Sports Illustrated?

[Topps206]

For some reason, it seems there aren't too many summer signings, certainly not within three hours of me. So, my girlfriend and I went to the GTSM Show Friday in Covington, Ky. and saw Terry Hanratty. Hanratty signed both of his covers - Nov. 7, 1966 and Sept. 11, 1967.

My girlfriend thought he should sign in gold, but the table didn't have gold. So, I asked people working the show by his table if I should go blue or silver and people went with blue. I was slightly bummed at first about the streaks in the 1966 cover, but it's grown on me. I'm happy with both.

I cannot emphasize enough how bummed I am that I didn't start collecting SIs full time until 2019. I'm now at 10 in person signed covers from the 1960s - most of the covers in my collection are from the 1970s and 1980s. Many pre-1970s cover subjects are no longer with us, so I'm seriously eyeing some additonal 1960s covers in the coming months.