TTM success thread

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman

At some point I'm definitely going to have to move over to cards (baseball or index) for autographs, instead of ROMLBs. Gets spendy!

See, I'm thinking I have to move from index to baseball cards because most of the younger players refuse to sign them-- orders from agents and MLB. Dumb. Index cards mat and frame so beautifully with a picture.

[chaddurbin]

i get my list on sportscollectors.net, and i usually aim for the high % success guys also. euro hockey players are tough, when they're done they usually go back to europe.

latest successes are roenick, andreychuk, yashin, zhitnik, and will the thrill. i stick to cards i still have as a kid to send in.

[kmac32]

Hey Cubsfan-budman
What do you think of these?

[scooter729]

I hadn't done any TTM's for the past couple of years, but seeing this thread made me fire off a couple about two weeks ago. I already got back HOFers Wade Boggs (2 signed rookie cards, included $5 each for his charity) and Al Kaline (card for $5 also), along with a couple of others.

It's nice to get back in the TTM game - it sure makes the mailman's visit more interesting!

[cubsfan-budman]

Ken - when you have a bunch of signed baseballs just sitting in a bucket, you might have too many

I love coming home from work and seeing those fat envelopes sitting in the mailbox!

[kmac32]

Have duplicates of Sandberg, Lee Smith, Buck O'Neil, bunches of balls from Spring training, and Cubs fantasy camp. On a first name basis with Jenkins and Smith. And Hundley. Many of the balls in the barrel have names I have forgotten. LOL

[scmavl]

Andre Dawson has the signature of a gentleman. I need to send him something to sign. Very impressive.

I've only done three TTMs but have a 100% success rate so far:

Carl Erskine


Russ Kemmerer


And Steve Garvey, who signed two of his RC for me (Carl and Russ were just replies to letters).

[HRBAKER]

For the past several years I have bought these "cards" in small groups and sent them off ttm for autos. I am up to 115 different and have a few dupes that I wold trade for others that I need. Here is a half dozen or so that I have gotten back in the last couple of months:

[cubsfan-budman]

Very cool stuff, thanks for sharing!

I have a few out right now that I have my fingers crossed for: Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Mark Grace.

I have Josh Hamilton out as well, but apparently he signs everything in December, after the season, so I don't imagine I'll have that one back until next year.

[cubsfan-budman]

Just a quick update, I got back Billy Williams, Bob Uecker, Red Schoendienst and Wade Boggs.

Unfortunately, also had my first failure, as Ernie Banks sent mine back to me RTS!

Was really looking forward to that one!