I was out of town for a few days and haven't had a chance to update my thread. I got my Aaron RC signed a few weeks ago through a private signing with Steiner. I was a little nervous sending my card into the signing, and I really didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised with how nice the signature looks. He even used the pen I included with my card. Now I just need to get a signed Mays, Koufax, and Larkin rookie card to complete my living baseball HOF rc collection.
<< <i>I was out of town for a few days and haven't had a chance to update my thread. I got my Aaron RC signed a few weeks ago through a private signing with Steiner. I was a little nervous sending my card into the signing, and I really didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised with how nice the signature looks. He even used the pen I included with my card. Now I just need to get a signed Mays, Koufax, and Larkin rookie card to complete my living baseball HOF rc collection. >>
great card!!!! nicer than mine!!! and good luck ever getting the willie mays card
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.
- 1984 Topps Jackie Slater -1987 Topps Barry Larkin - 1978 Topps Alan Trammell - 1978 Burger King Alan Trammell - 1986 Fleer Sam Perkins - 16x20 & 16x24 Bobby Hull
I first want to start by giving Mike (VitoCo) a huge THANK YOU!! He not only got my Slater rc signed for me at a signing out by him, but included a signed Larkin rc with my card when he sent my card back to me. He read in one of my threads that I still needed a Larkin rc to help complete my signed HOF rc collection. Mike sent me the extra one he had free of charge!! I can't thank Mike enough for this very generous gift.
A couple weeks back Bobby Hull did a signing at the Chicago auto show and he added a pretty hilarious inscription. For those of you that don't know, Bobby loves to throw a few back every now and then. The inscription reads, "The only ice I want to see is in my glass!!!"
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 haven't sent much out TTM lately, so I was pleasantly surprised to find an envelope in my mailbox today. I believe I sent this Singh rc out in my first batch of cards when I first started sending TTM's 907 days ago. It is pretty cool to get a return back after all this time.
I also received back my 57 Topps Bill Russell from PSA last week.
Gotta LUV the Russell ... and the card that you gave up on after 2.5 years!
STAY HEALTHY!
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.
- 1969 Topps Larry Csonka (CSA show) - 16x20 Dwight Howard - x2 16x20 & panoramic Duncan Keith - 2005 Topps Chrome Chris Duhon - 2001 Fleer Quentin Richardson - 2009 UD Earl Clark - 2008 Glen Davis -2001 UD Jason Richardson - 2008 SPX Alexei Ramirez (UD Redemption)
Today was a pretty decent day for my collection. I had some vacation time so I decide to burn a day to chase autographs. Duncan Keith did a free signing this afternoon and he signed both of my Stanley Cup projects I needed him on. A buddy of mine also had a tip where the Orlando Magic were staying while they were in town. I got a few of the players on the way out of the hotel including Dwight Howard! I also received back my Csonka rc that was signed at the CSA show last weekend and a Alexei Ramirez redemption that I sent in a year ago.
- 1969 Topps Kareem - NBA 50 Litho Kareem - NBA 50 Litho Elgin Baylor - NBA 50 Litho James Worthy - NBA 50 Litho Rick Barry - 1967 Philly Chris Hanburger - 1959 Topps Sam Huff - 16x20 Marian Hossa Here is my haul from the SunTimes show on Friday and Saturday. I have decided to take on a new project and started the NBA 50 greatest player lithograph. I passed on getting Havlicek and Pippen because their fee was ridiculous IMHO. I also added Marian Hossa to my Stanley Cup photo. It kills me to pay his fee but I didn't want to take the chance of not being able to get him in the future. His autograph is an absolute joke and he should be ashamed to charge people for that chicken scratch. He might possibly have the worst autograph in all of sports. It is almost comical how bad it is.
Edited to add: Some nice additions John. Congrats!
STAY HEALTHY!
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 got a couple photos back from the framer today. My wife allows me to do what I want with out basement and our home office but has never allowed me to display any of my photos anywhere else in the house, until now. She finally gave in and let me hang my "Blue Line photo" in our family room!
