I'm not working on this particular set, but I LOVE checking this thread and seeing everyone else's progress. Keep up the good work, you guys! Some very cool autos.

My favorite player growing up came through for me again this year! I got the base card signed last year and sent one again as well as the all star card for my set. A great surprise/success.

This is a great thread. I am currently working on this set and I am 449/792. I am averaging about $4 a card right now. I have just started to do TTM for a lot of the players.

However, I did end up with a Ricky Wright #202; I am sending it to be authenticated. It was in a lot from a dealer here locally, I didn't even notice it, but I got a lot of 300 Cards for $2.25 per card. When I sorted them out. Ricky Wright was there.... Now we wait to authenticate.

Went through a few boxes today. I found Brunansky, Kevin Mitchell, Mike Marshall, Sutcliffe, Strawberry and Will Clark. Sutcliffe is now spoken for....

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Bought this Terry Mulholland off EBay.

Omar Moreno TTM through Pittsburgh Pirates Alumni Association

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Another two beauties from Donnie baseball this week. I know he only signs TTM around once a year so I have sent a card every month for the last twelve months in hopes of success. I only wish he would have signed my Yankees Team leader card as I still it signed for my set.

Thanks for the Mattingly tip. I sent TTM to him a week ago.

No problem....my first success from him took over a year so be patient.

Mattingly
 

Nice Mattingly's Andy...thanks for the FYI on him signing, I have also tried TTM in the past with no luck.

Just acquired a Roy Lee Jackson and Randy Myers... It took awhile to find them. That puts me at 491/792 Ricky Wright is still at JSA

Just got in Robin Yount TTM 492/792

Nice Robin Yount!!!! I mailed to him recently hopefully he comes back signed.

No word on your Ricky Wright yet ??

He took less than 2 weeks to get it back to me. I hope yours gets in soon.

The Ricky Wright!!??? Well, PSA, just today, said it’s coming back to me as “questionable authenticity”. I thought that might happen. As soon as it gets here it’s headed to JSA. I contacted the they guy who sold me the lot of cards. He’s a good dude. Here’s what he said.

Is it authentic? I absolutely believe 100%. I purchased around 1500 signed cards for multiple sets in which I am completing. The gentleman in which I purchased them from has been a family friend for years. He spent every spring training from the early 70's until around 2000. I have well over 200 other "tough" signatures from him, some I've sent to TPA's and they have passed. My long point is, I have absolutely no reason to believe he'd sell upwards of 1500 cards and toss in one that was a forgery. All were obtained by him, none purchased.

Anyone have any duplicates for sale or trade?

I have about 40 1987 Topps signed duplicates F/S or F/T that I acquired in my recent 1980s TTM campaign.

Send me a PM if interested.

Scot Reader

A few have arrived over the last six months.

Danny Heep
Roger McDowell
Bill Krueger
Karl Best
Ruben Sierra Record Breakers - I did a mail order for a show for this one. I would have sent his regular card, but it wasn't in good condition.

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I have close to 100 dupes that I am looking to sale or trade... Shoot me a PM

If people are looking for Al Pulido, they can order his 1987 Topps from PastPros:

https://pastpros.com/blogs/baseball/al-pulido

A relatively easy TTM and great signer but for some reason I had not been getting success from him. Rich Gedman on the Boston Red Sox Team leaders card.

That's Gedman on the Red Sox leaders? I'll have to send that to him.

Yes, and Bob Stanley and Joe Morgan.

John McNamara, not Joe Morgan.

Just curious.......I thought Tom Seaver wore 41 in 1986 for the Red Sox?

Andy

I was incorrect on both id's. Looked real quick on a small screen and got them wrong. Using a larger screen I can see it is McNamara and Seaver. Stanley wore #46.

For anybody interested, there's a signed 1986 Topps signed by Ricky Wright on eBay. I don't mind the 1986 set, though I'm hoping one day he'll come around on the 1987 cards, depending on if the ones we've seen are authentic or not.

