Latest Vintage TTM Returns

The latest returns. And if anyone ever needs a mailing address, email me I'm happy to help out. I subscribe to SCN.

Signed the 70 Topps already signed by Wally Wolf.

Returned from his home in Coal City, IL in 13 days.

Greg is 78 years old.

Appeared in eight major league games, all with the California Angels in 1969.

Inducted into the Lewis University Hall of Fame.

Returned after 27 days from his home in Solano Beach, CA.

I wanted to get this '88 Topps Traded signed because I've been working on a signed set of these 1988 Team USA cards for a loooong time.

Returned in 46 days from his home in Lakewood, WA.

Wes is 90 years old.

He won two World Series titles (1973, 1974) as the A's pitching coach.

Jose returned these in 21 days from his home in Hialeah, FL.

He is 86 years old.

Played in the 1967 World Series.

He is the father of Danny Tartabull.

Junk Mall Junk Wax Wednesday

 

Pack of 12 cards with a chance to pull a 3-D Award Winner Hologram, SP1 Glasnost on Ice, or a Brett Hull Hockey Heroes/Autograph card.

The best base card to pull would probably be a Dominik Hasek RC.

A pretty cool Soviet Stars Rookie Card.

A checklist, but I only collect baseball.

There's a Hull, but it's not a special insert.

Two guys that played 16 and 21 NHL seasons, respectively.

Pretty impressive.

There're Trades to be Made

 On TCDB. Here are the latest.

Trade with mnorton082

This trade was already in process when Johnny sent me that same All-Etch card as part of a prize package. What are the chances? Still a cool card though.

Trade with b14rebel

I've never been a fan of Pro Line Portraits: guys in their workout clothes or street clothes. When you're a team collector though I guess you gotta. But that karate card...yeah, not my cup of tea.

Trade with Mjprigge

Matt sent over twelve 1989 Pro Set, and in return I sent a similar amount of 1993 Upper Deck Fun Pack.

Trade with Vvvergeer

Still pecking away at this Bear Fruit Snacks set that Vytas is collecting as well.

I like to show the older or cooler stamps that I get on PWEs because I used to collect. These booklet stamps are very reminiscent of those I remember from the 80's and 90's, except these are from 2006.

Trade with JaybirdOSU

2018 Topps Archives

This is cool because it's Nolan Ryan in a Rangers uniform at, I'm pretty sure, Anaheim Stadium.

As a Ranger he pitched at Anaheim five times, but this photo is probably from the 1989 All Star Game that was held there that year.

I'm glad that Topps is still making info cards. I love them.

I tend to forget about my Angels needs in the Pro Debut sets until someone offers them in a trade.

Trade with Genokz

Millville Meteor variation.

2022 Donruss, regular and photo variation.

Weird Vintage TTM Return

I sent two cards to Jim Golden on October 25th. According to SCN he's been a really good and reliable signer through the mail with an average turn-around time of about 14 days. Unfortunatley for me though, my envelope came back, unopened with "RTS Deceased 11/1" written on it and a Yellow USPS sticker stating the same.

But then the weirdness started. I began seeing others having success with him. Others who sent theirs AFTER I had gotten my RTS back. I watched the news for a while to see if there was anything about him passing away, or if anyone else on SCN got an RTS. Nothing. After about 5 other people got their cards back signed, I decided to try mailing again. Guess what happened?

And comparing it to his other autographs in the database, it's looks legit.

So, who wrote "RTS Deceased 11/1" on the envelope?

My guess is some postal worker who didn't bother to check.

Jim signed these cards from his home in Topeka, KS in 19 days.

He's 88 years old.

While still in the minors he was traded by the Phillies with Rip Repulski and Gene Snyder for Dodgers prospect Sparky Anderson.

Which Who Is it?

Who made who? Who made you?

Horton Hears A Who?

Who are you? Who, Who, Who, Who?

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

Nope, it's a 1974 Who's Who in Baseball with Nolan Ryan on the cover.

I found this recently for a buck at my local Half Price Books. They had a small stack of them in the Clearance section, but this was the only one I was interested in because of Nolan Ryan.

It wasn't until I got home that I saw there were other player photos inside the front and back covers. The other photos seem to be of other leaders from that season. If I go back to HPB this week, I'll have to check the other copies to see if there are any other Angels inside of those.

Interesting that it cost a buck in 1974, and that's what I paid for it last week. A buck in 1974 is equivalent to $6.40 today.