- 1989/90 Super Stars of Wrestling Ultimate Warrior - 1989 Classic WWF Ultimate Warrior
As some of you might know, I am a huge fan/collector of getting oddball and rare RC's signed by HOF/Star players that I grew up watching as a kid. Saturday night the Ultimate Warrior did a rare signing out here in Chicago. I have known about this signing for the past 10 months and I figured it would be easy finding these two rc's I wanted to get signed. Wow was I wrong, it took me over 8 months to find each of these cards. The 89 Classic also depicts the same picture of the Warrior on there 1990 set which can be easily found. The 89 version is much more difficult to come across. Only 1 or 2 of these cards have shown up on eBay in the past 12 months. After doing some research I found that the Super Starts of Wrestling cards were only released in small numbers in New Zealand.
Very cool ultimate warrior cards. It took me forever to find the card from new Zealand too. I just sold an 89 classic ps 8 on eBay. I aw hoping for it to go for more since its also pretty tough to find
I love the New Zealand card......... I like that better than the Classic card....... The Super Stars card reminds me of the ever popular Wrestling All Stars cards.
BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
<< <i>Cool Warrior autos. Was a pro wrestling signing in town or was he at a regular show signing? was his line very busy >>
The signing was at a local PCW wrestling event. The line was ridiculous and went very, very slow. I wound up standing in line for 5 hours, which really sucked. To be honest, if I knew it was going to take so long I probably wouldn't have gone. The Warrior was a super nice guy and spent a good 1-2 minutes talking with every person.
<< <i>Very cool ultimate warrior cards. It took me forever to find the card from new Zealand too. I just sold an 89 classic ps 8 on eBay. I aw hoping for it to go for more since its also pretty tough to find >>
That was your PSA 8 I bought on ebay. I cracked it out of the holder to get signed.
Wow, 5 hour wait in line. Warrior still more popular than I thought. Was it free signing or real cheap? Never been to a wrestling signing, maybe they are much more popular than I thought.
A SCN member was kind enough to take my litho and got it signed by Bill Walton last weekend. It is now on its way to Chantilly to get Cousey and Schayes at CSA this weekend.
Even though I think he is a despicable human being, he was one hell of a running back. I have been looking to pick up a nice OJ rc for the past 3 years. Thankfully my buddy, Barry sold me his for a very reasonable price. Thanks Barry u da man!
- Bob Cousy NBA 50 litho - Dolph Schayes NBA 50 Litho - 1957 Topps Dolph Schayes - 1982 Panini Marvin Hagler (TTM 354 days) - 1961 Fleer Jerry West TTM
This had to be one of my best weeks of mail returns in term of quality items. I first want to give a big thanks to SCN boardmember mwparry123 for the great job he did with my NBA 50 Litho at the CSA show last weekend. It is a very large item to lug around to a show. He went out of his way to make sure it didn't get damaged and that it turned out just how I wanted it. Thank You!
I also had an awesome TTM return come in the mail today. I got my 61 Jerry West rc come back after a month of biting my nails in anticipation. I was starting to think I missed the window of opportunity and it wasn't going to get it back. This is easily the most expensive card I have ever sent TTM and I was very reluctant to send it. This is now at the top of my list of my favoritte TTM returns. Getting cards like this back are what keep the hobby of TTM'ing so much fun. You never now when a nice return will be sitting in your mailbox.
This was one of my favorite cards growing up as a kid. I remember going to my first card show with my Dad just to buy this card. A SCN board member got it signed for me at the Michael Jordan golf tournament in Vegas a couple weeks ago.
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
- 1978 Sportscasters Tommie Smith & John Carlos - 2009 Topps Matt Stafford - 2002 bowman Dwight Freeney - 1989 Classic Virgil - 1990 ProCards Frank Thomas - 1990 Sourthern League All Star Frank Thomas - 1990 Best Cards Frank Thomas
My buddy Jes got me some cards signed out in Cali over the past few weeks. He got me a really cool 78 Sportscasters signed by Tommie Smith & John Carlos. He also got me a Stafford and Freeney rc signed at the MJ golf trourney out in Vegas a few weeks back.