Just curious as I have zero idea, but what might expect to spend (super rough ballpark) in total to start the set from scratch assuming all cards are purchased (no TTM)?

To get signed? You'd definitely have to spend hundreds, probably thousands, to get all the living people. If you purchased the whole set and started from scratch, you'd might want to start with who signs for free. Luckily for you, many of them do.

Good to see John Kruk signing again........took over a year to get back.

Nice Kruk, Andy. Kruk was always a favorite of mine, and I'm sure glad he got to stick around long enough to get his lifetime avg back up to .300.

If anyone needs Donnie Baseball, I have a private signing with him next month for his charity and may be able to accommodate. PM works best.

For the few living players who refuse to sign their 1987 Topps card, we all know if given enough money, they will sign :D

Is there anybody besides Ricky Wright who doesn't sign the card? Also, has he ever signed it? I've heard stuff from he's never signed it to he signed very few when they first came out.

Can you pm me details???


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Hi all --

I have over 200 different signed now from a through-the-mail campaign. Thought I would "color up" this thread by posting scans of some of the more popular cards. (I have some dupes -- but not of players I'm posting -- and am open to 1-for-1 trades). Thanks for indulging me — this has been a fun project.

More . . .

Still more . . .

One more . . .

I have the Goose Gossage card signed in blue sharpie (signed IP this past summer)....If anyone is interested in it, please PM me

I've had quite a few returns since July.

Jeff Sellers
Leon Durham
Dennis Lamp
Shawon Dunston
Mike Birkbeck
Dave Stapleton
Checklist 133-264 (Signed by Birkbeck)
Red Sox Leaders (Signed by Rich Gedman)
Jeff Calhoun
Alfredo Griffin
Otis Nixon
Pat Sheridan
Chris Bando
Dickie Thon
Lee Lacy


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Recent returns.

Mike Morgan
Juan Berenguer
Jim Winn

401/792

It feels good to eclipse the 400 milestone.

Good Morning.

I'm doing this set as well. Currently:

780/792 98% - Base
115/132 86% - Traded

895/924 98% - Overall

Down to last few baddies. Always paying top dollar for the ones I don't have.

#51 Mel Hall
#138 Roy Lee Jackson
#198 Lee Mazzilli
#202 Ricky Wright
#331 Mets Team - Darryl Strawberry / Gary Carter
#353 Ernie Camacho
#395 Damaso Garcia
#472 Bill Doran
#602 Gary Carter AS
#665 Rod Scurry
#775 Joaquin Andujar

#7T Thad Bosley
#15T Ivan Calderon
#18T John Cangelosi
#23T John Christensen
#30T Mike Dunne
#44T Brad Havens
#55T Stan Jefferson
#75T Mark McLemore
#79T Greg Minton
#82T Charlie Moore
#83T Jeff Musselman
#87T Reid Nichols
#95T Tony Pena
#106T Jerry Royster
#122T Dave Valle
#126T Alan Wiggins
#128T Frank Williams

As part of a holiday gift, I received Al Pulido's 1987 Topps card signed from PastPros.

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Nice gift from PastPros! They are great to deal with. I have interacted with them personally on many occasions.

Andy

Colin from PP is great to work with.

I can help with couple of those needs. in the '87 set I have Romanick and Denny available.

Out of curiosity what do those of you actively pursuing the set do about the checklists? I had a thought to have Peter Ueberroth sign them as he was commissioner in 1987. Does anyone have other ideas of who would be best to put on them? Or do you simply discount these cards?

I have them signed by people who were involved in the 1987 year but don't have a card.

I was a big A's fan growing up, so I have some obscure A's people for some of the checklists.

#128 - I have 2 outstanding requests. Mike Gallego (A's) and Joe Wathan (Cubs interim manager).

