I started sending through the mail auto requests back in 2015. I still remember the day I was preparing to send to Wayne Gretzky. I was told by a knowledgeable collector to only send one card per envelope. So, upon hearing this change I had to reopen the envelope already addressed to Wayne and remove a few extra cards. So, I sent this card to Wayne as I was working on the 1998-99 MVP set in trying to get them all autographed and I knew it was a huge task as Wayne himself had 4 cards in that set numbers 132, 218, 219 & 220.
The card that I sent to Wayne was this one checklist card # 220. I sent it and when I got it back around two weeks later I had my Wife send in another which was card # 132 pictured below. I still need the other two cards autographed but it appears that I sent the other two out at different times and still nothing back. I will try some other time when maybe I feel he may sign.
This is the 1998-99 Upper Deck MVP card # 132 of Wayne, one other interesting note when I sent the letter to Wayne I put NO AUTO PEN, PLEASE. As you can see it did work.
When I saw this card, I said who is this?? So, I thought at first it must be one of those Fans of the Game card, but it turns out to be a benchwarmer card. She sure does have a nice looking auto. My goal is to try and get every Bruins player who ever wore a Bruins jersey on a card, so I made an exception for adding this card.
I have some larger cards of Patrice Bergeron that I want to show. This one is the 2013-14 Upper Deck. These cards were inserted into the tins as toppers. This one shows Bergie giving the fans a high five.
This one is the 2008-09 Upper Deck large card of Bergie.
Today's last card of this post is the 2006-07 Be a Player portraits autographed card. These are 8 X 10. The only drawback is the autograph is a band-aid but hey there are not as many certified Bergeron autograph cards, so I was glad I got this one.
Be sure to leave a comment and I will be thinking of my what cards to show and discuss in my next post. Until then enjoy the rest of Summer and Happy Collecting!!!
Wow. Very surprised Gretzky signs through the mail. That Benchwarmers card is cool. Tried to see if there was a model wearing a Sharks jersey, but came up short.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was on a autograph site I saw that Gretzky when he signed they were auto penned and when I put no auto pen he obliged by signing. There were others that tried my method and were successful as well. As for other teams having models I thought I saw others. I will research.
ReplyDeleteIt seems sad that "No Auto Pen" has become a reasonable request. Good thing players are willing to oblige!
ReplyDeleteI think players that enjoy signing usually do oblige but the ones who don't seem to be upset by signing for a fan. I always wondered why that could be. Could it be from that player having a short career or something that happened either with a team or a fan. Probably will never know.
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