I stopped by the Chicago Comic book expo in the hopes to get my 82 wrestling All Stars signed by The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase. Unfortunately Dibiase was a no show but I did get his sidekick Virgil on a rc.
Last but definitely not leased was getting Frank Thomas on a few more minor league cards that I need on my rc set. Thomas has been doing some local promotion for his beer over the past few days. Now I just need to get a 87 Auburn Tigers, 90 Best Birmingham, 90 Coca-Cola, 90 OPC, and NNOF to finish off my Thomas rc set.
- 1954 Topps Bill "Moose" Skowron - 2008 Topps Heritage The Dalai Lama
I had an amazing return come back today TTM. It is without a doubt the coolest return I have received back in the 3 years I have been sending out TTM's. After seeing the success that Jmhockey23 had several months back I thought I would give it a shot and sent my card as well as a small donation to His holiness The Dalai Lama. When I saw the envelope sitting in my mailbox today I almost collapsed. After comparing the signature to other PSA examples I am pretty confident it is authentic. I know I've said it before, but returns like this are what makes the hobby so much fun.
I also received back today TTM a 54 Topps rc from Moose Skowron that I sent out late last year. -
A few new additions this week. I am pretty excited to finally add a FF Ripken to my autograph collection. This was signed during a private signing by a SCN member. I also got back my Faulk rc that was signed during a recent Steiner signing. I also got back my Weeks and Castro rc's from a couple of SCN private signings.
A SCN member got my NBA 50 Litho signed by Lucas at a signing in Ohio last week. Hopefully Mounted Memories will add one of the the 50 greatest to their show this summer. If not, than the next stop for it is Bob Petit at the St. Louis show in August.
- OMLB Ernie Banks - OMLB Starlin Castro - OMLB Alfonso Soriano - OMLB Kerry Wood - OMLB Theo Epstein - 2010 Topps James Russell - 2002 Bowman Chrome Reed Johnson
A buddy of mine hooked me up with a ticket to Ryan Dempster's "Casino Night" tonight. Here his my haul from the event. Even though the Banks signature isn't the best I am happy to finally add him to my HOF OMLB collection. I hope I am wrong but I have a feeling Banks's might have some health issues. He looks very thin from when I saw him at the last MM show.
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<< <i>I was out of town for a few days and haven't had a chance to update my thread. I got my Aaron RC signed a few weeks ago through a private signing with Steiner. I was a little nervous sending my card into the signing, and I really didn't know what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised with how nice the signature looks. He even used the pen I included with my card. Now I just need to get a signed Mays, Koufax, and Larkin rookie card to complete my living baseball HOF rc collection.
great card!!!! nicer than mine!!! and good luck ever getting the willie mays card
looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
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.
-1987 Topps Barry Larkin
- 1978 Topps Alan Trammell
- 1978 Burger King Alan Trammell
- 1986 Fleer Sam Perkins
- 16x20 & 16x24 Bobby Hull
I first want to start by giving Mike (VitoCo) a huge THANK YOU!! He not only got my Slater rc signed for me at a signing out by him, but included a signed Larkin rc with my card when he sent my card back to me. He read in one of my threads that I still needed a Larkin rc to help complete my signed HOF rc collection. Mike sent me the extra one he had free of charge!! I can't thank Mike enough for this very generous gift.
A couple weeks back Bobby Hull did a signing at the Chicago auto show and he added a pretty hilarious inscription. For those of you that don't know, Bobby loves to throw a few back every now and then. The inscription reads, "The only ice I want to see is in my glass!!!"
looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
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 haven't sent much out TTM lately, so I was pleasantly surprised to find an envelope in my mailbox today. I believe I sent this Singh rc out in my first batch of cards when I first started sending TTM's 907 days ago. It is pretty cool to get a return back after all this time.
I also received back my 57 Topps Bill Russell from PSA last week.
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.
- 16x20 Dwight Howard
- x2 16x20 & panoramic Duncan Keith
- 2005 Topps Chrome Chris Duhon
- 2001 Fleer Quentin Richardson
- 2009 UD Earl Clark
- 2008 Glen Davis
-2001 UD Jason Richardson
- 2008 SPX Alexei Ramirez (UD Redemption)
Today was a pretty decent day for my collection. I had some vacation time so I decide to burn a day to chase autographs. Duncan Keith did a free signing this afternoon and he signed both of my Stanley Cup projects I needed him on. A buddy of mine also had a tip where the Orlando Magic were staying while they were in town. I got a few of the players on the way out of the hotel including Dwight Howard! I also received back my Csonka rc that was signed at the CSA show last weekend and a Alexei Ramirez redemption that I sent in a year ago.
- NBA 50 Litho Kareem
- NBA 50 Litho Elgin Baylor
- NBA 50 Litho James Worthy
- NBA 50 Litho Rick Barry
- 1967 Philly Chris Hanburger
- 1959 Topps Sam Huff
- 16x20 Marian Hossa
Here is my haul from the SunTimes show on Friday and Saturday. I have decided to take on a new project and started the NBA 50 greatest player lithograph. I passed on getting Havlicek and Pippen because their fee was ridiculous IMHO. I also added Marian Hossa to my Stanley Cup photo. It kills me to pay his fee but I didn't want to take the chance of not being able to get him in the future. His autograph is an absolute joke and he should be ashamed to charge people for that chicken scratch. He might possibly have the worst autograph in all of sports. It is almost comical how bad it is.
What did Kareem charge?
Edited to add: Some nice additions John. Congrats!
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.
Congrats John
<< <i>What did Hossa charge for that POS?
What did Kareem charge?
Edited to add: Some nice additions John. Congrats! >>
Hossa was $59 for two lines and a semi-legible 81. Kareem was $100 for cards and $200 for the lithograph.
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I didn't get much signed on Sunday at the SunTimes show for myself, but I did add Frazier to my litho.
- 1989 Classic WWF Ultimate Warrior
As some of you might know, I am a huge fan/collector of getting oddball and rare RC's signed by HOF/Star players that I grew up watching as a kid. Saturday night the Ultimate Warrior did a rare signing out here in Chicago. I have known about this signing for the past 10 months and I figured it would be easy finding these two rc's I wanted to get signed. Wow was I wrong, it took me over 8 months to find each of these cards. The 89 Classic also depicts the same picture of the Warrior on there 1990 set which can be easily found. The 89 version is much more difficult to come across. Only 1 or 2 of these cards have shown up on eBay in the past 12 months. After doing some research I found that the Super Starts of Wrestling cards were only released in small numbers in New Zealand.
Looking to BUY n332 1889 SF Hess cards and high grade cards from 19th century especially. "Once you have wrestled everything else in life is easy" Dan Gable
<< <i>Cool Warrior autos. Was a pro wrestling signing in town or was he at a regular show signing? was his line very busy >>
The signing was at a local PCW wrestling event. The line was ridiculous and went very, very slow. I wound up standing in line for 5 hours, which really sucked. To be honest, if I knew it was going to take so long I probably wouldn't have gone. The Warrior was a super nice guy and spent a good 1-2 minutes talking with every person.
<< <i>Very cool ultimate warrior cards. It took me forever to find the card from new Zealand too. I just sold an 89 classic ps 8 on eBay. I aw hoping for it to go for more since its also pretty tough to find >>
That was your PSA 8 I bought on ebay. I cracked it out of the holder to get signed.
A SCN member was kind enough to take my litho and got it signed by Bill Walton last weekend. It is now on its way to Chantilly to get Cousey and Schayes at CSA this weekend.
Even though I think he is a despicable human being, he was one hell of a running back. I have been looking to pick up a nice OJ rc for the past 3 years. Thankfully my buddy, Barry sold me his for a very reasonable price. Thanks Barry u da man!
- Dolph Schayes NBA 50 Litho
- 1957 Topps Dolph Schayes
- 1982 Panini Marvin Hagler (TTM 354 days)
- 1961 Fleer Jerry West TTM
This had to be one of my best weeks of mail returns in term of quality items. I first want to give a big thanks to SCN boardmember mwparry123 for the great job he did with my NBA 50 Litho at the CSA show last weekend. It is a very large item to lug around to a show. He went out of his way to make sure it didn't get damaged and that it turned out just how I wanted it. Thank You!
