on deck autographs to be scanned soon

Joba Chamberlain
Mariano Rivera
Paul Oneill (signed jersey number)
Daryl "Moose" Johnston (signed cowboys mini helmet)
Bud Selig


And many more!!!

Been busy but lets get to the goods

Sorry for the group scans but its taking some time catching up. Here we have

John Travolta
Terrell Owens
Lawrence Taylor
Joe Morgan
John Densmore
Jake Lamotta
Nate Archibald

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Then we have

Slash
Robert Deniro
Steve Young
Don Zimmer
John Madden

She's alright, she's alright .......

So maybe 2-3 weeks ago I heard about a great guitarist playing sort of in my area, so I decided after seeing a few people sending to various venues and getting successes I would give it a shot. Deep down inside I figured it would get lost or better yet smoked by a roadie or something to that effect.

Well today I open the mail and seen I got a return, sweet. As I am walking back to the house I notice the envelope feels empty in fact I can tell it is not what I sent out to who ever this is from. Was this a case of a angry ball player or celebrity just sending back a empty envelope? Nope, its a guitar pick from a living legend Eric Clapton!!!!

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Words can not describe what a great sucsess this is. I went from thinking great I made someone angry to holy CRAP in 0.3 seconds flat!

How to send a baseball to a player ttm (through the mail)?

Here are a few tips on how to send a baseball to be autographed through the mail in a bubble mailer envelope.

Step #1 pretty much the most important one make sure the player signs baseballs ttm. Some do not and even worse some never come back and you are out $15.00.

Step #2 You will now need the following supplies most you can get at your local office supplies stores for under 1.00 each.

1-#0 Bubble mailer
1- #2 Bubble mailer



















1- OMLB Major league baseball don't use any other balls they are seriously prone to fading and bleeding over time.
















*- Some Bubble wrap to wrap the ball for added protection.

Step #3 On the smaller of the the 2 envelopes #0 put YOUR address

Step #4 On The larger #2 put the player/celebrities address.

Step #5 Wrap the ball in bubble wrap and place in the smaller envelope.

Step #6 Go to your local post office with the small envelope #0 (ball included) inside of the
larger envelope #2 and have them place the proper postage on the outer package.

Step #7 Make sure you buy stamps for the smaller package (the one that has your address on it) the amount of stamps should be exactly what the post office put on the outer envelope. Some post offices wont allow you to pre-print a postage label since its dated. I have a few that don't give me a problem this makes it a lot easier not having to put $2.50+ of stamps on the smaller envelope.

Step #8 Place the #0 in the #2 both should have proper postage/stamps. Seal the #2 with the ball and #0 inside and send away.

Marker/jersey mini helmet FAQ

Q: What is the best markers for autographs on jerseys or mini helmets?

A: I like using paint pens. I used either sharpie oil based paint pens or another favorite to a lot of auto collectors are the decocolor brand. These can both be found at many local craft stores and should be no more than $4.00. each pen

New project time

Working on this so far HOF great Bob Lilly signed this mini helmet. Great return time, I will be sending this out several more times in the next few weeks. I will keep the names a surprise for now =)

Just a thought.

An idea?

As you can imagine I get numerous amounts of emails a day asking for different addresses. While I try to take care of most requests its getting a bit time consuming. Someone emailed me a few days ago saying I should set up some kind of donation structure where you could pay x amount of dollars for x amount of addresses.

Now this sounds good since I have access to a huge database with over 200,000 addresses that updates daily. This would be good for people who maybe only wants 5-10 address but don't want to pay 50$ for a subscription. One option I feel may work is this:

Say you want 5 addresses for ttm autographs, you can make a top 7-8 list of player/celebrties and I can check to see if they have signed ttm in the last 6 months according to the database. After 5 are found you send a paypal donation and I email your list.

So until I get some sort of structure set up this is just an idea to help lighten to load, as always please feel free to email me your ideas, questions, comments or concerns at

knfeprty@yahoo.com

Playball !!!!!!!! pitchers and catchers report

Spring training and various ttm autograph send outs this week. incomplete list

Joba Chamberlain
Phil Hughes
Joe Torre
Jose Tabata
Jorge Posada
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays

Today I sit in the blues!!!

