Suggestions

[Autographing Man]

So I'm working on a 1989Topps Baseball Set and I need some suggestions on whether I should do just the regular cards to get signed or the traded cards. Suggestions?

[mberger718]

Make the decision and stick with it. I started a set of 1997 Fleer baseball cards back in 1997. Didn't even realize there was an update set until I had been working on it a few years and decided against doing the update set. Over the years there have been players I could have gotten on the update set and I always wondered if I should have done that also. I have 332/500 from that set signed, all in person. Last spring training I got Alex Rodriguez, who was the last active player I needed. There are a bunch of coaches, managers, minor league instructors, etc. in the set and once in a while I get a couple of those guys at fantasy camps or interleague play.

If you're just starting, I'd say go for the update set also.

[Autographing Man]

Thanks for the advice, I now made my decision thanks to you. Going for the regular and the traded cards. Thanks

[mberger718]

Which ones do you have so far? Are you going to do in-person, via mail, etc? I made a rule when I started that all of mine had to be in-person and I would not pay for a specific individual player. I have paid to attend events with multiple players who I needed but haven't done any deals where I paid a specific amount for a player. Several years ago when I got to the 300 mark, I figured maybe I had an outside chance at 350.

Mike

[Autographing Man]

I'm going to try to do in person and ttm. For the players that are deceased I'm will then buy there auto from someone who is trusted. Also I wouldn't pay a lot of money to meet them and just get the card signed unless they don't sign ttm or they are get hard to get out of paid signings.

[mberger718]

Some guys may be on a card in the regular set and in the update set. This website has a list of addresses with success rates of tons of players, so you can use that as a good reference.

[Autographing Man]

Yea I love the ttm manager on here, in fact I got my first ttm autograph for my 89 Topps set.