From about 1978 to 1983 I used to write to players in a non-stop quest for autographs. I'd research retired players to get their home addresses or I'd send to current players at the various stadiums. When it came to the old timers, I'd usually only send cards in rough shape, so if they didn't respond (which happened often) I wouldn't be out too much. Overall, I did pretty well, though, and have a bunch of autographed HOF cards to trade.
Let me make this clear. All of these cards except Brooks Robinson (card show on Long Island), a couple of the Reggie Jacksons (spring training game), Steve Carlton (various card shows via a 'Lefty' collector) and Enos Slaughter (from a trade) were obtained through the mail (TTM). I don't have a single COA or anything of that nature, so I can't truly claim they're authentic. Of course, I got these at a time when autographs weren't such a cash crop business, so there was never a reason for me to doubt their authenticity.
To see all the scans of my HOFer collection, see this section of my bucket: http://s1226.photobucket.com/albums/...aphed%20Cards/
If you're interested in anything, LMK what you have off of my need list and let's talk. I'll be happy to answer any questions. I'm not looking to sell anything, just trade.
If you have nothing off of my need list, I am also very interested in these:
• 1972 Topps FB high numbers (need these in exmt shape: 271 Warfield AP, 277 Eller AP, 280 Lilly AP, 304 Dale, 308 Morrall, 312 Marsalis, 336 Marshall, 341 Butkus)
• 1972 Topps BB (upgrading my 2 sets and looking for nr. mt. centered 'in-action' cards, a few stars and a bunch of others)
• 1963 Fleer BB (need about 25 more in exmt or better shape and have many to trade)
• 1964 Topps (just started upgrading this set, so could use many of the stars in exmt or better shape)
• 1964 Topps Stand-Ups (need virtually all in nice shape)
• 1954 Bowman BB (looking for a starter set in ex+ shape)
• I'm always interested in HOF'ers and high numbers in nice shape from the 50's and 60's.
• Plus, I'm always looking to upgrade other cards from my 1957-1972 sets, so if you have sharp cornered cards in nice shape, I may be able to use some of them.
My Need List:
***1957*** (ex. or better, will consider vg if not too bad)
1 (Williams), 284 (Zimmer), 286 (Richardson), 328 (Robinson), 407 (Mantle/Berra) & All Checklists
***1958*** (ex.+) (Lower Priority)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 42, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 56, 57, 59, 62, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 93, 95, 97, 100, 101, 102, 105, 107, 108, 111, 112, 114, 123, 125, 131, 132, 135, 138, 140, 141, 142, 148, 149, 150, 159, 161, 162, 164, 165, 168, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 185, 187, 190, 193, 194, 196, 197, 199, 203, 207, 208, 210, 211, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 227, 231, 232, 234, 238, 240, 241, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248, 250, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 260, 262, 263, 264, 267, 269, 271, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 285, 286, 288, 291, 293, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 304, 305, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 320, 321, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 336, 337, 340, 342, 343, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 353, 355, 358, 359, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 368, 370, 371, 373, 375, 376, 378, 380, 382, 383, 387, 389, 392, 396, 398, 400, 402, 407, 413, 417, 418, 420, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 428, 429, 430, 431, 434, 436, 438, 440, 441, 443, 444, 446, 448, 452, 453, 455, 458, 461, 462, 464, 465, 468, 470, 472, 474, 475, 479, 480, 481, 484, 485, 486, 490, 493, 494, 495
***1959*** (ex. mt.)
1 (Frick), 12 (Law), 26 (Stobbs), 34 (Pitchers Beware), 41 (Martyn), 49 (Hall), 54 (Roach), 59 (Noren), 61 (Brown), 65 (Torre), 69 (Giants), 72 (Renna), 74 (Directing the Power), 76 (Richardson), 80 (Minoso), 89 (Gardner), 90 (Skowron), 107 (Larker), 118 (Buzhardt), 133 (Lillis), 141 (Shipley), 148 (McCormick), 160 (Groat), 181 (Porterfield), 182 (Graff), 183 (Miller), 185 (Busby), 186 (Grant), 195 (Repulski), 221 (Bowman), 229 (Power), 236 (Bowsfield), 250 (O'Dell), 251 (Boyer), 264 (Carrasquel), 273 (Jay), 278 (Essegian), 286 (Stone), 300 (Ashburn), 339 (Face), 343 (Hoeft), 345 (McDougald), 395 (Howard), 397 (Senators), 433 (Harrell), 436 (Hamner), 514 (Gibson), 550 (Campanella), 554 (Skowron), 569 (Friend), 570 (Turley)
plus these variations:
40 (Spahn-Born 1931)
40 (Spahn-Born 1931, 3 partially obscured)
321 (Giallombardo-No optioned statement)
322 (Hanebrink-No trade statement)
336 (Loes-No trade statement)
362 (Nichols-No optioned statement)
