alf7624 - TTM Success Thread

[alf7624]

Nice return, you have got quite the collection of balls going.

Thank You!!! The pics in this post are just balls I picked up via TTM, and a few I picked up at a estate sale last summer. One of these days I may put up some pics of my "man cave" showing my collection. I have been collecting since 1985, & this post is just stuff I have added since July 2014.

Congrats on the Gonzo success. He's ways been a class act here in Phoenix!

Thank You!! He really is a class act. I know he signs very well IP and has a pretty high success rate with TTM. I asked for the inscription, but I know he puts it on many times even without people asking. His signature looks great, and you can tell he takes time writing out the inscription in clean print so you can read it.

[alf7624]

Got 3 pics back from Burt Young aka Paulie in today's mail.
His signature looks to be getting a bit shaky. He personalized all 3. Happy to add anyone from the Rocky movies into my collection.

[alf7624]

very happy to get this return today...

Tony Bennett

Got him IP back in November, but he didn't want to sign this, as he signed 3 Lady Gaga/ Bennett CDS for me all ready. Signed vinyl album covers are great to Frame and hang, much better then CDs.

[alf7624]

Today's mail-

James Earl Jones (ROMLB)

This was my longest outstanding item I was waiting on, Sent it back in mid July 2014, not knowing he was about to start a Broadway show run that would last until February 2015. He caught up on his mail I guess, and I finally got to add this one to my collection.

[alf7624]

Got a TTM return today....



Chris Chelios - Red Wings puck




Very happy to add this puck to my collection. I slowed down sending out pucks, but I have to get back to sending the rest of the unsigned ones out to the players I bought them for.









I didnt get the HOF inscription as I requested. Chelios seems 50/50 with giving it. I see plenty that get it, but probably see as many that do not. But of course I am still very happy to get the return of a HOF player.

[alf7624]

Today's Mail-


Yoan Moncada (ROMLB)


Sent a blue bic with the ball, but he used a blue sharpie to sign with instead. Happy to get my first Spring Training success back of the year, but of course would have liked it a lot more signed with the blue pen I sent. Im not as worried about sharpie fading as others, as I have baseballs that were signed in the mid 90s with sharpie that have held up better then some balls signed with blue pen. But as a collector, I know the pen signed ball is more desirable, but for TTM I wont complain much.

[alf7624]

Today's mail -


Robert Manfred (ROMLB & Business Card)


Happy to add another ball to my Commissioner collection.

[alf7624]

Been in a bad TTM slump with no new returns lately.


But I had 2 In Person pick ups this week, which are always awesome.


Today Jay Leno was performing at a venue right by my job, so I went over to wait for him to show up, and he signed 4 items for me-


ROMLB-





Picture 1-





Picture 2-





Picture 3-





Picture 3 got smudged a bit, and it was my fault which sucks. Used a silver deco on the pics, and the dam paint takes forever to dry.


But overall, did great with him. He is a really, REALLY NICE guy. I always heard he was a good guy, & all I heard was proved to be the truth.




Then yesterday, well, it was a In Person for my wife. I saw Mookie Wilson was signing a few blocks from her job, and asked her to go over to get me a baseball signed. She is a great wife, and was real happy she went. With all my Mets signed baseballs, I didnt have a single signed Mookie, just had him on team balls. They didnt want him signing outside items, but my wife asked Mookie to sign, and he did. He is another known nice guy and good signer-





She also got me a signed photo (free photo they gave at event)-

[alf7624]

Today's Mail-

Return 1-

(2) 8x10s signed by Ming Na Wen (Agents of Shield)
Both look great. Got a new project piece to try to add to with the cast photo.

Return 2-

Steven Matz (ROMLB)
Happy to get him now and add him to my NY Mets top prospect collection.






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[alf7624]

No TTM returns this week for me, which sucks. Still waiting on plenty.


But I did get 2 nice In Person signed baseballs today-


Cecil Fielder and Mickey Rivers


Both guys were real nice and added my requested inscriptions. Happy to add these to my collection. Both look great.