a stroke. PSA 5 is like $60 card that would have awful to never get back. Great card. Wish I had one. Waited almost 3 years for him to sign my Upper Deck Generations, my guess is he had a stroke.
Pleased to say that Sportsworld USA is going to try to take care of me on the Charlie Burns disaster. They're going to reach out to him to see if he'll make good. We'll see! I sent them 3 copies of the card just in case and told them to just send me one back.
Other items to arrive over the last few days:
FOOTBALL: 2005 Topps All American Cris Carter (eBay purchase - he doesn't do a lot of signings so I picked up a pre-PSA'd one)
BASKETBALL: 1972 Topps Willis Reed (eBay purchase) 1972 Topps Ron Williams (eBay purchase - deceased player) 1971 Topps John Barnhill 1972 Topps Don Nelson (LONG TTM wait for this one)
HOCKEY: 1959 Topps Charlie Burns (eBay purchase from Sportsworld) 1968 and 1968 Topps Jim Neilson 1977 and 1978 Topps Jude Drouin 2001 Greats of the Game Brian Bellows 2001 Greats of the Game Bill Barber (now 31/87 on the set)
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Also added the following cards in the last week:
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps AA Charles White (eBay)
2005 Topps AA Ted Hendricks (Donation TTM)
2005 Topps AA Gino Torretta (Donation TTM)
HOCKEY
1971 Topps and 1976 OPC Mike Robitaille (now 103/132 on 1971 Topps and slowed to a crawl - only 1 out at a signing))
BASKETBALL
1981 Topps and 1987 Fleer Walter Davis
2010 SP Authentic Mark Jackson
1979 Topps and 1987 Fleer Alvan Adams
1972 and 1973 Topps Clem Haskins
BASEBALL
2011 Topps Heritage Kendry Morales (I have 25 of these now. The set's impossible without major effort now that the year passed. Wondering if I should trade all other Heritage years for the current year signed and take a real shot at it. Who knows. Just rambling)
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BASKETBALL
1972 (2), 1973 and 1978 George McGinnes (sure to be a HOFer with the new ABA committee)
HOCKEY
1970, 1972 and 1978 Gary Doak
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Also added:
1970 and 1971 Topps Bob Boozer
2005 Topps All American Paul Hornung (TTM w/ fee). Now 36/91 on that set.
2003 UD Legends KC Jones signature (I just wanted to own one signed card until I can find a RC to complete my C's retired # set)
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FOOTBALL
2005 Topps All American and 1988 Topps D.J. Dozier (SCN Signing)
2005 Topps All American Jay Novacek (Chantilly) - now 38/91 on the set. I decided to not count the certified Craig Heyward.
BASEBALL
2011 Topps Heritage Jason Bartlett
2011 Topps and Topps Heritage Cory Lubke
2009 Topps Heritage Orlando Hudson
2012 Topps Heritage Yonder Alonso
2011 Topps Heritage Garret Jones
2012 Topps Heritage Chase Headley
2012 Topps Heritage Huston Street
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Boston College Mini Helmet signed by 1984 Heisman winner Doug Flutie
1969-70 NBA Champion New York Knicks Media Guide - added Mike Riordan
CARDS
BASKETBALL
1970 and 1972 Topps Tom Van Arsdale
1993 Action Packed HOF Dave Debusschere (SCN Purchase)
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps All American Greg Pruitt (Private Signing) - now 39/91 on this set
HOCKEY
1977, 1977 Leaders and 1978 Topps Bernie Parent (Thanks to Doug for the contest win!!)
