Eddie 2's Success Thread

[Eddie_2]

Has the Farnsworth success at the end, plus a lot of my recent YT and eBay pickups.

[Eddie_2]

I was late with my posting because I went on vacation right after the phestival! I went with no autograph tickets and just a single admission ticket. I got there around three o’ clock and was around the back of the line. I didn’t bother meeting up with anyone here because I didn’t have anything to trade and just went with $50 bucks in my pocket, so I get into line and the people in front and behind me were both at their first ever Phillies phestival. They didn’t know much, and I ran down the basic outline for them. It was fun talking and passing the time, A LOT of people were walking down the line trying to sell tickets but for way unfair prices. In fact the guy in back of me really wanted John Mayberry for some reason and some dealer was trying to sell it to him for $30 bucks. I talked the guy out of buying it and told him hecould give a donation since Mayberry is not a popular player. The dealer was kind of pissed off I told the guy that piece of information, but he was trying to take advantage of someone so I didn’t give a damn. Well the guy thank me about telling him about the donation system and he gave me one of his tickets.

I tried paying him for it,but he refused. Very cool of him. It was Horst/Bast ardo ticket. So I went in and got both players. I got Bast ardo on a 2012 Topps and then I just made my way around. I gave donations to get Kratz/Samuel, Nix/Mayberry, and Fontenot/Billmeyer.I also got LA/Sarge for someone who asked me to get them for their set. So I needed to do that. By this time though I needed to leave because like I said, I was suppose to go on vacation and had hotel reservations, so I ducked out early.

Also I did buy three grab bags (two were for some of my family members who gave me money to get them bags, while the other was me just trying to press my luck). I pulled a Shane Victorino signed ROMLB also certified which was cool. Pretty much got my money back there because the ball is 15 bucks, and to certified a baseball cost a good penny. So I was really happy.


So I spent a total of $50 bucks and got a good amount of players I needed for my PC. While I did get screwed out of getting the auto tickets this year, I think I made the best of it plus I spent less money which was a plus and the number one player I wanted, Thome was traded and not there. Overall I was pretty happy about my Phestival recap!

[Eddie_2]

Phillies Phestival Recap!

[Eddie_2]

A lot of TTM Success since I've last updated!

- Eric Sogard - 1/1 c/o A's in 54 days. Signed a 2011 Topps RC in blue sharpie. Nice success from a young player.

- Jason Motte - 1/1 c/o Cardinals in 48 days. Signed a 2012 Topps in black sharpie. Looks really nice.

- Bobby Del Greco - 2/2 c/o home in 18 days. Signed a 1962 Topps in blue sharpie and a index card. Did include a $5 donation for he requries. Nice success for the Phillies PC!

- Wade Boggs - 2/2 c/o home in 20 days. Signed two baseball cards for me in blue sharpie. No fee! AMAZING HOF success!

[Eddie_2]

Forgot to mention but like I said I was down Baltimore for the weekend and the Orioles were playing the A's. Well I went to the Friday game and tried getting Josh Reddick. A ton of A's signed down the third base line, but I didn't bother graphing because I was going for Reddick. Well he didn't sign near the dugout and he never came back out.

Next I went over to the Orioles side to try and get Jim Thome, who I've been wanting to get for a long time. Well sure enough Thome comes out and does all his pre-game warmups. Low and behold he comes right over to me and signs my Phillies 8x10. I was floored. It was without a doubt my favorite IP success in a long time. Thome is going to be a 1st ballot HOFer, and I love the fact he's a duel PC playing being on the Phillies and Orioles.

Here is a photo.

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[Eddie_2]

Note: He only signed four total autos. Mine, a SI, a baseball card, and a ROMLB (sidepaneled).

Still so stoked over getting Thome. He didn't play Saturday or Sunday, and recently he went on the DL. So I don't know how many more chances people are going top get graphing him IP at the ballpark.

[Eddie_2]

[Eddie_2]

Two TTMs:

- Frank Tanana - 3/2 c/o home in 30 days. Signed both my Upper Deck 93 cards and added a signed testimonial card. Nice success to add to my 1993 UD collection.

- Matt Harrison - 2/2 c/o Rangers in 30 days. Signed both my 2011 and 2012 Topps cards. Nice success from a All Star pitcher!

[Eddie_2]

One TTM:

- Juan Pierre - 1/1 c/o Phillies in 51 days. Signed my 2011 Topps Heritage in blue sharpie. Looks amazing, and glad to had this come back because I passed on getting him during the Phillies Phestival. Also included a really cool business card about beast mode.

[Eddie_2]

Three TTMs:

- Joe Nathan - 1/1 c/o Rangers in 34 days. Signed my 2012 Topps in blue sharpie. Autograph looks awesome!

- AJ Pierzynski - 1/1 c/o White Sox in 34 days. Signed my 2012 Topps in black sharpie. Pretty wild sig, happy to see this one come back.

- Eddie Bane - 1/1 c/o Tigers in 27 days. Signed my 1974 Topps in black sharpie. Looks great!