Again, saw some nice Pacer autographs on ebay that I was able to purchase for reasonable prices. The Granger is from 09-10 Absolute serial numbered to 49, the Collison from 10-11 Gold Standard serial numbered to 299, and the George is from 10-11 Classics numbered out of 499. Excited to add these three to my… Read More Pickups of the Week: Absolute, Gold Standard, and Classics
Received two cards back yesterday signed from Chris Paul in a little over a month. This is one of my favorite successes to date. What was neat about this return was that about a week ago, Chris Paul tweeted that he was working on returning his fan mail/autograph requests, even posting a picture. Pretty cool… Read More TTM Thursday: Chris Paul Return
Received a Upper Deck Generations card signed by former Indiana Pacer and basketball commentator, Clark Kellogg. This was from a handful of requests I sent out back on 7/27. Probably my all-time favorite success to date. Not only did Mr. Kellogg return a card signed, but he also included a nice response to my letter.… Read More TTM Thursday: Clark Kellogg Return
Requests that I am sending out tomorrow, August 20th: Jerry West, 14-time NBA All-Star, 1968-69 NBA Finals MVP (only to ever win award on losing squad), 1972 NBA Champion, 15th on NBA All-Time Points list Gail Goodrich, 5-time NBA All-Star, 1973-74 All-NBA 1st team, 1972 NBA Champion Although I’ve yet to get a signed return on… Read More Outgoing TTM Requests, August 20th
Today I will share probably my all-time favorite TTM autograph success, a return from arguably the greatest coach in basketball history, John Wooden. Wooden coached UCLA to 10 national championships, including a string of 7 consecutive from 1967-1973 . He also won a championship with Purdue as a player in 1932. He was inducted to the Basketball… Read More TTM Tuesday: Favorite Returns, John Wooden
The Set: 2010-11 Panini Classics 18 packs per box, 8 cards per pack Base set contains 100 base cards, 40 Legends, 40 Autographed rookies Our Break: Complete set of 100 base cards plus 30 duplicates Legends /999 (2): Michael Finley, Chris Webber Silver /250 (1): Jeff Green Classic Moments (1): Rajon Rondo Classic Combos (1):… Read More Wednesday Wax: 2010-11 Panini Classics
For this TTM Tuesday I will highlight another of my favorite returns, one that went straight to my personal collection, an autograph received from one of my favorite Indiana Pacers, Derrick McKey. McKey was a member of the 1987-88 All-Rookie team and was named to the NBA All-Defensive 2nd team twice. He spent the majority… Read More TTM Tuesday: Favorite Returns, Derrick McKey
Requests that I am sending out today, August 9th: Chris Paul, 4 time NBA All-Star, Rookie of the Year 2006, All-NBA First Team 2008 Lamar Odom, 2 time NBA Champion in 2009 and 2010 with Lakers To Chris Paul I sent a 09-10 Upper Deck Masterpieces insert. Hoping this along with the Topps Murad Odom will… Read More TTM Tuesday: Outgoing Requests August 9th
Received my first autograph success from the small batch of requests I sent out last week. The first return was Kenny Anderson, received back in 8 days. Nice autograph signed with a black sharpie. Great addition to my Indiana Pacers autograph collection! Hoping his transition to coaching, as you can read about here, works out… Read More TTM Thursday: Kenny Anderson Return
This week I will highlight a favorite return of mine from shooting guard Eric Gordon, received back in early 2008 in about two weeks through Indiana University. It’s always fun to speculate on which college players will become stars in the pros, and college players are often better signers through the mail than current NBA players. … Read More TTM Tuesday: Favorite Returns, Eric Gordon
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