1969 and 1970 Topps and 1971 OPC Bobby Baun
1969 and 1972 Topps and 1971 OPC Doug Mohns
1968, 1969 and 1970 Topps Andre Boudrais
2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Jean Ratelle (eBay Purchase)
GOLF
2012 Leaf Metal Brittany Lincicome
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New Additions:
BASKETBALL
1961 Fleer Paul Arizin (Now 20/66 on the set)
1971 and 1972 Topps Pete Cross (deceased 1977)
1981 Topps and 1986 Fleer Johnny Moore
2010 SP Authentic Rick Barry (SCN help)
2010 SP Authentic Anfernee Hardaway (SCN help)
2010 SP Authentic Toni Kukoc (SCN help)
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps All American Tommy Kramer
2005 Topps All American Archie Griffin (now 41/91 on the set)
1965 Philly HOF RC Dick LeBeau
GOLF
2012 Leaf Metal Ben Crane
HOCKEY
1969 Topps Jean Ratelle (eBay purchase)
1971 Topps Rod Gilbert (THANKS SIGGY!!!) now 105/132 on the set
2001-02 Greats of the Game Dennis Maruk
2001-02 Greats of the Game Dave Taylor
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1 1 19849171 EXCELLENT+ 5.5 1971 TOPPS 10 JACQUES PLANTE PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card
2 1 19849172 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1969 TOPPS 5 J.C. TREMBLAY PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card
They were Blue-Flip to Red-Flip conversions. I find it pretty stupid that PSA won't start Autographed Company Set registries. I am an autographed set collector and I'm not the only one. I have my sets registered in with the Regular sets and PSA has denied requests to make them separate. I'm not REALLY competitive and don't spend a lot of time thinking about registry rank but two things:
- Auto'd sets will never be able to compete with the non-auto'd sets because nobody is stupid enough to crack PSA 10's to get signed...plus, for anything older than 30 years back or further, there's almost zero chance of a PSA 10 auto'd card of a deceased player.
- I think it hurts the desire of set collectors to grade commons because the registries are not separate. I'm only grading stuff that I question authenticity on or really want to protect. If the registries were separate I might consider grading some TTM commons to finish registry sets. Thats not an option right now.
Just food for thought.
Also two TTMs:
2012 Leaf Metal Golf Brandt Snedeker
1969 Topps Hockey Earl Ingarfeld
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ADDITIONS
BASEBALL
1970 Topps Davey Johnson IP Dodger Stadium
2005 GOTG Fernando Valenzuela IP Dodger Stadium
2007 Heritage Livan Hernandez IP Dodger Stadium
2012 Heritage WIlson Ramos IP Dodger Stadium
BASKETBALL
1977, 1978 and 1978 Topps Bill Walton Free appearance in San Diego
1969, 1972 and 1973 Bob Kauffman
1986 and 1987 Fleer Jim Paxson
1972 and 1973 Topps Dick Snyder
1972 AS and 1978 Topps Dan Issel
1970 and 1973 Topps Jim Fox
GOLF
2012 Leaf Metal Brendan Steele (the best question ever for the porn star or pro golfer trivia game on our podcast - Woody Austin / Rod Curl / Jamie Lovemark are all in the running too).
HOCKEY
2001-02 Fleer GOTG HOFer Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion
2001-02 Fleer GOTG HOFer Harry Howell
1977 and 1978 Topps Dave Farrish
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1 1 19848785 VERY GOOD-EXCELLENT 4 1957 TOPPS 77 BILL RUSSELL PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card
2 1 19848786 EXCELLENT 5 1980 TOPPS SCORING LEADER PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card
3 1 19848787 EXCELLENT 5 1971 TOPPS 2 NHL ASSISTS LEADERS PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card
4 1 19848788 NEAR MINT 7 1971 TOPPS 3 NHL SCORING LEADERS PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card
5 1 19848789 VERY GOOD 3 1971 TOPPS 66 BARCLAY PLAGER PSA/DNA CERTIFIED Card
The Barclay Plager card was the one I was most excited about. I knew everything else was legit. Plager is one of the hardest 7-8 signed cards to find in the 71-72 set.
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ADDED
1984 World Champion Celtics Media Guide and 81/86/87 Gerald Henderson cards (SCN Help)
1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973 Topps Jerry Lucas (private signing)
1969 and 1970 Topps Adrian Smith (private signing)
1977 and 1978 Topps Lucius Allen
1971, 1972 and 1974 Topps Joe Hamilton
1970, 1972 and 1973 Toby Kimball
1961 Fleer Rod Hundley
Also added Tom Thacker to my 1967-68 NBA Champion Celtics Media Guide
FOOTBALL
1958 Topps and 2005 All American Earl Morrall (TTM w/ Fee)
HOCKEY
2001 Fleer GOTG Certified Red Kelly
2001 Fleer GOTG Certified Jari Kurri
2001 Fleer GOTG Certified Kent Nilsson
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ADDED
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps All American Ronnie Lott
2005 Topps All American Fred Biletnikoff
2005 Topps All American Dave Casper
1983 Topps RC and 2005 Topps AA Marcus Allen (NOW 48/91 on this set)
BASEBALL
1983 Topps Ryne Sandberg (SCN member)
BASKETBALL
1969 Topps Howie Komives - NOW 80/99 on this set.
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ADDITIONS
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps All American Desmond Howard (now 48/91 on the set w/ 2 out at signings)
BASKETBALL
1961 Fleer and 1972 ABA Checklist Bob 'Slick' Leonard
1971 and 1972 Topps Byron Beck
1970 and 1972 Topps Clyde Lee
1957 Topps HOF RC Clyde Lovellette (little bummed about personalization - I sent $20 with it)
1961 Fleer Arlen 'Bucky' Bockhorn
1987 Fleer Phil Hubbard
HOCKEY
2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Gilbert Perreault
2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Bernie Federko
2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Grant Fuhr
2001-02 Fleer Greats of the Game Joe Mullen
1969, 1970 and 1971 Topps Eddie Shack (thanks for going to that show eyebone!!!)
1978 Topps Bobby Clarke
1971 Topps Bob Berry (now 107/132 on this set - only 7 remaining living guys) - this was an eBay purchase. Will go to PSA in next group sub.
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Your collection is getting CRAZY! Congrats on all the new additions. Man, I have slowed down SO much ... After sending out about 950 requests in my first two years of TTMs, I have sent out only 50 in the last 1.5 years. I need to get back on track!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
<< <i>Mike,
Your collection is getting CRAZY! Congrats on all the new additions. Man, I have slowed down SO much ... After sending out about 950 requests in my first two years of TTMs, I have sent out only 50 in the last 1.5 years. I need to get back on track! >>
Thanks Doug. I hope you do get back on the horse. I always enjoyed your thread. This is mostly a baseball message board so I'm sure the other sports don't interest many...but completing baseball sets is nearly impossible and I'm getting less and less interested in baseball by the day. I wish English soccer guys had cool cards and would sign TTM. I'd really enjoy that.
I made an argument the other day that this signed set collecting is one of the true "hobbies" left in this overall hobby. Most of this stuff isn't ever going to be worth what I paid for it. If I pay $60 for a 2005 Topps All American Marcus Allen, I couldn't even sell it for $30. Value is nice but this really is a hobby to me and I really enjoy it.
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ADDED
FOOTBALL
2005 All American Tony Franklin
BASKETBALL
1961 Fleer Richie Guerin
1971 and 1972 Zelmo Beaty (a HOFer one day for sure)
1972, 1973 and 1978 John Mengelt
1970, 1971 and 1972 Barry Clemens
1972 Archie Clark AS (eBay purchase)
1972 and 1979 Phil Chenier
1970 and 1972 Terry Dischinger
1971 an 1989 Vann Williford
HOCKEY
1970 Ralph Backstrom
1978 Bernie Federko RC
1973 and 1978 Bill Barber
2001 GOTG Richard 'King' Brodeur
2001 GOTG Norm Ullman
2001 GOTG Ken Hodge
2001 GOTG Steve Larmer
2001 GOTG Andy Bathgate
2001 GOTG Mario Lemieux - super excited to get this one!
2001 GOTG Peter Stastny
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Congrat's this thread is great!