The book is filled with all the players career statistics. The first section is hitters followed by the pitchers.

This is inside the back cover. I can see where if there are any Angels inside the other issues, I'd probably just tear that page out and toss the rest of the book. This book however I'll keep intact.

The '73 World Champions get the back cover.

Anyone else have any Who's Who in their collection?

Junk Mall Junk Wax Wednesday

The local junk mall was having their Christmas sale last weekend so I figured I'd drop in and look for more of the $5 baggies of baseball cards that might have more of the '75 Topps in them that I posted about last week. I dug through probably about 15 baggies of baseball cards, mostly with '89-'91 Score and '87-'91 Topps, and about 5 baggies of football cards with mostly early '90s Score and Pro Set. Amongst them I found this:

Everything in the booth was 20% off so I got this baggie of 122 cards for only $4. It was the only one left that had older cards in it. Let's see what's inside, oldest to newest.

Two rather worn 1973 Topps. I don't think that's an actual autograph on the Ferguson, more likely a child's scribble. In better shape that'd be a pretty cool '73.

Fourteen more 1975 Topps. Too bad the Sundberg RC is miscut.

Just four 1976 Topps.

 Tied for biggest lot in the baggie was thirty-three 1977 Topps, mostly of Dodgers, Angels, Indians, and Mariners (all of the Mariners have airbrushed hats). Any Dick Pole lovers out there? hee-hee. Do you think he looped is "L" like that for a reason?

Thirty-three 1978 Topps.

These were all in pretty nice condition, and one of the better Topps designs IMO.

The rest of the cards were as follows:

One 1979 Topps.

One 1983 Topps.

Six 1986 Topps.

Sixteen 1987 Topps.

Twelve 1988 Topps.

Including this sweet miscut.

The Latest In Vintage Autograph Returns

 A steady stream has been coming in.

Returned in 13 days from his home in Granite Falls, NC.

Jack Curtis 87 years old.

Won ten with six complete games in his rookie season (1961).

Returned in 18 days from his home in Burnsville, MN

Mr. Stigman in 88 years old.

Helped the Twins win the '65 AL Pennant but didn't make an appearance in the World Series.

Returned in 20 days from his home in Celina, OH.

Galen is almost 89 years old.

Won the 1957 National Championship with the Ohio State Buckeyes.

He was a pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays World Champion teams in 1992 and 1993.

Returned from his home in Pensacola, FL after 9 days.

Jake is now 87.

First career hit was a two-run home run off Jim Perry (whose autograph I also recently got).

Returned after 25 days from his home in Chico, CA.

Clay is now 88 years old.

Led NL catchers in assists in '63, '65 and '67, and set a league record with 99 consecutive errorless games between 1966 and 1967 (since broken)

Broke up a Juan Marichal no-hit bid in the eighth inning of Marichal's debut game.

Broke up a no-hit bid by Gaylord Perry in 1966, also in the eighth.

I Want to Rip Some Superman

I'm pretty close to finishing this set but since I haven't ripped a pack since the 90's I thought it would be cool to revisit the thrill.

I found this 3-pack lot on ebay for cheap.

Let's see what we get.

Nope, already have all of these.

Need one in this pack: Schemes of Evil!

This turned out to be a good pack as I needed four of these.

I'm now within about ten cards of completion and hoping to add those via some TCDB trades.

Junk Mall Junk Wax Wednesday

I hit up my local junk mall over the Thanksgiving weekend and found another $5 baggie of cards this time with a '75 Topps showing, and I could see other '75 Topps inside as well. I figured five bucks for some '75s why not?

It becomes a junk wax topic because you can also see a lot of 1987 and a few 1988 Topps cards inside and through the back. Let's see what we get.

Most the cards are in decent shape.

Thirty-four 1975 Topps including a few of the cooler MVP cards: Mantle, Mays, Jackson and Robinson.

Eighteen 1977 Topps, nothing special in there. The Herndon rookie cup is nice with his pose next to the cage and the stadium in the background. Same with the Manning.

The bulk of the cards were, like I said, made up of forty-eight 1987 Topps. I picked out a couple of the better photos to show.

And here are the stragglers for a total of 106 random cards for $5.

I'll keep the '75's because I've been quietly accumulating 1975 Topps, but the rest will become TCDB traders. 

What do you think, was it worth the $5?