Sweet find (or maybe Sweetness find)
NickM
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I was at a used bookstore yesterday, and found a bunch of cool stuff.
I had already gone through the sci-fi section, and picked out a Robert Heinlein and 3 Jack Vance novels (all in paperback) I didn't have (I collect works by my favorite authors - Jack Vance is very difficult to find, because people don't seem to get rid of his books.), as well as 2 Ray Bradbury paperbacks that I hope to get signed.
His sports section didn't look really promising, because it was mostly running, tennis, and golf, but I picked up a hardback The Artful Dodger (Tommy Lasorda's autobiography) for $2, which I hope to get signed.
Luckily for me, I took out a stack of sideways coffee table books to see what the magazines under them were. They were a bunch of old NFL PRO magazines/game programs from the 1970s.
I figured I'd get them if they were $2 each or less. I asked the guy behind the counter, and he said magazines were 50 cents apiece, so I got them. There were 4 Bears programs from the '70s (Bears v. Lions, Bears v. Saints preseason game, Bears v. Cowboys, and Bears v. Vikings), 4 Browns programs from '79 and '80 (2 Browns v. Bengals from different years, Browns v. Oilers, and Browns v. Packers preseason game), and 2 Minnesota Vikings programs from the '70s (Vikings v. Giants and Vikings v. 49ers).
I didn't notice the great part until after I had left - all of the programs were autographed on the pictorial roster pages.
3 of the Bears programs (all but the Bears/Vikings) are signed by Walter Payton!
The Bears/Cowboys program is also signed by about 20 others, including Harvey Martin, Tony Dorsett, Danny White, and Drew Pearson.
The Bears/Saints program also has Jack Pardee's, Archie Manning's and Chuck Muncie's signatures, along with about 40 other players and coaches.
The Bears/Lions program has about 25 other signatures on it, including Al Baker and Alan Page.
The Bears/Vikings program only has 14 signatures, but it does include Bud Grant and Gary Fencik.
Neither of the Browns/Bengals programs has more than a dozen signatures, but both of them are signed by Brian Sipe and Clay Matthews, and Ken Anderson, Joe DeLamellieure, and Max Montoya each signed one of those programs.
The Browns/Oilers program only has 7 signatures, but Ozzie Newsome and Clay Matthews are among them.
The Browns/Packers program has over 30 signatures, including Sipe, Matthews, Lyle Alzado, and Lynn Dickey.
The Vikings/49ers program has 23 signatures on it, including Jim Plunkett, Gene Washington, Randy Cross, Mick Tinglehoff, Ron Yary, and Jim Marshall.
The Vikings/Giants program has 29 signatures on it, including Tommy Kramer, Yary, Marshall, Paul Krause, April Fools, Brad Van Pelt, and George Martin.
Nick
I had already gone through the sci-fi section, and picked out a Robert Heinlein and 3 Jack Vance novels (all in paperback) I didn't have (I collect works by my favorite authors - Jack Vance is very difficult to find, because people don't seem to get rid of his books.), as well as 2 Ray Bradbury paperbacks that I hope to get signed.
His sports section didn't look really promising, because it was mostly running, tennis, and golf, but I picked up a hardback The Artful Dodger (Tommy Lasorda's autobiography) for $2, which I hope to get signed.
Luckily for me, I took out a stack of sideways coffee table books to see what the magazines under them were. They were a bunch of old NFL PRO magazines/game programs from the 1970s.
I figured I'd get them if they were $2 each or less. I asked the guy behind the counter, and he said magazines were 50 cents apiece, so I got them. There were 4 Bears programs from the '70s (Bears v. Lions, Bears v. Saints preseason game, Bears v. Cowboys, and Bears v. Vikings), 4 Browns programs from '79 and '80 (2 Browns v. Bengals from different years, Browns v. Oilers, and Browns v. Packers preseason game), and 2 Minnesota Vikings programs from the '70s (Vikings v. Giants and Vikings v. 49ers).
I didn't notice the great part until after I had left - all of the programs were autographed on the pictorial roster pages.
3 of the Bears programs (all but the Bears/Vikings) are signed by Walter Payton!
The Bears/Cowboys program is also signed by about 20 others, including Harvey Martin, Tony Dorsett, Danny White, and Drew Pearson.
The Bears/Saints program also has Jack Pardee's, Archie Manning's and Chuck Muncie's signatures, along with about 40 other players and coaches.
The Bears/Lions program has about 25 other signatures on it, including Al Baker and Alan Page.
The Bears/Vikings program only has 14 signatures, but it does include Bud Grant and Gary Fencik.
Neither of the Browns/Bengals programs has more than a dozen signatures, but both of them are signed by Brian Sipe and Clay Matthews, and Ken Anderson, Joe DeLamellieure, and Max Montoya each signed one of those programs.
The Browns/Oilers program only has 7 signatures, but Ozzie Newsome and Clay Matthews are among them.
The Browns/Packers program has over 30 signatures, including Sipe, Matthews, Lyle Alzado, and Lynn Dickey.
The Vikings/49ers program has 23 signatures on it, including Jim Plunkett, Gene Washington, Randy Cross, Mick Tinglehoff, Ron Yary, and Jim Marshall.
The Vikings/Giants program has 29 signatures on it, including Tommy Kramer, Yary, Marshall, Paul Krause, April Fools, Brad Van Pelt, and George Martin.
Nick
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AWESOME find! I'll give you 65 cents for each magazine! LOL
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.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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I thought April played for the Jets ...
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It is and always will be my favorite all-time book.
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Nick
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Doggone teenagers, go back to the Beckett boards!!
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Nick
Reap the whirlwind.
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