Lots and Lots of Cards From Gerard

I received a Christmas gift from my friend, Gerard, and realized that I still had a bunch of stuff that he had gotten signed for me that had yet to be scanned.  So, I combined everything into this one post.

He got me a bunch of autos during Pawtucket Red Sox games, and one of the coaches was Rich Gedman.  He had gotten me Gedman's 87 Topps before, and also the above 1987 Red Sox team card.  Still, I'm going to keep this one on hand, in case I am able to get Tom Seaver at some point.  It'll make this easy to find.

I needed the Carolina League Top Prospects card signed by Travis Lakins.  The other Bowman cards came from the National.

I think I sent this Luis Sardinas card to Gerard because he was going to see Norfolk toward the end of the year.  A lot of the cards he got signed, I gave him in person when we met up in Boston.

Here are some nice Sam Travis cards that he got done.  I'm pretty sure I sent him the 14 Bowman.  The others are probably from the National.

These are some 2017 Topps Update cards that he was able to get done.  Adam Lind is a pretty big sig for me.  I sent to him TTM, but didn't get anything back.

These two are just extra autos he sent along with other packages.  I think he pulled the Tyler Mahle while we were sitting in the park in Boston.

One of the cards he sent for Christmas was this signed 1987 Topps Ed Romero for my set.

He got me all of these PawSox team cards signed.

There were also some Orioles cards that I can try to get signed at Fan Fest.

I'm pretty sure he found these Nolan Reimolds while he was at a recent card show.

I really liked this 2018 Bowman Mike Baumann auto that he sent.  Baumann was really good for Frederick this season, and is a bright prospect to watch for the Orioles.  He was also really nice when we met him this season.

Finally, Gerard knocked this 2012 Bowman Red Ice Nick Markakis off of my wishlist.  Except, my friend Jackson had also bought this cards for me.  Jackson kept telling me this season that he had the card in his card on COMC, but had kept forgetting to send it.  I should have crossed it off of my list, but I also kept forgetting.

Thank you so much for all of the cards, Gerard.  I really appreciate it.

Autographed Cards From Gerard

My friend, Gerard, took some 50/50s for me recently, and I got a few back from him.  The above Stephen Gonsalves turned out really nicely, I thought.  Gonsalves has a great auto.

Gerard has been able to take care of some older cards for me with the coaches that he sees.  I can't remember which Rich Gedmans I don't have anymore, so the two above went into my album anyway.  I was pretty sure I didn't have the 1988 Fleer of Bobby Meacham.  I really like that set; they look really nice signed in blue.

Someone, somewhere, made these customs, and Gerard gave them to me.  They look nice, with the 1964 style.

I found these Brian Bannister cards early this year for Gerard, and they turned out great.  Bannister has a great auto.

It's always noce to get a 2014 Bowman signed.  I feel like this was my favorite issue of Bowman.  The parallels were great.  I really enjoyed pursuing those for my former Chris Davis PC.  I would like to see Bowman with some more of those crazy parallels.  Especially the bubble chromes.

Speaking of parallels, Gerard was able to get me these Bowman Platinum cards signed by Mike Olt.  I found them at the Chantilly show in April.

Gerard got me a Pawtucket Red Sox team set and got most of the cards signed for me.  I really appreciated the effort, because I know how hard it is to get team sets signed.

Supposedly, the Wood Ducks have a set coming soon, so I have to keep an eye out for that.

Thank you so much for the cards, Gerard!

Some More Autos From Gerard

My good friend Gerard hooked me up with some 50/50s and some additional autos in a package recently.  This Aneury Tavarez was a gift from Gerard.  It is a PawSox Dunkin Donuts card that will look cool in my album.

Gerard took 50/50 on Rich Gedman and Bobby Meacham recently, and sent these Topps cards back to me.  I had the Meachams, but since Gerard got these for me, they went into my album anyway.

Finally, this 2011 Topps Heritage Minors Tim Beckham looks really cool.  I like the Biscuits, so having this signed card of Beckham in a Biscuits jersey is pretty cool.

Thanks for the autos, Gerard.  I really appreciate it.

Spring Training 50/50s From Gerard

As I sit here and prep my auto book for the 2018 season, I wanted to get the cards that my good friend, Gerard, had signed for me at Spring Training into my album.  He helped knock a 1987 Topps off of my checklist with Rich Gedman's signature on this Red Sox Leaders card.

Gerard got two Jerry Remy for me, and a ton of Bob Kipper.

I was really surprised he got Logan Morrison for me.  I had two different 2007 Topps signed by Dave Bush.

The 2017 Topps Pro Debuts were nice.  I have a ton of those, so it was nice to be able to send some out for signatures.

I was really happy that Gerard got a couple Turkey Red cards signed.  I have been wanting to add them to my album, and now I have a couple.  The black Rocco Baldelli really turned out nicely.

These Bob Kippers are non-Topps base cards.  The 1986 Topps is a Topps Traded.

Gerard got me a Paul Abbott.  I had tried to get him when he was with Salem Red Sox, but he wasn't signing for anyone that day.

I think I sent Gerard some of these Red Sox prospects.  Some others came from his own collection.  He is really generous with his cards, so I definitely appreciate it.

I had this Josh Ockimey from the MY-Penn Leage All Stars.  It turned out really well.

I provided the 2013 Leaf Perfect Game cards, which came from the 2017 National.  I was really happy to see the Carolina League Prospects card of Ockimey come back signed, as well.  The Heritage Olt was a dime-box find from the National.

Here are some more prospect cards that Gerard hooked me up with.

Finally, Gerard got some signatures using some team cards out of various Topps sets.  These cards really come in handy when you have no other cards of someone.  He got me: Ryan LaMarre, Eddie Guardado, Chrs Heisey, Wynston Sawyer, Brian Novieto, Christian Colon, Josh Smith, Shane Carle, Jason Hursch, Adeiny Hechavarria, Dave O'Brien and Sherten Apostel.

Thank you so much for getting these cards signed for me, Gerard!  We will be doing a ton more 50/50s this season, and I really look forward to it.