"Live everyday, don't throw it away"
Also figured I'd update the status overall on many of the sets that I post here:
BASKETBALL
1969 Topps BKB: 80/99 (80.81%)
1970 Topps BKB: 58/175 (33.14%)
1971 Topps BKB: 88/233 (37.77%)
1972 Topps BKB: 85/264 (32.2%)
1986 Fleer BKB: 39/132 (29.55%)
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps All American (Retired): 50/91 (54.95%)
HOCKEY
1969 Topps HK: 45/132 (34.09%)
1970 Topps HK: 51/132 (38.64%)
1971 Topps HK: 107/132 (81.06%)
2001 Fleer GOTG Certified 26/87 (29.89%)
ADDED
HOCKEY
2001 Fleer GOTG Bobby Hull SP
2001 Fleer GOTG Bobby Clarke SP
2001 Fleer GOTG Dennis Potvin
2001 Fleer GOTG Butch Goring
1970 and 1978 Topps Terry Harper
1977, 1978 and 1982 Topps Paul Gardner
1970 Topps Bob Barlow
1970 Topps Garry Monahan
BASKETBALL
1971 Topps Warren Davis
1998 Topps Dirk Nowitzki RC
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps All American Mean Joe Greene (w/ donation)
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On another front, now comes the hard part on 2005 Topps All American football. I have 53/91 but it comes time to decide if I want to pay Jim Brown/Troy Aikman/Barry Sanders/John Elway etc. $100+ each to sign their cards. I may delay on that front for a bit if I can resist. We'll see.
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps All American Johnny Musso
2005 Topps All American Keith Byars (eBay purchase - TTM never returned)
2005 Topps All American Hart Lee Dykes (eBay purchase - TTM never returned)
BASKETBALL
1971 Topps Joe Cooke (ebay purchase)
1972 Topps Dorie Murrey (Best NBA Unis ever)
1972 and 1973 Topps Randy Denton (AWESOME white afro)
1972 and 1973 Topps John Roche
1986 and 1987 Fleer Larry Nance
HOCKEY
1971 Topps Dennis Hull
1971 Topps Pat Quinn
1969 and 1970 Topps Andre Lacroix
1969 and 1970 topps Jean Guy Gendron
1970 Topps Gary Venruzzo
1970 Topps and 1971 OPC Rick Ley
1973, 1977 and 1978 Topps Bobby Schmautz
2001 Fleer GOTG Guy LaPointe
GOLF
1981 and 1991 Raymond Floyd
2001 and 2012 Nick Faldo
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Those Fleer Greats of the Game cards look awesome signed.
Love that he signed it Hot Rod -- above a few posts
Nice Nance
Been busy working on several projects and haven't had a chance to update newer stuff. Here's the most recent:
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps AA Roland James (now 54/91 with three at signings)
BASKETBALL
1971 Topps Leroy Ellis (eBay)
1971 Topps Don May
1971 and 1972 Topps Dave Stallworth
1970 and 1972 Topps Rick Roberson
1972 Topps Jim McDaniels
HOCKEY
1970 Topps George Swarbrick
1970 and 1978 Topps Gerry Meehan
1969 and 1971 Topps Ted Hampson
1965 and 1970 Topps Doug Mohns (w/ donation)
1971 Topps Bob Berry (I had just bought another one on eBay too. Oh well)
2011-12 Parkhurst Champions Marcel Dionne signed Mini (pack pulled)
2001 Fleer GOTG Bob Nystrom
Also added Don May to my 1969-70 NBA Champion New York Knicks Media Guide.
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<< <i>26 out of 80 is pretty darn good. There has to be at least 30 dead. One of my regrets was never sending my 1957 to George Yardley to get signed. I saw a PSA Yardley go for like $800 . Maurice Stokes probably doesn't exist. Heck I have never seen Neil Johnston either he died in 1978. 54/91 is awesome on the All-Americans. >>
I never got a George Yardley either. I've always been a huge basketball fan but never collected signed cards until this thread started. I was strictly a golf collector from about 2002-then. I do have another attempt out to Vern Mikkelsen. We'll see. He had a signing window open up pretty recently. I really don't think a Maurice Stokes exists signed. I don't know the release date for 1957-58 Topps basketball but I know the season started October 22. Stokes' injury happened in early March. If I had to guess, I'd say the release date of the set was late November. If that's true, Stokes had about 4 months to sign one. I would bet there were a couple that he did sign but one surviving in 2012 would surprise the heck out of me.