***1961*** (ex. mt.)
2 (Maris), 49 (NL Strikeout Leaders), 160 (Ford), 265 (Kubek), 287 (Yastrzemski), 344 (Koufax), 400 (Law), 415 (Aaron), 417 (Marichal), 425 (Berra), 430 (Mazeroski), 449 (Bolin), 461 (Burgess), 464 (Thomas), 465 (McMillan), 472 (Berra MVP), 484 (Aaron MVP), 489 (Dropo), 528 (Ramos), 531 (Coates), 544 (Thomas), 549 (Smith), 577 (Aaron AS), 578 (Mantle AS), 579 (Mays AS), 580 (Kaline AS), 586 (Ford AS)
***1962*** (ex. mt.)
180 (Allison), 392 (Boyer), 423 (Rival Relief Aces), 427 (Wood), 445 (Power), 455 (Arroyo), 459 (Bailey), 464 (Jackson), 465 (Reds), 570 (Stafford), 591 (McDowell)
***1963*** (ex. mt. - sharp corners)
4 (AL HR Leaders), 7 (NL Pitching Leaders), 78 (Throneberry), 80 (Gilliam), 92 (Lopez), 111 (Jackson), 127 (Tuttle), 157 (Segui), 158 (Rookies), 162 (Twins), 202 (Red Sox), 226 (Javier), 233 (Stengel), 246 (Strange), 268 (Demeter), 270 (Alou), 275 (Mathews), 300 (Mays), 302 (Herzog), 320 (Spahn), 323 (Mazeroski), 336 (Bauta), 341 (Baldschun), 345 (Robinson), 353 (Williams), 360 (Drysdale), 374 (Osteen), 377 (Orioles), 384 (Tillman), 389 (Sullivan), 402 (Vernon), 417 (Giants), 446 (Ford), 449 (Tartabull), 466 (Rookies), 471 (Retzer-white silhouette in inset circle), 475 (Triandos), 485 (Landis), 487 (Roseboro), 496 (Rookies), 503 (Braves), 508 (Savage), 517 (Woodeshick), 530 (Mossi), 533 (Shantz), 537 (Rookies)
***1965*** (ex. mt. - sharp corners)
1 (AL Batting Ldrs), 4 (NL HR Ldrs), 7 (AL ERA Ldrs), 17 (Romano), 19 (Brown), 38 (King), 50 (Marichal), 62 (Kaat), 119 (Kennedy), 121 (Alley), 131 (Keane), 132 (WS Game 1), 138 (WS Game 7), 150 (Robinson), 155 (Maris), 170 (Aaron), 177 (Mikkelsen), 187 (Stengel), 212 (Brand), 248 (Triandos), 250 (Mays), 251 (Herman), 298 (Stewart), 299 (Zimmerman), 315 (Malzone), 325 (Clendenon), 326 (Siebler), 330 (Ford), 332 (Abernathy), 334 (Roznovsky), 335 (Lolich), 342 (Rodgers), 380 (Colavito), 389 (Larsen), 404 (Williams), 415 (Flood), 426 (Braves), 433 (Bateman), 475 (Boyer), 477 (Carlton), 480 (Horlen), 506 (Mele), 510 (Banks), 511 (Locke), 512 (Peterson), 543 (Connolly), 555 (Baldschun), 572 (Orioles), 573 (Red Sox Rookies), 578 (Carreon), 588 (Green), 592 (Bork)
***1966*** (ex. mt.)
2 (Abernathy), 7 (Stallard), 9 (Boyer), 19 (Giants Team), 40 (Grant), 43 (Landrum-Button on Pants Partially Airbrushed), 53 (Duliba), 56 (Valdespino), 89 (Davidson), 104 (Johnson), 110 (Banks), 120 (Killebrew), 125 (Brock), 126 (Palmer), 130 (Torre), 132 (Cepeda), 150 (Colavito), 154 (Hiller), 155 (Lopez), 156 (DP Combo), 160 (Ford), 174 (Taylor), 202 (Dalrymple), 209 (Tigers Rookies), 217 (NL HR Ldrs.), 255 (Stargell), 264 (Twins Rookies), 273 (Astro Aces), 275 (McCarver), 276 (Bouton), 297 (Owens), 300 (Clemente), 384 (Downing), 387 (Reed), 400 (Versalles), 435 (Bunning), 442 (Orioles Rookies), 449 (Moeller), 451 (Latman), 456 (Red Sox Rookies), 460 (Blefary), 469 (Yankee Rookies), 488 (Banks), 492 (A's Team), 500 (Aaron), 523 (Sadowski), 529 (White Sox Rookies), 532 (Monteagudo), 534 (Mets Rookies), 539 (Astros Rookies), 542 (Smith), 543 (Craig), 545 (Green), 546 (Siebler), 548 (Kroll), 549 (Senators Rookies), 555 (Perranoski), 558 (Red Sox Rookies), 565 (Piersall), 568 (A's Rookies), 573 (Griffith), 576 (Nicholson), 583 (Tigers Team)
***1967*** (ex. mt. - sharp corners)
30 (Kaline), 43 (Salmon), 45 (Maris), 129 (Roof), 130 (Regan), 131 (Yankees), 154 (WS), 193 (Cardinal), 202 (Edwards), 205 (Groat), 216 (Bengal Belters), 275 (Whitfield), 296 (Beckert), 302 (Orioles), 460 (Killebrew), 466 (Wine), 476 (Perez), 485 (McCarver), 492 (Pirates), 495 (Peterson), 516 (Giants), 521 (Bird Bombers), 535 (Clendenon), 538 (Martin), 545 (Grant), 553 (Yankee Rookies), 563 (Adcock), 564 (Astros Rookies), 567 (Hamilton), 569 (AL Rookies), 570 (Wills), 575 (Boswell), 577 (Short), 578 (Boccabella), 579 (Henry), 580 (Colavito), 581 (Seaver), 584 (Piersall), 585 (Bunker), 590 (Richert), 595 (Rojas), 596 (Cisco), 602 (Pizarro), 603 (Athletics Rookies), 604 (Red Sox Team), 609 (John)
