Through the Mail-Steve Carlton

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 Hall of Fame major league pitcher Steve Carlton returned a through the mail autograph request to me last week.  This, like all these other requests, came courtesy of the information I found on Sports Collectors.net.  For the hundredth time, I really recommend anyone that is in the hobby to check that site out and pay the annual fee of $15.  It's more than worth it.  Based on the info posted on my TTM Tracker, this request took about two weeks to get back.  

I realized after I'd already purchased it that the card was off centered, but to me it didn't really matter because the card has a very light background which makes it very obvious to see the signature.  That is almost always my number one priority.  Also, his signature is starting to get a bit shaky, especially when compared to the baseball he signed for me in person at the 2012 TriStar show in San Francisco.  That baseball is pictured below.






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