Awesome adds! I wish I could get Espy for free. I need him for my 500 goals signed puck collection. Not sure if he signs ttm though.

Good luck!

Mike

Unfortunatley I have to pay for his....$40 at the Mounted Memories Convention

Here is an update after a few days of no updates. I knew off the bat this one would be crowded and if it was up to me I would have been there at noon for the 6pm signing. It was for Bears Superstar Matt Forte. I arrived there at around 3:30 and was #101 in line when they counted them off. They cut the line at 500 people and sent at least a couple hundred home. Keep in mind that maybe a third of this line was outside in 45 degree rainy cold wet weather. Luckily I was inside!

My dad was supposed to meet me there and he was going to get my Bears Vinyl signed and I was going to get the large 18x24 poster print. However my Dad got called into work so it was just me.

I had a post-it note on the photo hoping for an inscription (didn't expect it) however when I got up to the table the jerk of a guy who worked for the Bears yanked my post-it note off the photo and said he didn't have time for it. I understood I couldn't get it but that was not the way to go about it. When that happened Matt was also signing the photo so I had to be quick to get a pic and the end result you will see below, a headless Matt Forte! Doh!

Not sure what my next update will be. There is Denis Savard tomorrow but I don't think I am going and then there is 4 guys from the '85 Bears team on Saturday but I haven't decided on that one either since it is not free.

The picture doesn't do the signature justice. While is is slop of an autograph the silver paint really shines from the print. Still debating if I should have used black however. Oh well.

Awesome update!

Looks great.

Mike

I think its a nice auto! Congrats!

Justin

Tonight's update is a perfect one to follow up yesterday's huge shellacking by the Monsters of the Midway Bears against Lions. One if the star's from yesterday's game was Charles Tillman who did an amazing job at containing Megatron.

I had a feeling the line would be heavy so I got there around 3:30 for a 6pm signing. It was at a Walgreens. Next door was a Jewel grocery store and there was Johnny Knox and Earl Bennett. They were hosting a coat drive. If you brought a coat you got to meet them. Believe it or not I didn't have anything for them to sign and I wasn't really up for going out and getting something so I decided not to do that one and just stick with Tillman. I ended up being 10th or so in line.

Once the signing started I went up there and thanked him for donating the tickets that I won in the Make A Wish Foundation raffle. He said no problem and signed my item. They were moving the line very quick do to about 300 or so people. I had a buddy with me who got my board signed as well.

Two Tillman autos the day after a huge divisional win in which he had a pick 6 is a good day I would say!

Before I post the pics I should say that in the next few days I should have some good updates. Mikel Leshoure on friday and then the Mounted Memories Convention on Saturday and Sunday. I can't wait to get Barry Sanders!

Oh yeah, and my wife is going to a Ladies Night Football 101 tomorrow at Soldier Field! 10 people signing, Roy Williams, Okoye, Merriweather, Conte, Thayer... can't wait to see what she comes home with lol I gave her instructions!






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Great sig. That poster is awesome.

Just got an update from the wifey at LADIES NIGHT at soldier field where she said there are tons of guys there.... this might not turn out well. Odds are she gets pushed to the back... she is a she timid type. grrrrr.

I told her to complain because this was clearly advertised as women only.

Just got off the phone with my wife. She called with good news and bad news. Good news is she is having a great time and said she got tons of autographs and got a private meet and greet with Tom Thayer!!

Bad news is she said Gabe Carimi was rude to her and signed my vinyl in black when she asked for blue. Now he is the only black one on there. I guess I will have to start trying to even it out some with more black

Also I cancelled my ticket to meet Floyd Mayweather. I'd rather get 2 autos from Devin Hester for the same price. Thanks mom!!!

Ok so this is the mother load of updates. It will more than likely spill into at least 3-4 post due to the amount of pictures.

Last night the Bears ran an event called Football 101. It is an event for women to get to know the sport and the players a little better and it is held at Soldier Field. First you get there, have some adult beverages eat some food and then they start the autographs. After that you take a tour of the locker room followed by a film session where the players breakdown the plays and explain why the did what they did and when they did it.

The players on hand this year were scheduled to be Henry Melton, Brandon Meriweather, Roy Williams, Amobi Okoye and the entire Bears rookie class which is over 12 people or so.

Roy Williams was a no show so basically the only people I did not get were Melton and Okoye which is fine I am happy with the amount that I did get! Tom Thayer from the '85 Bears was one of the host. He was not scheduled to sign but when my wife showed the security guard the program I gave her to get signed with alll the other autos they brought he back to where Thayer was eating and she got a personal private meet and greet with him and her friends.

I will update this thread another time with the pictures of the players and the event. I have not received them yet from my wife friend that she went with.

The first pic is what I went through for well over an hour trying to find all the new autos and make out who they were. There were some players who signed it who were not listed on the program as scheduled to be there and considering they are mostly rookies that made it quite hard. Lastly, Carimi signed it in black and is the only player, luckily it is a lighter black and you don't really even notice.

The players are: Stephen Paea, Ricky Henry, Nathan Enderle, Mario Addison, Kyle Adams, JT Thomas, Jordan Miller, Jabara Williams, Gabe Carimi, Draylen Ross, Dom Decicco, Dane Sazenbacher, Chris Conte, Brandon Meriweather, Armando Allen, Anthony Walters, and Andre Smith.

Today will be the first day in what should be at least 3-4 consecutive days. Tomorrow I am aiming for Mikel Leshoure. Tonight I went to a Barnes and Noble bookstore by my house where Stan Mikita was signing copies of his new book.

Since Stan announced that he had cancer he has not done any signings or public appearances that were not directly Blackhawk related or related to this book. You use to see him around every other month or so.

Anyway it wasn't a bad deal for one of the best hockey players ever to play the game. Buy the book get it signed for free. The book only cost $26 and as you can see it is a quality book.

I will get around to uploading the pictures of the players from my previous post sometime soon. There was a lot to go through.

Awesome successes. I do like how the Bears are active with their fan base. That is something The Jets need to learn from, I think.

Mike

Rex prefers to take the opposite approach eh? LOL

Here is tonight's update as promised. Lions Rookie Mikel Leshoure who is a local kid. I'll be darned if I am going to have any Lions stuff in my house so I picked up 2 8x10's and 1 11x14.

He arrived a little late but was very nice. I told him I was looking forward to seeing him on the field except when they are playing the Bears. He laughed and said the Lions owe the Bears one from last week but that he thought the Bears were playing great. I made sure to remind him that the beating the Lions got was payback from the Monday Night Game earlier in the year which he laughed.

Tomorrow I will be at the Mounted Memories convention so I should have some updates from that.

I took 213 pictures today at the Mounted Memories Convention, I am just going to post all the updates at once either tomorrow or Monday.

But so far I have gotten autographs from:

Barry Sanders
Ted Lindsay
Toni Kukoc
Eric Nesterenko

Brother...you are hard core and I love it. Even if it is Bears stuff....

Waiting to see Sanzy in some Bears stuff, yet it will cause me great pain to own it...