This is the tough part about set collecting. It's a passion for completionists...but actual completion is nearly impossible. I actually think the 69 and 70 Topps hockey sets are easier than 1971 but the Tim Horton cards make it 99.9% impossible and the rare chance that one exists would spell 5 figures in bidding. Even the '05 All American's aren't REALLY completable. The Ironhead Heyward card might not exist. Someone on the SCN board claims to have bought one on eBay awhile back but he was already in hospice when the set was released. Of every set I'm working on, I think that's the closest I'll come to completing one. I think 88/91 are doable. Ed Marinaro won't sign them. Kenny Easley is super tough and Heyward are the ones that I don't think I'l see. I do think a Merlin Olsen or two will pop up one day. I will eventually get to 120/132 on that hockey set too. I wish I could come that close on 71 basketball but some of the obscure ABA guys just aren't findable and the couple John Brisker cards would fetch quite a bit signed.
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Lots of positive returns yesterday and today but one seriously bummed me out. People that aren't set collectors might have a hard time appreciating this. There is a former NHL player named Charlie Burns who played in the 60's and into the early 70's. I've been collecting 1971-72 Topps hockey signed for about 16 months and reached 109/132 last week. From all of my discussions with other collectors and research with promoters etc, Charlie Burns is the single toughest living signer. He hasn't ever done a show and never signs in the mail. So when I saw Sportsworld USA announce a signing with him two weeks ago, I nearly fell over. There wasn't enough time to find every card of his ever produced but i managed to get a hold of 68T, 69T, 70T, 71T, 71OPC to send in. Needless to say, all the cards meant nothing to me besides the 1971 Topps that I never though I'd get signed. I would have sent in 5 of that card if I could have had them in time. Last year a 1968 signed Burns sold on eBay for $500 from his playing days.
So, needless to say, when I got the package back yesterday I was overjoyed...until I opened it. Of course, the 68T, 70T and 71OPC were all great...and the 71 Topps, the only one I gave two craps about was totally smudged. I was heartbroken. I've emailed them asking them to replace it but the odds of them having another in stock are very low. I hate this hobby sometimes.
Other than that, here are the other returns:
HOCKEY
1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971 Topps + 1971 OPC Charlie Burns
2001 Fleer GOTG Darryl Sittler
FOOTBALL
2005 Topps AA Jim Plunkett
BASEBALL (Sort of)
2008 Topps Heritage Dalai Lama
Also added Keith Foulke to my 2004 Red Sox WS team ball
GOLF
Charl Schwartzel signed Masters logo golf ball
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sorry to see/hear that. i know you needed mr burns in a serious way. hopefully they can work it out somehow--maybe the promoter could get him to make one exception and sign ttm.
good luck. eyebone
of totally got them done for you. Wish you would of let me known man, thats a total shame ISTHTY
Hopefully they can make good on it for you
BASKETBALL
1957 Topps Vern Mikkelsen RC (cracked a PSA 5 - stoked to get this back)
1972 and 1978 Gar Heard
HOCKEY
1969 and 1970 Topps Vic Hadfield
1969 Topps Checklist - signed by coach of the 69-70 Stanley Cup Champion Bruins
1969 and 1970 Topps Ron Schock (from signing)
1965, 1968 and 1969 Topps Arnie Brown (sent him $20 - was hoping for no personalization - oh well)
Also started a 1969-70 Topps Boston Bruins Media Guide with a Johnny Bucyk signature at a recent signing. Will be sending to a Phil Esposito signing next month
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Other items to arrive over the last few days:
FOOTBALL:
2005 Topps All American Cris Carter (eBay purchase - he doesn't do a lot of signings so I picked up a pre-PSA'd one)
BASKETBALL:
1972 Topps Willis Reed (eBay purchase)
1972 Topps Ron Williams (eBay purchase - deceased player)
1971 Topps John Barnhill
1972 Topps Don Nelson (LONG TTM wait for this one)
HOCKEY:
1959 Topps Charlie Burns (eBay purchase from Sportsworld)
1968 and 1968 Topps Jim Neilson
1977 and 1978 Topps Jude Drouin
2001 Greats of the Game Brian Bellows
2001 Greats of the Game Bill Barber (now 31/87 on the set)
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