#264 - Sandy Alderson - A's GM in 1987

#392 - Working on Dave Duncan, Rene Lachemann, and Dave McKay (A's coaches in 1987)

#522 - Frank Lucchesi (Royals 3d manager after Howser and Gardner)

#654 - Billy Williams w/ HOF 1987 inscription

#792 - Peter Uebberoth (Commissioner in 1987) - great signer but he signs in ballpoint (I've tried twice - both ballpoint and one signed on the back)

#132T - Walt Weiss w/ Oakland A's 7/12/1987 inscription - Debut

I may upgrade some of the CLs. Thinking McGwire and Santiago w/ 87 ROY inscriptions, Frank Viola w/ 87 WS MVP Inscription, Bell and Dawson w/ 87 MVP inscriptions, or Clemens and Bedrosian w/ 87 Cy Young inscrptions. Takes some cash as McGwire w/ an inscription runs $155 through a private signing on SCN. I'm also picky as Big Mac had a very different signature early on than he does now. My Mac #366 has the old signature.

I won't upgrade the Williams HOF, Ueberroth, or Weiss Traded.

Also - I have Bill Mazeroski on the Clemente TBTC since they were teammates and Maz is a HOFer. Most people seem to try for his kid or wife. I'd rather have Maz, that's just me.

If you have any other questions about this set (players, returns, etc), let me know. I'm pretty far submerged in it so I feel that I have a lot of knowledge on this particular set.

Those are some neat ideas. I sent the checklists to Ueberroth and included a Sharpie. He signed all in rapid fashion but like you, he signed the backs. I considered resending with sticky notes on the back to indicate to sign the other side.

I like the Maz idea on the Clemente TBTC. He's not terribly hard to get and there's a strong connection there.

I really like the idea of the HOF guys from that year. Too bad I never thought of that while Catfish and Dandridge were alive. That would've been a neat solution for half of the 6 checklists.

I started collecting in '86 so I'm pretty knowledgeable on the set, who the toughies are, variations of signatures (I have the rookie era Big Mac sig as well), etc. I never focused on completing the set but as I've collected over the years I've gotten 500+ different done, so I thought I'd try to see how close I could get without putting a ton of effort into it. I'll probably never pay up for Dick Howser, and I know Ricky Wright is next to impossible. Even the ones that have sold for prices far beyond what I'd be willing to pay have questionable authenticity. It's a great set though and brings me back to my early days in the hobby.

Thanks for the input!

I find it interesting that Ernie Camacho is on most of the want lists I see for this set. He has an educational foundation he uses to host clinics and provide scholarships in the Salinas area, has anyone ever tried contacting him there and/or inquiring about him signing for a donation?

Derek,

I got Ernie Camacho through that very same foundation, with a donation of course.

Andy

I had a few returns in January.

Pete O'Brien
Mike Loynd
Tim Conroy

405/792

Group on the auction page. Just passing it on.

I've gotten some more successes the last couple of months:

Gene Walter
Buddy Bell
Mickey Hatcher
Dennis Powell

409/792

Update

787/792 99% - Base
124/132 94% - Traded

911/924 99% - Overall

Down to last few baddies. Always paying top dollar for the ones I don't have.

#138 Roy Lee Jackson
#202 Ricky Wright
#395 Damaso Garcia
#665 Rod Scurry
#775 Joaquin Andujar

#15T Ivan Calderon
#18T John Cangelosi
#30T Mike Dunne
#44T Brad Havens
#83T Jeff Musselman
#95T Tony Pena
#126T Alan Wiggins
#128T Frank Williams

Just curious, does Ricky Wright sign other years cards?

Ricky Wright is a tough signer regardless, but I've seen a signed 1983 Fleer and signed 1986 Topps on eBay.

His signed 1983 Fleer is listed at $199.95, and his 1986 Topps is $499.95. So, if you collect either of those sets, you're in luck.

Recent returns:

Bobby Valentine, Rangers Leaders

John Felske

Pete Incaviglia - Mail Order Private Signing

412/792

I went to Globe Life Park today for the White Sox and Rangers. I was able to get Daryl Boston, the first base coach for the White Sox, pregame.

413/792

I had a June 27 return from Don Aase, which was beautifully signed. I also had a June 28 return from Dann Bilardello, which was badly smudged, but a success is a success.

415/792

I have no idea when I sent this out. I forgot that I did, but today I received a return from Thad Bosley.

416/792

Did you write Mr. Bosley at the Stevens Creek address or is there a better one?

Thanks.

(And thanks for the PM answering my question).

Recent Returns:

Dan Pasqua
Barry Jones
Juan Nieves
John Cangelosi
Gene Nelson

The Cangelosi was from a drop off I did for a signing. The other four are TTM returns.

421/792

Net54 and its members have been great to me, even helping me get some autographs or cards I needed for free. This is from folks who didn’t even know me. Thanks for being such a great group. Small payback: if one of you can use this for you 87 Topps autographed set, it’s yours. First to say, “I’ll take it” gets it. Just post that, PM me your address, and give me a couple days to put it in the mail.

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If anyone is looking to sell their duplicate auto's, I am paying $1.10 each. I just started my set about a year ago so have many holes.

I had a return from Brett Butler last month.

422/792

If anyone has a dupe Dave Henderson, Roger Clemens All Star, RS Team Leaders or Tom Seaver that they would want to sell please let me know. Last few I need for my Red Sox Team Set.

I got back Ron Hassey and Ruppert Jones, both from submissions to PastPros.

424/792

1987 Topps Mattingly AS
 

Hi everyone,

If anyone is interested in a Mattingly AS, I have one for sale in BST. Sharp card and auto that was acquired 2 years ago TTM to Marlins Spring Spring Training.

Also, a nice Canseco (BAS)

Andy

I had a return from Chili Davis within the past month or two.

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Those recent returns from Chili all appear to be ghost signed.

I recently got two Chili Davis back in the mail and they were so horrible I threw them out. Cards were badly damaged and autos were atrocious.


Andy

How do people know the Chili Davis returns aren't legitimate?

Also, I'm seeing recent returns for George Brett recently. Here's somebody who stopped doing shows, doesn't seem overly nice about signings. Sometimes Atommic Sports has a signing with him and it's pricy.

What are the chances his returns are authentic?

With Chili, it's basically the same way people determine if a Mickey Mantle or Jackie Robinson autograph his legitimate. The autographs people were receiving looked nothing like what his autograph is known to look like. Couple that with the fact that he is not a very accommodating signer when you ask him in person and it makes complete sense for him to employ a ghost signer.

I saw a couple returns on Brett myself and I am extremely skeptical. He is still doing signings with Tom Orr as well and his pricing starts at $110 for cards. As you mentioned, he's a pretty tough signer, and none of the alleged successes I saw had posted a picture of the item they received. I guess I could be wrong but for now I don't believe for a second that Brett is legitimately signing his mail.

I believe they got it backwards and many of the returns from 2016-2018 where ghost signed and the recent 2019 and later returns were authentic. If you can post a pic I can tell you which batch it’s from. It’s pretty easy to tell. If the return was c/o of the ball club I’d bet it’s good. I think a family is the ghost signer.


Edit to add a reference:

Top row is authentic. Bottom row is ghost signed.


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FWIW, the returns I saw over the last month or so all looked like the bottom row, regardless of where they were sent. I do remember at least one request that specifically noted it was sent c/o the Mets with the ghost signed signature. I don't recall however if it was returned during the season or after he'd returned home in October.

I got an 87 Topps Brett signed in Spring Training in West Palm Beach. I sat next to Craig Sager's wife and Brett chatted with us for several minutes. He even called over Frank White and Jorge Orta to sign for me. Later on a group of autograph seekers (including myself) approached Bo Jackson and we received a response that rhymes with "Duck Stew". I shed no tears when he got hurt...

Vince Coleman can now be added through PastPros!!

If anyone is looking for an 87 Topps Mattingly AS, I have one listed on the BST. It was a great return from Spring Training last year!

CARD HAS BEEN GIVEN AWAY!!

Just received Henry Cotto autograph via TTM. This was a two or three year wait. Card is mint, auto is fantastic.

Free to a good home, just email me at Andysargent1@hotmail.com

Cheers.