TTM & IP Success/Failure Thread for July - September 2013

[MrMet]

Yep, the Costello is part of the 1989 contest. Made me wish I'd got a Jim Abbott in my group of cards, so I could have gone for Abbott & Costello.
DANNY

I got Abbott, but from everything I've seen, he seems very hit or miss with more misses

 

[JackLondon]

Yep, the Costello is part of the 1989 contest. Made me wish I'd got a Jim Abbott in my group of cards, so I could have gone for Abbott & Costello.
DANNY

 

[dano7]

#471 , 472 & 473
Special thanks to MrMet (Scott) for getting these for me at an event he attended!
Bill Gullickson on a 1988 Donruss card, Frank Tepedino on a 1970 Topps card and Lee Smith on a 1994 Collector's Choice card. I think I'll have a contest later on, as I approach my 500th different Yankee autograph.
DANNY

 

[BrewerSuperCollector]

Mike Birkbeck OMLB

 

[Brewer Andy]

Mike Birkbeck OMLB

Birk!!!

 

[BrewerSuperCollector]

Jim Rushford...OMLB
Dan Boitano...OMLB

 

[dano7]

Though this was not IP or TTM, I would like to share that my project to get autographs of every player from the first major league game I saw can now be labeled PROJECT COMPLETED!
I found a nice Danny O'Connell on Ebay and went for it. I paid $85, but thought it was a nice clean autograph to complete autographs of players from my first baseball game(s) on 8/1/1962 (Doubleheader between the Senators & Yankees in DC)...almost 51 years later.
DANNY

 

[dano7]

Dave Dravecky on a 1989 Topps card, signed in blue sharpie, sent to his home on 7/3/13.

Mike Kingery on a 1989 Topps card, signed in black sharpie, sent to his home on 6/29/13.
DANNY

 

[JackLondon]

Though this was not IP or TTM, I would like to share that my project to get autographs of every player from the first major league game I saw can now be labeled PROJECT COMPLETED!
I found a nice Danny O'Connell on Ebay and went for it. I paid $85, but thought it was a nice clean autograph to complete autographs of players from my first baseball game(s) on 8/1/1962 (Doubleheader between the Senators & Yankees in DC)...almost 51 years later.
DANNY

That is an impressive feat, congratulations!

 

[JackLondon]

Two more Angel autographs for my collection came in:

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Dave Dravecky on a 1989 Topps card, signed in blue sharpie, sent to his home on 7/3/13.

Mike Kingery on a 1989 Topps card, signed in black sharpie, sent to his home on 6/29/13.
DANNY

Lovin' the Kingery!

 

[muskiesfan]

I haven't been on the board much lately, been super busy. I'm going to break my recent successes up into a couple of different posts instead of one huge one.

Danny- Congrats! That's a very cool project to complete!

Andrew- You've been killing it! Glad to see you back into the TTM groove.

For the 1989 contest

Dave Dravecky
39 days, c/o home
1/1

Tim Burke
14 days, c/o home
1/1

For my Bengals collection

Eric Ball
39 days, c/o home
1/1

I have always liked the 1990 Pro Set set, so I am trying to get the entire team set signed.

 

[muskiesfan]

Now for the additions to my Reds collection

Jay Hook
38 days, c/o home
1/1

Sal Butera
11 days, c/o home
2/2

Terry McGriff
12 days, c/o home
3/3

Tom Foley
14 days, c/o Tampa Bay Rays
3/3

Wayne Granger
12 days, c/o home
2/2

I actually sent 2 index cards to Mr. Granger. I included in my letter that I sent index cards because I did not have a baseball card to send. So Mr. Granger signed 1 of my index cards and included a signed 1970 Topps as well. Awesome gesture by him. Thank you!

 

[muskiesfan]

This last one is an IP success.

Not last Friday, but the Friday before (July 26), we went to a free signing. Indianapolis Colts DE Robert Mathis was signing. Crystal got him on our Colts helmet. I didn't have anything, but they had posters that Robert was signing, so I got one of those. As a Bengals fan, I love the poster because he is sacking Ben Roethlisberger on it. :lol:

 

[Brewer Andy]

Jim Rushford...OMLB
Dan Boitano...OMLB

How do you guys ship OMLBs through the mail? Whats the typical cost? I have a few partial team balls burried in a closet I'm either gonna send out or dump on others and have never shipped a (cheap or low value) ball

 

[muskiesfan]

How do you guys ship OMLBs through the mail? Whats the typical cost? I have a few partial team balls burried in a closet I'm either gonna send out or dump on others and have never shipped a (cheap or low value) ball

I have yet to send my first ROMLB TTM yet, but I have researched it. This is the info I have found.

Get an 8.5x11 bubble mailer and a 6x9 bubble mailer
SASE the 6x9 with 5 forever stamps
Place the ROMLB in a sandwich baggy and include a blue pen
Address the 8.5x11 to whom you are sending and use 6 forever stamps for postage
Place the stuff inside the 8.5x11 and send

I've read several blogs, websites, and so on and those tend to be the steps everyone says that they use. Like I said, I have not done it myself yet, but I plan to do it next Spring Training.

 

[TBTwinsFan]

I posted this in my IP thread, but I'll post it here too.

I got Al Newman 2/2 yesterday. Al is the coach of the Alexandria Blue Anchors.

He signed an 87 fleer for my set, and a 89 Topps

 

[Brewer Andy]

Thanks Joe!

 

[dano7]

Mike Fitzgerald on a 1984 Donruss card, signed in blue sharpie, sent to his home, along with $5, on 7/26/13.

Joni Pitkanen on a 2008-09 Ultra card, signed in black sharpie, sent to the Carolina Hurricanes on 12/7/10.
DANNY

 

[JackLondon]

Got several more for my 1978 Topps autograph collection over the past few days: