Another TTM Success From Chuck Brinkman

Chuck Brinkman makes a return to the blog. I had gotten him TTM back in 2020 on a 1973 Topps.  I found this 1974 Topps recently and sent it off. It came back signed nicely, adding another Brinkman to the autograph album. 

I mailed to Brinkman on November 25 and got the card back on December 8, for a 13-day TAT. 

Another TTM Success From Glenn Borgmann

Back in 2018, I got a few cards signed TTM by Glenn Borgmann.  One of the cards that I didn't send at the time was a 1974 Topps. I found this one in the boxes from Conrad. I went ahead and sent it out and it came back signed in blue Sharpie. 

I mailed to Borgmann on November 22 and got the card back on December 4, for a 12-day TAT. 

Another TTM Success From Dick Billings

Here is another guy I sent a second TTM request to, Dick Billings.  I had this 1974 Topps that I'm pretty sure I pulled from Conrad's boxes. 

The signature on the card looks great.  I'm pretty sure I'm down to just a small handful of cards that are left from what I pulled from Conrad's stuff several years ago.  I wish I had been able to get some cards from some earlier years while he had them, but when I returned the boxes I had borrowed, he had sold off all of his bulk inventory. That was a shame, but it was good for Conrad. He has been able to retire and not have to deal with his antique shop or cards any longer.

I mailed to Billings on November 14 and got the card, along with a signed note on November 29, for a 15-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Mike Adams

A random 1974 Topps that remained from Conrad's boxes came back signed TTM recently from Mike Adams.  I am down to just a small handful of cards left from when Conrad loaned me a few boxes from his collection for me to go through. I went through them to build sets of 1962 and 1964 Topps, and to build up some bulk of 1971, 1974 and 1975 Topps.  My goal was achieved, and I added some cool stuff to the album. 

Adams (b. 1948) played in the majors in 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977 and 1978 for the  Twins, Cubs and A's. He had 23 hits, 3 home runs and a .195 batting average. 

I mailed to Adams on November 3 and got the card back on November 17 for a 14-day TAT. 

Another TTM Success From Felix Millan

Back in 2020, I got a TTM success from Felix Millan on 4 cards.  Four years later, I felt it was time to send out a few more. Starting with this 1975 Topps Mini.  It looks like Millan needs a new pen, but the card is still signed and in the album. 

I also sent these, a 1971 Topps and a 1974 Topps.  The signature is faint on both, but again, they're signed.  I don't think I have any Millans left, but I've got a bunch of good ones in the album. 

I mailed to Millan on March 12, 2024, and got the cards back on October 14, 2025, for a 581-day TAT.

TTM Success - George Theodore

Another 1974 Topps was added to the autograph album when this card came back signed from George Theodore. 

The Stork inscribed the card to me with best wishes and a "The Stork" inscription. The top two lines got fouled up a bit.  I think it was because some residual wax was on the surface of the card.

Theodore (b. 1946) played in the majors in 1973 and 1974 for the Mets.  He had 42 hits, 2 home runs and a .219 batting average. 

I mailed to Theodore on September 30 and got the card back on October 9, for a 9-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Bill North

Bill North is a guy who's cards I had pulled for a long time, but since he charged for signing, I kept putting off mailing to him.  I finally pulled some cash and sent a 1974 Topps (above) and a 1980 Topps (below).  The cards turned out great. 

North (b. 1948) played in the majors from 1971 to 1981 for the Cubs, A's, Dodgers and Giants.  He had 1,016 hits, 20 home runs and a .261 batting average.  He led the league in stolen bases in 1974 and 1976.  He finished 29th in the AL MVP race in 1973.  He won the World Series with the A's in 1974.

I mailed to North on September 5 and got the cards back on September 15 for a 10-day TAT.  I paid his fee of $10/card.

Another TTM Success From Von Joshua

Here are a few more cards that came out of the boxes from Conrad.  I had gotten Von Joshua TTM back in 2018.  I sent again recently to add these 70s cards to the autograph album. 

The card at the top of the page is a 1975 Topps Mini.  Above are: 1971 Topps, 1974 Topps, 1975 Topps and 1980 Topps.  All of the cards turned out great.

I mailed to Joshua on October 29 and got the cards back on April 1 for a 154-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Manny Sanguillen

Manny Sanguillen is a player that I have gotten in person before (2015 National VIP signer).  I got him on a ball then; this was before I was concentrating on cards.  Since then, I had put aside a few of his cards to try to get him into the autograph album.  Above is his 1974 Topps, which has a cool action shot.

This is his 1975 Topps.  Both of the cards came out of the Conrad boxes a while back. 

Sanguillen (b. 1944) played in the majors in 1967 and from 1969 to 1980 for the Pirates and A's.  He had 1,500 hits, 65 home runs and a .296 batting average.  He won the World Series with the Purates in 1971 and 1979.  He was an All Star in 1971, 1972 and 1975.  His best MVP finish was 8th in 1971 (NL).

Sanguillen appeared on the 1986 Hall of Fame ballot and appeared on 0.5% of the vote. 

I mailed to Sanguillen on December 24 and got the cards back on March 22 for an 88-day TAT.  I paid his fee of $10.00/card.

Another TTM Success From Dick Woodson

Here is a signed 1974 Topps that came back signed TTM from Dick Woodson.  I believe I got the card from my buddy Ryan.  The card turned out nicely.

I originally ogt Woodson TTM back in 2021.  I was glad to add this 74 to the album. 

I mailed to Woodson on January 6 and got the card back on January 22 for a 16-day TAT. 