Today got a GREAT return from possibly the best blues guitar players of our time the one and only legend Buddy Guy. I sent Mr Guy a index card and was awesome enough to send me a personalized 8x10. When I started this project I would have never have guessed it would be this fulfilling but it has been 10 fold.

*Random fact: Guy is a showman who influenced how Jimi Hendrix and other musicians entertain on stage. Hendrix sometimes cancelled his own concerts to attend Guy’s club shows, which he filmed or audio taped.

The scan of the 8x10 will be posted later.

If you dont know, school has begun click play to learn.

autograph from the personal collection PanterA style!

Since I have not had any autographs come back lately and people may actually read this crappy blog I may as well post one from the personal collection. This is a in person autograph I got on the night on the ticket. Its from the one and only Dimebag Darrell Abbott of pantera fame. oh what a great night maybe later I will scan the backstage pass. who knows..

Great guy who is deeply missed. Why I got just him to sign this stub is still a mystery to me (fuzzy memories) but this stub is cherished none the less. When I stumbled upon this hidden in a book forgotten all about it made me smile hopefully it does the same for you.

as always click the thumbnail image for full sized and enjoy.




get ya pull.

New Year = Great Returns

Goose Gossage
c/o home 1 sign mini photo

Duke Snider
c/o home signed 1 1958 topps card

Darryl Johnston
C/o home signed index card

Bobby Thomson
C/o Signed index card

Merry Christmas eve mailbag

Bobby Thomson "shot heard around the world"
c/o home sent 2 index cards got both signed

Joe Montana
c/o Home sent index card and he sent a 1983 topps card signed.

mail

I figured since it was the holidays would slow down a bit and wham =)

Don Zimmer
1/1 blank card c/o home

Pete Rose (got a little messed up but still great!)
1/1 signed index card

Funny mail day

Bob Saget
c/o Broadway play in nyc (temp address)

• He was nice enough to refer to a quote from one of his dirty jokes about one of his full house co-stars =) as requested of course =)

Jim Breuer
c/o sirius satellite radio

On a mission from god!

By far my favorite TTM sucsess to date =)

New York state of mind

Bernie Williams
signed all 3 cards c/o home

Mike Richter
Sent 1 index card got 1 UD card signed

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Mail day

Arnold Palmer
C/o Home
Sent index card

• Mr Palmer returned a nice personalized 8x10

Jim Leyritz
C/O home

• Sent photo returned signed after around 3 months

Bob Sheppard "The voice of God"

Robert Leo Sheppard, (born October 12, 1910) has been the public address announcer for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball since 1951, and was for the New York Giants of the National Football League from 1956 to 2006. Since joining the Yankees, he has announced over 4,500 Major League Baseball games, and has worked 22 World Series. The first Yankee lineup Sheppard announced contained 5 future Hall of Famers: Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Johnny Mize, Yogi Berra, and Phil Rizzuto. The Yankees played the Boston Red Sox that day, so Sheppard also introduced Ted Williams and Lou Boudreau, for a total of seven future Hall of Famers.

Sheppard has been honored by having his microphone encased in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. On May 7, 2000, in celebration of his 50th season as the Yankees' PA announcer, the team dedicated a plaque in his honor, to be placed in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium. The plaque calls him "The Voice of Yankee Stadium." Former CBS Evening News anchorman Walter Cronkite served as the public-address announcer during the ceremony.

Yankee Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson once dubbed him "the Voice of God."

Mr Sheppard is still the current P.A. announcer for Yankee Stadium.

Very cool return!

Roger Staubach

c/o home

• sent 2 photos got 1 back signed

sweet return

Bucky Dent
c/o baseball camp

• sent me his own card

John "Mule" Miles
c/o home

• Signed 2 index cards with cool sayings

Bobby Doerr

Bobby Doerr /2
c/o home

• Very nice return signed both cards.

Felt like changing up my outs a bit

I was feeling a bit like I wanted to try a few off the wall autographs so here we go. If you need any of the full addys post in the comments and i will respond there enjoy!

