Another TTM Success From Jim Perry

These two cards should be the last of my Jim Perry cards, unless I end up taking on another vintage collection.  I found them while going through boxes and decided to go ahead and send them out to get them signed.  The 1972 had an ink smudge at the top, which is why it got upgraded in my u2 set.  After it was upgraded, it left this card loose, so it made sense to get it signed and let it remain in the autograph album. 

This 1974 Topps came out of Conrad's boxes.  Note Yankee stadium in the background. 

I mailed to Perry on March 7 and got the cards back on March 21, for a 14-day TAT. I paid his fee of $5/card.  He also sent a note back saying he would donate the money to charity.

Another TTM Success From Jim Perry

When I got the boxes from Conrad, I pulled this rough Jim Perry to send to him and add another 1964 Topps to my autograph album. Even though it is beat up, it is still a cool card.

I mailed to Perry on October 11 and got the card back on October 18, for a 7-day TAT.  I paid his fee of $5/card.

2023 National Pickups - Vintage Set Needs

Back with a post regarding the National, I only pucked up a handful of cards for set building purposes.  I just recently srarted building the 1962 and 1964 Topps sets.  The 1962 set is farther along than the 1964.  Both sets will take me some time to complete, but it gave me something else to look for at tge show.  I picked up three 1964 Topps, imcluding the above Jim Perry. 

I picked up 23 1962 Topps, including Jim Bunning, Ken Boyer, Vern Law, Reds and Red Sox team cards.

My set needs lists have all been updated (finally).  So, now when I go to shows, I cam bring the lists up on my phone and search away.  I still keep my notebook for set needs as well, but I will probably get away from that sometime soon. It's nice to have the needs on the cloud, because I tend to forget to bring the notebook, but I always have my phone on me.

TTM Success - Jim Perry

This Jim Perry 1968 Topps was buried in my vintage box, not doing much of anything (I won't start the 1968 set for a while, it seems), so I decided to go ahead and send it off to him TTM.  It came back signed and inscribed with his 1970 Cy Young inscription.  The card looks great, in my opinion.

Perry (b. 1935) played in the majors from 1959 to 1975 for the Indians, Twins, Tigers and A's.  He had a career record of 215-174 with 1,576 strike outs and a 3.45 ERA.  He was the 1970 AL Cy Young Award winner.  He was an All Star an 1961, 1970 and 1971.  He finished second in the 1959 AL Rookie of the Year voting (to Bob Allison) and his best MVP finish was 9th (1969 and 1970).  He was a 20-game winner in 1969 (20) and 1970 (24).  He appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot in 1981 and 1983, but received at most, 1.9% of the vote.

I mailed to Perry on January 29 and got the card back on February 4, for a 6-day TAT.  I paid a fee of $5.00.  He included a note thanking me for the donation.

2019 National Free Signer - Jim Perry

I was really excited to meet Jim Perry when it was announced that he would be one of the free signers at this year's National.  When I was in high school, my bus driver would tell me that he grew up in Williamston, NC with the Perry brothers and how he played baseball with them.

Jim said he thought he could remember him, but since I couldn't remember his last name, there wasn't much help.  I just remember him as Dave, and a super nice guy.

Perry was very talkative, and interacted with everyone.  I thought he was really cool to meet.  The line took a while, but to me, it was worth it.

Perry (b. 1935) played in the majors from 1959 to 1975 for the Indians, Twins, Tigers and A's.  He had a career record of 215-174 with 1,576 strike outs and a 3.45 ERA.  He was the 1970 AL Cy Young Award winner, when he went 24-12 with a 3.04 ERA.  He finished second in the 1959 AL Rookie of the Year voting (to Bob Allison).  He was an All Star 3 times (1961, 1970 and 1971).  His best finish in the AL MVP voting was 9th, which he did twice (1969 and 1970).  He won 20 or more games twice (1969 and 1970).  Perry appeared on only two Hall of Fame ballots when eligible (1981 and 1983), but could only get a peak of 1.9% of the vote.

New Sets Started

After my success of finishing my 1970 set, I immediately got to working on compiling my lists of needs for the next two sets on my agenda - 1959 and 1969 Topps.  I was asked yesterday about what criteria I used in order to decide which set to pursue next and how many I liked to have going at one time.

Well, I had intended to start 1959 last year when I completed my 1955 Topps set, but I just had been too lazy to sort the ones out that I already had and map out my needs.  When i choose a set, I usually go by how many individual cards I have of each set to start off with.  I have amassed various amounts of each year of Topps there is.  Some years more than others, of course.  For example, I have a good many 1964 Topps, but very few 1953 Topps and even fewer 1952 Topps (yeah, I know, I can keep dreaming about that set).

I chose 1969 because I THOUGHT I had more singles of that set than I did of 1972.  I might have been mistaken, but oh well, it is official, I have started it.

As far as the number of sets I have going at once, well, I have had a bunch going for a while.  It's just that some move faster than others.  My 1948 Bowman set will take forever because the Yogi Berra I need is pretty dang expensive.  My 2010 Allen and Ginter set that I have been working on could take seconds to fill if I went on Sportlots, but I lost interest.  I'll get it eventually.

It was very convenient yesterday when I got my final 1970 Topps card in the mail, because I also got the final package from Topps' Diamond Giveaway.  In it, I had these two 1959 Topps and the two 1969 Topps below them.

 I didn't realize until last night when I was sorting the 1969 Topps that I didn't need the 1969 Jim Perry.  I could have traded it on Diamond Topps for something else.  Oh well.

 I did need this Tom Reynolds, though.  It came in pretty good shape, so it went right into my box.  I'm definitely not looking for super high grade when completing thses sets, because that would be really expensive for me, but I do want them to look nice.  I don't like huge creases, paper loss or writing on the cards.

I also updated my want list page.  Head over there and check it out!  I hope to start knocking numbers off of that list really soon.