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New TTM record: 485 Days - thanks Mr. Billy Ripken

leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭
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I thought for sure this card would never come back - I thought I read some where Billy would not sign it. Maybe it's the full F@#K Face he will not sign.

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  • lsutigers1973lsutigers1973 Posts: 11,093 ✭
    Glad I read this. I was going to send him a FF to sign but was waiting to find someone that had a recent success.
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>Glad I read this. I was going to send him a FF to sign but was waiting to find someone that had a recent success. >>



    I'm not 100% sure on that maybe our resident Billy Ripken FF Collector - could fill us in!
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  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,688 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats on the TTM...image

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    Jasen ... does the "485" in the title mean DAYS until received back???
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  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>Jasen ... does the "485" in the title mean DAYS until received back??? >>



    yep it was mailed out in Oct. 2008
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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,253 ✭✭✭
    I sent Billy Ripken a FF and had it signed and returned within a month.
  • brianwintersfanbrianwintersfan Posts: 3,626 ✭✭
    My longest wait is 563 days
  • 1989FleerBillRipkencollector1989FleerBillRipkencollector Posts: 4,590
    Unsure if he signs the FF TTM. I've heard he used to decline signing them all together but I own and seen a few. So.... There was a story about him getting some signed for his wedding to help fund it and another version was it was to give away for people in the wedding. I think Bill here knows and told me what he knew. But I forgot. image Need...to...take...better...notes.

    I sent him a Scribble and Black Box to sign and it's been a few months with no success.

    Never sent him a FF to sign or anything else other than the 2 mentioned above.


    485 days...wow.


    I read a interview with Jim Nettles and he wont sign his '90 Pacific A Hole card. He will sign over the knob. I guess sometimes he forgets or it's a newer policy as I've seen 2 unobstructed. One was on ebay and ended around $5 and I forgot to bid. Another image
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  • PigsPigs Posts: 761
    Reading the length of time it has taken some to send back your autographed item. I have a question and I don't mean to be morbid. Have you ever sent something for someone to sign and the guy has died on you? Now that's the longest wait you'll ever have for a returned autograph. Doug
  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,253 ✭✭✭
    My FF card was signed and returned just before the end of the baseball season. I sent it to MLB TV Studios
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>My FF card was signed and returned just before the end of the baseball season. I sent it to MLB TV Studios >>



    I'm not sure I could bring myself to send a FF via ttm...
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  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>Reading the length of time it has taken some to send back your autographed item. I have a question and I don't mean to be morbid. Have you ever sent something for someone to sign and the guy has died on you? Now that's the longest wait you'll ever have for a returned autograph. Doug >>



    I would imagine lots of people never heard back from Mark Fidrych - he was a great signer via TTM.
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  • scashaggyscashaggy Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭
    Found these on Startiger. Both people said they got them TTM.


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  • yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,253 ✭✭✭
    This is mine....
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  • 1989FleerBillRipkencollector1989FleerBillRipkencollector Posts: 4,590
    Sent a Black Box (returned unsigned) and this F scribble. Happy to add it to the collection. image


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  • italianstallionyankeesitalianstallionyankees Posts: 541
    Cool autos! How did some of you guys send them to be signed? In a bubble mailer with some postage money or a $5 dollar bill?
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  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>Cool autos! How did some of you guys send them to be signed? In a bubble mailer with some postage money or a $5 dollar bill? >>



    I just write a nice short typed letter and place the card and letter into an envelope with a stamped returned envelope. Most of the time I just send the card without a top loader or cardsaver... 95% of the time the card comes back in the same condition as when it was sent out.
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  • 1989FleerBillRipkencollector1989FleerBillRipkencollector Posts: 4,590


    << <i>

    << <i>Cool autos! How did some of you guys send them to be signed? In a bubble mailer with some postage money or a $5 dollar bill? >>



    I just write a nice short typed letter and place the card and letter into an envelope with a stamped returned envelope. Most of the time I just send the card without a top loader or cardsaver... 95% of the time the card comes back in the same condition as when it was sent out. >>



    Same here. Bill, or someone, added a piece of cardboard in my envelope for the return trip. Bills a safe shipper !
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  • IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭✭
    Not so much TTM, but I did have the opportunity to meet up with Billy a couple days before Christmas to sign a few Game Used pieces (plus around 7-8 flats)....I thought it was cool that in his office he had a stack of 1988 Topps rookies that he must give to people who don't have anything for him to sign....

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  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>Not so much TTM, but I did have the opportunity to meet up with Billy a couple days before Christmas to sign a few Game Used pieces (plus around 7-8 flats)....I thought it was cool that in his office he had a stack of 1988 Topps rookies that he must give to people who don't have anything for him to sign....

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    Ironman - do you have the Ripken family on speed dial... you've been able to get some great stuff signed by them (thanks for posting!)
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