All index cards send outs.
Click on the names for videos

Adam West-Batman

c/o kazarian spencer & assoc. studio city CA

Robert Knievel- The evel one!
c/o home vegas NV

Bob Saget - Full house
c/o home beverly hills CA

BB king - Blues guitarist
c/o booking agent vegas NV

John Densmore - Drummer Doors
c/o home Santa Monica CA

Dan Aykroyd - Actor "The Blues brothers"
c/o applied action research corp. Burbank CA

Bill Goldberg - Wrestler
c/o extreme power gym Oceanside CA

Bob Sheppard - Yankee stadium announcer 50+ years
c/o Home Baldwin NY

• Sent 1 index card got back in 10 days! Very nice
  

Ronnie Lott - NFL
C/o Tracy Toyotta Tracy CA

Pete Rose - MLB
C/o PRIVATE ADDY

Cant wait for 2007 topps sterling! click here to check out the cards

Topps Allen & Ginter Bruce Lee relic

My top 3 game used cards for 2007.
Not my ebay auction.

1. Triple Threads Mantle triple relic, its a tie inside of a sports coat and pajamas. Click Here for a ebay link


2. Allen & Ginter Bruce lee relic - This is a actual peice of one of bruce lee's karate gi's in the card. Very nice card only 250 made. Click Here for a ebay link
   


3. UD Goudey Immortals Babe Ruth Bat Click Here for ebay link
   

Don Larsen return

Sent Mr Larsen a index card to sign and he returned a price list stating he don't sign index cards a long with 2 autographs on very nice pictures. Very cool

No mail today! so..

Check this out.

10+ years later this guy still gets me.

If this is legit (which most where not) then I am kicking myself for not getting in on these. Don West is the man. I love how they hype the McGwire rookies ahhh the good ol days

If any one has 199.00 and a DeLorean feel free to hit me up...

Part1


Part2


Part3

A few I forgot to mention...

Here are a few I have not posted yet, got these over the past few weeks.

Robin Roberts
was sent a blank index card to gt signed got this in return, seems to be a ticket stub from his induction.

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Jim Palmer
Signed and personalized my index card.

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Big Hershall Walker!
Nice signature

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George Kell
Another great Hall of fame legend

Nov 11th send outs mlb nhl nfl

Dave righetti
552 Magdalena ave
Los altos hills ca 94024-5233

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Harmon killebrew

PO box 14550
Scottsdale AZ 85267-4550

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Mario andretti
457 rose inn ave
Nazareth pa 18064

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Wayne Gretzky
C/O Phoenix coyotes

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Mario lemieux
1 chatham place suite 400
pittsburg pa 15219-3447

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bobby hull
6916 lennox place
university park fl 344201-2256

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mike Richter
2016 hilltop rd
flourtown pa 19031-1615

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mike ditka
161 east Chicago ave
Chicago IL 60611-2623

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john elway
c/o Colorado crush

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TTM FAQ V 1.0

What is ttm?
ttm or through the mail is where you send a self addressed stamped envelope to a Celebrity or Sports figure both current and retired with a request for an autograph on you item. Sometimes its a home address or sometimes it's C/O the team they play for.

How do you get these addresses?
All are available to the public on various websites around the net. Most charge for membership. The people who return you item signed do not have a problem with people sending items TTM.

Are these real autographs?
Some are and some are what are called pre-prints where they duplicate a photograph with the person signature already on the item. There is also a machine called a "auto pen" where a person signs their name a few times and then duplicates the signature on to an item looking real but is not. But most everyone you will find here is a legit (except the matsui).

How can I make sure my item is really signed?
There is no tell all way, But chances are if you send a card or ball and you get it back signed its legit. Try going to ebay and look for other certified items the person has sold and see if it matches.

Send outs NOV 9th

All sent out where blank index cards unless noted otherwise.

• Terry Bradshaw

c/o Terry Bradshaw Fan Club

8911 Shady Lane
Shreveport, LA 71118-2231

• Warren Moon

PO Box 22388
Houston, TX 77227-2388

• John Madden

5095 Coronado Boulevard
Pleasanton, CA 94588-8518

• Bernie Williams 1 G/U Card

PO Box 203
Vega Alta, PR 00692-0203

• Roger Clemens

c/o The Roger Clemens Foundation
5535 Memorial

Floor 22
Houston, TX 77007-8021

• Slash

See Below

• Bill Parcells

C/O Home

• Bobby Doerr /2 Cards

C/O Home

• Tony Romo /2 Cards
• C/O Dallas Cowboys
  

soon..

