I was lucky enough to inherit a nice starter collection of rare books from my grandpa. His father (my great grandpa) knew Jack London well from the Oakland days and my grandfather met him a couple times when he was a kid. My mom gave me my grandfather's last remaining signed London book when I...
Morning all.
Came home from the trip to find 16 TTMs had arrived!
Posted up pics on the Through the Mail board.
Trip was good. Picked up several editions, reconnected with a bookseller friend in Berkeley that I hadn't seen in ten years.
Came back from a trip to San Francisco/Berkeley and found a bunch of TTMs waiting for me!
Several for my 1978 Topps collection:
(Kranepool signature appears to be a rubber stamp)
Couple for my Angels collection:
Then a few other successes:
Morning all. Headed out from San Francisco today to Yosemite for a couple days, then back home.
Had a very good book-buying trip in San Fran and Berkeley, as well as a nice visit to Jack London State Park (ninth visit to the park).
Joe, I always ask them to personalize the card. Since these are all PC items, I prefer them personalized.
Probably 75-80% of the players add the personalization.
Re: Long, potentially boring nostalgia post. Or, "Where Have You Gone, Biff Pocoroba?"
I agree. While Bostock's death changed me, Munson's shook me up badly, too. It almost seemed, at the age of 11, that things were out of control somehow. As if the "stability" that I imagined was...
Re: Long, potentially boring nostalgia post. Or, "Where Have You Gone, Biff Pocoroba?"
Figured you would get a kick out of the post, Dave. I spent every penny of birthday/chore money on cards. One time I even blew the princely sum of $5.00 completely on 1978 packs. I think they were 15...
Re: Long, potentially boring nostalgia post. Or, "Where Have You Gone, Biff Pocoroba?"
I agree with how cool the manager cards were. Blew my mind as a kid to find out that guys like Tom Lasorda used to play.