***1968*** (nr. mt.)
these variations: 49 (Brinkman-Yellow Team Name), 66 (Cox-Yellow Team Name), 400 (McCormick-White Team Name)
***1969*** (upgrade, so looking for nr. mt.)
20 (Banks), 48 (Alyea), 54 (Carlos), 70 (Helms), 120 (Rose), 128 (T. Aaron), 190 (Mays), 215 (Petrocelli), 221 (Shamsky), 241 (Brewer), 264 (Landis), 268 (Spangler), 270 (Lolich), 292 (Downing), 326 (Sutherland), 338 (Unser), 357 (Taylor), 375 (Killebrew), 381 (Kranepool), 423 (Campaneris A.S.), 456 (Harrelson), 472 (Price), 480 (Seaver), 495 (Campaneris), 517 (McCormick), 551 (Granger), 589 (Pepitone), 595 (Maye), 598 (Amaro), 601 (McGraw), 620 (Chance), 624 (Rookie Stars), 630 (Bonds), 637 (Padres Rookies), 643 (Cowan), 653 (Rodriguez), 655 (Hershberger), 660 (Smith), 663 (Radatz)
plus these ‘white letter’ variations: 440 (McCovey), 441 (Higgins), 447 (Houk), 452 (Ferrara), 454 (Phillies Rookies), 464 (Marshall), 468 (Pirates Rookies), 470 (Stottlemyre), 471 (Savage), 473 (Arcia), 476 (Red Sox Rookies), 482 (Gosger), 485 (Perry), 491 (Twins Rookies), 500 (Mantle), 511 (Segui)
***1970*** (upgrade, so looking for nr. mt.)
127 (Coleman), 138 (Foy), 148 (Weaver), 180 (John), 193 (Wegener), 209 (Suarez), 252 (Palmer), 338 (Schaal), 346 (Schoendienst), 382 (DiLauro), 437 (Cater), 441 (O'Donoghue), 629 (Rettenmund), 717 (Phoebus)
***1971*** (upgrade, so looking for nr. mt.)
5 (Munson), 20 (Jackson), 30 (Niekro), 50 (McCovey), 55 (Carlton), 61 (AL Batting Ldrs.), 72 (NL Strikeout Ldrs.), 120 (Horton), 133 (Lolich), 137 (Lopez), 142 (Jones), 158 (Reuss), 164 (Reds Rookies), 177 (McRae), 180 (Kaline), 199 (NL Payoffs Game 1), 200 (NL Payoffs Game 2), 223 (Upshaw), 245 (Kaat), 248 (Wilhelm), 258 (Green), 270 (Carty), 277 (Waslewski), 278 (Grote), 280 (Jenkins), 283 (Such), 327 (WS Game 1), 329 (WS Game 3), 330 (WS Game 4), 331 (WS Game 5), 335 (Koosman), 341 (Garvey), 374 (Boyer), 378 (Fuentes), 380 (Williams), 395 (White), 400 (Aaron), 412 (Johnson), 425 (Rader), 439 (Phillies Rookies), 478 (Carbo), 496 (Woodward), 501 (Etchebarren), 505 (Brown), 520 (John), 529 (NL Rookies), 530 (Yastrzemski), 537 (Egan), 538 (Bravo), 550 (Killebrew), 552 (Bradford), 554 (Palmer), 561 (O’Brien), 574 (Bunning), 576 (Cubs Rookies), 581 (Nelson), 582 (Cash), 585 (Davis), 589 (Barton), 590 (Johnson), 603 (Pirates), 637 (Bristol), 640 (Robinson), 662 (Hedlund), 673 (Janeski), 676 (Reynolds), 686 (Ruiz), 687 (Taylor), 700 (Powell), 703 (Kekich), 706 (Foy), 711 (Stahl), 724 (Tischinski)