Slash
Tony Iommi
c/o Sanctuary Records Group
45-53 Sinclair Road
London
W14 0NS
UK

YANKEE DAY!!!

My "perfect game" ball =)
Don Larsen Yogi Berra


And a possible pre-print matsui, he did return my cards which is nice.

Big out

I realized I have not been keeping up my outs like I originally planned, so here it is heh.



Duke snider /2 blank index cards Got /1 back signed
3037 Lakemont Drive
Fallbrook, CA 92028-9598

Bucky Dent's Baseball School /2 blank Returned 1 signed card i did not send.

490 Dotterel Road
Delray Beach, FL 33444-3201

Don larsen /2 blank He returned 2 nice autographed pictures and stated on a price list he dont sign index cards....fine by me

797 Oxen Street
Paso Robles, CA 93446-4656

robin roberts /2 blank Mr Roberts sent me a HOF ticket stub signed!! from the day he was inducted!!
504 Terrace Hill Drive
Temple Terrace, FL 33617-3850

wade boggs /2 blank
6006 Windham Place
Tampa, FL 33647-1149

George kell /3 blank All 3 signed very nice
PO Box 70
Swifton, AR 72471-0070

andre dawson /2 blank RTS NO SUCH ADDRESS
10601 South West 74th Avenue
Miami, FL 33156-3829

bob sheppard /1
c/o yankees

johnny podres /2 blank
1 Colonial Court
Queensbury, NY 12804-1912

joe frazier /2 blank charges but I am taken a shot in the dark on this one *returned w price list.
2917 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19132-2402

out

Tony Romo /1 Blank
Yogi Berra /1 omlb with larsen sig already on ball GOT IT BACK!!10/25/07 Very nice

Jim palmer
239 Sanford Avenue
Palm Beach, FL 33480-3619
*singned and personailized my index card.

Burn baby bern

Don Larsen

mr snider =)

whoooaaa moe

I thought this was not going to return sine the season ended so abruptly but boy was i wrong. Thanks Mo =)

out

don larsen 1/ omlb w/ 20$ returned 10/13 signed on ss
bobby doerr /3 pictures w/ silver marker- all 3 back signed

another send out

Duke Snider 1/ omlb w donation got back on 10/11 signed

a few more

The duke of flatbush!

mail call!

Mr John "Mule" Miles

Very nice guy who sent a personal letter =)

mail day

Got 2 back from Mr Tiant \m/

more send outs

Jim Leyritz /1pic 11/29 return
495 Vinegarten Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45255


Rick Gossage /1 mini pic
5 Marland Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80906-4328

Paul O'Neill /2 dark pics + Silver marker
7785 Hartford Hill Lane
Cincinnati, OH 45242
Got both back both one was damaged. one is perfect! paul is the man

Bob Sheppard /1 photo of monument in park came back damaged from envelopes glue, sent index cards with letter
c/o Yankee Stadium
161 Street & River Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451-2192

Steinbrenner, George /1 photo of yankee stadium- got a funny letter from the yankees office saying since they show up on ebay he no longer signs...
c/o Yankee Stadium
161 Street & River Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451-2192

Winfield, Dave /2 photos
2235 Stratford Circle
Los Angeles, CA 90077-1316
Got signed postcard back. they kept the 2 pics =/

Mariano Rivera C/o team sent 99 ws ball got back on 10/10/07 singed thanks mo =)

whooo you got mail #1

Stan "The man" Musial
c/o stan the man inc.














As you can see it stood up to the "light test" to check to see if it was a pre-print. The indentations are signs that its a legit auto.

So far I sent out...

9/8/07

jaque jones Team 9/21 1 signed a&g
joe morgan espn 3/1/08 signed index card
stan musial hof 9/17 sent his own post card very nice
mike schmidt hof
bobby areu /1 team
robinson cano /1 team
mariano rivera /2 team
hideki matsui /3 team sent possible pre-print
phil huges /1 ticket stub team

9/10
luis tiant /2 sent both pics back signed 9/22

9/12
yogi berra /1 home no donation
roy williams /1 team
marion barber /1 team
jason witten /1 team
dick perez /3 home po box
Roger Staubach /2 home
Bob Feller /1 home *returned w/ 10$ request

9/14
Duke snider w/10$ /1 home got back card signed 9/28
John "Mule" Miles /1 w/ hand written thank you letter