Card Collecting and TTM Autographs
Autographs collected both Through the Mail (TTM) and in-person for all sports / celebrities. BraveStarr Cards scores provides a story and a score for each.
TTM Stats Sent: 5/27/17 | Received: 6/8/17 | 11 Days ’87 Topps (2), ’88 Bazooka, ’88 Donruss, ’89 Topps Big Address: Philadelphia Phillies The Story of the Autograph Juan Samuel has always been a good signer. He’s signed anything I’ve ever sent…
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TTM Stats Sent: 4/8/17 | Received: 6/5/17 | 57 Days Sports Illustrated 3/23/15 Address: Charlotte Bobcats The Story of the Autograph I like Frank Kaminsky a lot. He seems kind of goofy and fun-loving. Not that I go out of…
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TTM Stats Sent: 5/27/17 | Received: 6/5/17 | 8 Days Sent pre-signed photo (Returned Sports Illustrated 6/23/14) Address: Coach K’s Duke Basketball Camp The Story of the Autograph I’m not a Dukie or a Duke fan, but there’s no way you can…
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The failures this month are of two Sports Illustrated magazines. Both were somewhat on a wing and a prayer. In fact, I barely had an address for one. I sent the American Pharaoh 6/15/15 cover to Bob Baffert (the horse’s trainer). Unfortunately there…
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TTM Stats Sent: 4/22/17 | Received: 5/4/2017 | 12 Days 1981 Fleer (Returned 2 other cards unsigned) Address: Washington Nationals The Story of the Autograph I’ve sent to Davy a couple times and he is definitely a guy who only…
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Only one unsuccessful return this month, Ryan McDonagh. I’m a little disappointed as a NY Rangers fan, but I think I should have known. I haven’t been successful with that many Rangers to this point. That said, he did return the…
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TTM Stats Sent: 4/8/17 | Received: 4/17/17 | 9 Days Sports Illustrated 4/7/2014 Address: University of Kentucky Basketball The Story of the Autograph I used to love Kentucky basketball, I am not so much of a fan of Calipari though. I’m…
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TTM Stats Sent: 2/2/17 | Received: 3/6/17 | 34 Days Sports Illustrated 5/27/13 Address: Cardinals Spring Training The Story of the Autograph I had this one firmly placed into the “no way” category. I didn’t look up anything about Wainwright signing…
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TTM Stats Sent: 1/30/17 | Received: 2/22/17 | (22 Days) Sports Illustrated 7/22/13 Address: Blue Jays Spring Training The Story of the Autograph This is a great Spring Training signing which is about the only way I really get Blue…
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I came up with a scoring system (just for fun it’s the BraveSTARR Score) for my autographs to have a little more fun with it. Keep in mind it’s completely subjective. It has nothing to do with how I feel about the person providing…
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