I also had an awesome TTM return come in the mail today. I got my 61 Jerry West rc come back after a month of biting my nails in anticipation. I was starting to think I missed the window of opportunity and it wasn't going to get it back. This is easily the most expensive card I have ever sent TTM and I was very reluctant to send it. This is now at the top of my list of my favoritte TTM returns. Getting cards like this back are what keep the hobby of TTM'ing so much fun. You never now when a nice return will be sitting in your mailbox.
This was one of my favorite cards growing up as a kid. I remember going to my first card show with my Dad just to buy this card. A SCN board member got it signed for me at the Michael Jordan golf tournament in Vegas a couple weeks ago.
congrats
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
1957 Topps 99% 7.40 GPA
Hank Aaron Basic PSA 7-8(75%)
- 2009 Topps Matt Stafford
- 2002 bowman Dwight Freeney
- 1989 Classic Virgil
- 1990 ProCards Frank Thomas
- 1990 Sourthern League All Star Frank Thomas
- 1990 Best Cards Frank Thomas
My buddy Jes got me some cards signed out in Cali over the past few weeks. He got me a really cool 78 Sportscasters signed by Tommie Smith & John Carlos. He also got me a Stafford and Freeney rc signed at the MJ golf trourney out in Vegas a few weeks back.
I stopped by the Chicago Comic book expo in the hopes to get my 82 wrestling All Stars signed by The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase. Unfortunately Dibiase was a no show but I did get his sidekick Virgil on a rc.
Last but definitely not leased was getting Frank Thomas on a few more minor league cards that I need on my rc set. Thomas has been doing some local promotion for his beer over the past few days. Now I just need to get a 87 Auburn Tigers, 90 Best Birmingham, 90 Coca-Cola, 90 OPC, and NNOF to finish off my Thomas rc set.
- 2008 Topps Heritage The Dalai Lama
I had an amazing return come back today TTM. It is without a doubt the coolest return I have received back in the 3 years I have been sending out TTM's. After seeing the success that Jmhockey23 had several months back I thought I would give it a shot and sent my card as well as a small donation to His holiness The Dalai Lama. When I saw the envelope sitting in my mailbox today I almost collapsed. After comparing the signature to other PSA examples I am pretty confident it is authentic. I know I've said it before, but returns like this are what makes the hobby so much fun.
I also received back today TTM a 54 Topps rc from Moose Skowron that I sent out late last year.
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-1994 SP Marshall Faulk
- 2002 SP Authentic Rickie Weeks
- 2008 Bowman Chrome Starlin Castro
A few new additions this week. I am pretty excited to finally add a FF Ripken to my autograph collection. This was signed during a private signing by a SCN member. I also got back my Faulk rc that was signed during a recent Steiner signing. I also got back my Weeks and Castro rc's from a couple of SCN private signings.
Well done!
Love the Thomas, Stafford, of course the Lama, and the Ripken is a great card to have auto'd! Well done!
"Live everyday, don't throw it away"
A SCN member got my NBA 50 Litho signed by Lucas at a signing in Ohio last week. Hopefully Mounted Memories will add one of the the 50 greatest to their show this summer. If not, than the next stop for it is Bob Petit at the St. Louis show in August.
- OMLB Starlin Castro
- OMLB Alfonso Soriano
- OMLB Kerry Wood
- OMLB Theo Epstein
- 2010 Topps James Russell
- 2002 Bowman Chrome Reed Johnson
A buddy of mine hooked me up with a ticket to Ryan Dempster's "Casino Night" tonight. Here his my haul from the event. Even though the Banks signature isn't the best I am happy to finally add him to my HOF OMLB collection. I hope I am wrong but I have a feeling Banks's might have some health issues. He looks very thin from when I saw him at the last MM show.
- OMLB Jim Abbott
I am pretty happy to get back my Roaf rc TTM. I was actually in the process of working out a deal to buy one from a local collector.
Jim Abbott was in town a few days ago doing a book signing. He was willing to sign one outside item with the purchase of his book.