TTM Success - Skip Jutze

This nice 1974 Topps signed by Skip Jutze shows off a nice, old Astros uniform and catchers helmet.  Also a pretty solid mustache. I had this card for a while and finally got around to sending it out. 

Jutze (b. 1946) played in the majors from 1972 to 1977 for the Cardinals, Astros and Mariners.  He had 141 hits, 3 home runs and a .215 batting average.

I mailed to Jutze on October 10 and got the card back on December 4 for a 55-day TAT.

Another TTM Success From Dave Goltz

A couple 70s cards were added to the autograph album when I got these two back from Dave Goltz.  Above is a 1974 Topps that turned out pretty well.

I also got this 1975 Topps Mini signed.  I already had his regular 75, so it was nice adding the mini.

I mailed to Goltz on October 8 and got the cards back on November 16 for a 39-day TAT.

TTM Success - Fernando Gonzalez

Here are some older cards that i got back signed TTM from Fernando Gonzalez.  His mustache game is pretty high on all of his cards.  The above 1979 Topps features a great 'stache and also a classic ugly Padres jersey.

I also got a 1974 Topps (left) and a 1980 Topps (right) signed.

Gonzalez (b. 1950) played in the majors from 1972 to 1975 and 1977 to 1979 for the Pirates, Royals, Yankees and Padres.  He had 244 hits, 17 home runs and a .235 batting average.

I mailed to.Gonzalez via PastPros on October 24 and got the cards back on November 12 for a 19-day TAT.  I paid a total fee of $35.50.

Another TTM Success From Dick Bosman

Back in 2018, I got Dick Bosman TTM on three cards.  I had a few more left over, so I sent to him again.

The above 1974 Topps was damaged at the bottom, but otherwise looks good.

I also got this 1975 Topps Mini signed.  When Bosman signed for me in 2018, he signed in black.  These were signed in blue, which i prefer.

I mailed to Bosman on October 7 and got the cards back on October 21 for a 14-day TAT. 

Another TTM Success From Jerry Koosman

These Jerry Koosman cards resided in my to-be-TTMed box for quite some time until I finally got a little cash together to pay his fee.

The above 1974 Topps actually has some frequent flyer miles on it, as I had previously mailed it to Jon Matlack; the card came back unsigned with a post-it note saying it was Koosman shown on thr card.  I guess I could have figured that out jad I actually bothered to cross reference the uniform number. Oof.

The above 1977 and 1980 Topps i sent out also turned out well.  It appears that Koosman's signature is getting shaky, but thr cards still look good.

I mailed to Koosman on September 30 and got the cards back on October 12, for a 12-day TAT.  I paid his fee of $10.00/card.

Another TTM Success From Fred Stanley

Back in 2016 and in 2021, I got TTM successes from Fred Stanley.  When I got the 2021 success back, I had forgotten that I had sent to Stanley before, so the post was pretty much a duplicate of the first one.  This time around, I remembered that I had sent to him before.  This request was to get some more older cards out of my boxes. 

I got a 1974 Topps (top), 1975 Topps (above left) and a 1980 Topps (above right) signed by Stanley.

The cards turned out great.  I'm pretty sure the 74 and 75 came from the massive amount of cards I got from Conrad.  The 1980 came from a broken set that I've used to populate TTMs for some time now.

I mailed to Stanley on September 6 and got the cards back on September 24, for an 18-day TAT. 

Another TTM Success From Ted Kubiak

Some more cards from Conrad were cleaned out of the boxes when i sent out another TTM request to Ted Kubiak.  I got his 1975 Topps Mini (above) taken care of.  I like this set, and have added a bunch to the autograph album. 

I had this old Fleer A's sticker floating around, so I tossed it in the envelope.  It looks really cool, as well.

Here are a 1971, 1974 and 1975 Topps that got signed.  I should be pretty much cleaned out of Kubiak by now.  That just means he will be at a show nearby soon and I won't have anything to take with me.  Not that I need anything else.

I mailed to Kubiak on September 6 and got the cards back on September 24 for an 18-day TAT. 

Another TTM Success From Ken Berry

Here is another couple of signed cards that came back TTM from Ken Berry.  The above 1975 Topps Mini turned out nicely.  He's got a really nice signature. 

I liked this 1974 Topps as well.  The colors on the card look really good.  These were both cards that I got out of Conrad's boxes and while back and finally made myself send them out.

I mailed to Berry on September 6 and got the cards back on September 16, for a 10-day TAT. 

Another TTM Success From Mac Scarce

Back in 2019, I sent to Mac Scarce and got a couple cards back signed TTM.  I got a few more cards when I got boxes from Conrad a while back, so I figured it was time to send to him again.

I got this 1975 Topps Mini, which was pretty cool.  Conrad had a broken set of 75 Mini; I probably should have bought all of the cards, but I knew I'd break it up further by sensing out TTMs.  There was no chance I was going to try to build that set.

I also sent out this 1974 Topps, which turned out well.

I mailed to Scarce on August 10 and got the cards back on August 23, for a 13-day TAT. 

2024 National Card Show Free Signer - Rico Petrocelli

Rico Petrocelli has been at several Nationals in the past.  So, when I saw he was signing at this one, I knew I'd need to pick up some of his cards.  I had used up all of the ones I had here at the house.  I found a vintage dealer early on at the show and picked up these two Topps cards.  The one above is a 1975 Topps, and below is a 1974.

Petrocelli was nice as usual.  He told stories to folks in line, as is usual for him.

His autograph is always a nice one.  He tales a while to sign, since he has such a nice signature and talks with everyone.   Still, that's worth it; way beyond the folks who barely speak a word to you or look up at you while signing.

I always appreciate meeting Petrocelli.  He's a great guy.