SoCal Autograph Odysses

 One of the benefits of being in a bunch of Facebook autograph groups is being privy to a lot of different signings that are going on, or sales that people are doing as part of their collections or signings.  Last weekend I saw a couple guys selling off some of their signed cards, and of course I immediately look for Hall of Famers, regardless of sport. One guy in particular was selling a few dozen Frank Thomas cards.  It looks like he got all of these done at a recent Thomas signing.  I bought one off of him and it came in today.

 A rather quick turnaround came through the mail today.  Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Rollie Fingers, who also inscribed HOF '92 at my request.  I found a 2020 Allen & Ginter card for a dollar or so on Ebay, and used that to send to Rollie.  I've actually gotten Rollie a couple times in the past on baseballs.  One time was at the MLB All Star Fan Fest in 2016, which you can recap  here  and the other time was probably 15 or more years ago at one of the first Celebrity Golf tournaments I attended down here in San Diego County. I now have three signed baseballs and this one card from Rollie. I think the blue of the pen he used stands out extremely well against the classic Brewers' jersey.  Golf tournament ball from early 2000's All Star Fan Fest San Diego 2016 ball He's always had a nice signature, and it is also very consistent.  The older ballplayers tend to have the nicer signatures in general.

 A big name in the hockey world came through with a successful TTM request today.  Former Toronto Maple Leafs legend and member of the all time NHL greatest 100 players, Dave Keon. I sent this one off earlier this month so it took a few weeks to come back to me.  Mr. Keon was nice enough to also inscribe his Calder Trophy award 1960-61 as well as HOF 86.   That's back to back days with Hockey Hall of Famers, a pretty good start to this week.  On Thursday I will have a major post coming, and it's not a through the mail autograph.  This item is coming from a private signing that was held last week in Florida, from a young stud QB.  Keep checking back and thanks for reading.

 Today I received a card signed by NHL Hall of Famer and Former Flyers great Bill Barber. He also added the 'HOF 90' inscription. I have a few more cards out there pending so hopefully I get a few more good returns here shortly.

 Sweet shooting Rick Barry, NBA hall of famer and foul line granny shot extraordinaire, returned a signed card to me today. He inscribed "Chris-Best Swishes" which is pretty cool if you ask me.  Again, I don't sell my collection so players putting my name on the card doesn't detract from the coolness of it. 

 Today's through the mail return is a doozy.  Normally Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson charges more for items to be signed through the mail, but I'd seen on SportsCollectors.net (which I highly recommend again) that he had signed some cards recently for $10.  I took the gamble and picked a cheaper unsigned card I could find on Ebay, one that would lend itself to a nice autograph,  and sent it to Mr. Robinson along with the $10 cash and a note.  Luckily, I got this sweet return. Thank you for reading and I hope over the next week or two I'm going to be having more successes coming through, as well as an 11x14 I sent in to what I thought was a major signing.  Stay tuned and check back often. Or, to make it easier on yourself, just subscribe to this blog and be notified when I post something new. Don't forget to check out the through the mail tracker.  If your using a computer, it's on the left hand side of the page.  If you're using a sma...

 Since it looks like Drew Brees will soon be announcing his retirement from the NFL, I figured now was as good a time as any to share the two pieces of memorabilia I have signed by Drew. Both of these were signed in person for me at celebrity golf tournaments down here in San Diego county.  I've had dozens of successes at the golf tournaments here over the years, and one of my blog posts is about this very  tournament . The first item Drew signed for me was years ago, when I believe the tournament was still being hosted by Stan Humphries.  Drew was a young player at the time and was still a member of the Chargers.  I had a brought a card along and he signed that. The second time around, the event was being hosted by Brees himself even though he had moved on to the Saints.  Since I was better prepared, I decided to bring an 8x10 of him on the Saints, so he signed that for me as well. I really hope that the golf tournament comes back this season, but since it...