TTM...Back in the day

[newark.bears]

I just thought it would be a cool idea to share your TTM experiences from back in the 80's, 90's, or even before then. Who used to sign 15-20 years ago? Did guys like Mantle, DiMaggio, or Mays even answer their fan mail?

Feel free to share your stories.

[cyberer]

I know more than a few people on these boards and elsewhere got jeter back in the day. I just started last year so no cool stories for me!

[sportscollectors]

Mantle and Mays did not sign. DiMaggio had a ghost signer.

There were loads of baseball HOFers who signed for free TTM in the late 1980's. reliability for free:
Joe Sewell, Carl Hubbell, Rick Ferrell, Johnny Bench, Jim Hunter, Bob Feller, Brooks Robinson, Billy Williams, Lou Boudreau, Stan Musial, George Kell, Enos Slaughter, Cool Pap Bell.

Spahn was $5, Mize was $2, Eddie Mathews was $2.

[1990score]

Killebrew, bench, Musial, slaughter, kaline, irvine, kell, snider, per wee Reese, Matthews. All I got TTM early 90s.. I also have a joe d.. That looks real but I here it's a secretary with the only slight difference being an "i". In DiMaggio.

[indyreds]

Race car drivers were always automatic back then as well c/o tracks. Yes, even Dale SR. signed his mail!

[Sawks14]

Slaughter, Mathews, Spahn, and Boudreau are guys I would have loved to ttm'ed.

I have a Donruss nicknames auto signed Enos "Country" Slaughter and its easily one of my favorite issued auto cards.

[Eddie_2]

I only sent to four players in the mid - late 90s.
Jeff Kent
John Olerud
Jason Kendal
Jeter

Got back everyone but Kendal. Jeter was my first ever TTM success in 1998.

[TPotts]

I'm only 18 but I've been handed down TTM's of Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Willie McCovey, Walter Payton, Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, Earl Monroe, Troy Aikman, Joe Montana, OJ Simpson, Larry Bird, etc...

Besides Montana, I can say all are authentic. (I'm not a professional, but I am good)

All from my Dad's collecting form 70's, 80's & 90's! Then unfortunatley I was born so he stopped... LOL