Hi,

I've been away for a while, but wanted to share my successes as I recently sent out my first batch of requests for 2011 (pretty late, I know!).

I've had my first success today, from a tried and true TTM superstar:

Henri Richard -13 days
905-4300 Place Des Cageaux, Laval, QC H7W 4Z3

4/2





To view some of my past successes, please go HERE and HERE.

Sent the 8X10 and a card, he added the extra Stanley Cup items.

Very nice!

Congratulations and it's good to see you back
on our boards.

Collect Hard!,
RGBII

Congrats on the success! Look forward to seeing more! Keep sending em out!

Justin

Nice return from the pocket rocket and welcome back!

Welcome back to the wonderful world of ttm! Good luck!

Thanks for the warm welcome back!

I got my second success today:

Phil Goyette - 15 days

815 38th avenue, Lachine, QC H8T 2C4

Signed 3 and added a 4th

Harry Howell - 27days

401-49 Robinson St. Hamilton, ON L8P 1Y7

Signed 2 of 2

I also has a couple of recent In Person successes. A buddy and I did a road trip to catch the Red Wings and Blackhawks season ending home and home series. While at the game in Detroit on April 8, Ted lindsay was on the concourse signing his book:

Then the next day, while waiting for pizza in Chicago, just outside of Giordano's on Rush Street, we bumped into none other than Mr.T:



(I only had a Hawks pocket Schedule on me that I had picked up earlier in the day.)

Thats awesome! Looks like you had a good time!

Awesome successes! Mr. T! How does it get better than that!

Justin

I pity the fool that isn't impressed by Mr. T!

To top it off, I finally was in attendance for a Wings win, my first in 30 years! Their win in Chicago was the first time in about a dozen Wings games that I've attended where it finally happened. It's been frustrating, especially considering that my first Wings game was circa 1980 when Gretzky and the Oilers came to the Joe Louis Arena.

Congrats on your recent successes!

Nice additions, although Terrible Ted just isn't the same wearing the Hawks sweater...

It was for my friend who has the Blackhawk Flu. Unfortunately, its a terminal case for him.

Travis Zajac - 18 days

1016 Smith Manor Blvd., West Orange, NJ 07052-4227

Signed 2 of 3 (third card not returned)

very nice return! Congrats!

Justin

A couple more returns today:

First one, I sent off Lord knows when:

Alex Auld

c/o Montreal Canadiens

3 of 3

2nd return:

Mike Gartner - 5 days

c/o National Training Rink
650 Edward Avenue
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 0S1

Signed 3 of 3

very nice Goalie return! I'm not much of a hockey fan but I think Goalie would be my favorite position! Nice autos all around! Congrats on the returns!

Justin

Thanks Justin

Lucky Friday the 13th!

Wendel Clark - 35 days

70 Interchange Way
Vaughn, ON L4K 5C3

signed 3 of 3

very cool! glad to see people getting some returns!

Justin

Well, good news and bad. Received the following yesterday:

Failure

Gilbert Perreault - 12 days

4 de la Serenite
Victoriaville, Qc G6P 6S2

signed 0 of 2

...and now the Good from today!

Mike Illitch - 39 days

23670 Woodlynne Dr.
Bingham Farms, MI 48025

signed 1 of 1

BTW, the Ilitch came back with the following return address on the envelope:

2211 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201

Failures stink but what can you do! You gonna resend with $$$? Congrats on the success!

Justin

Nice success. Is $10 reasonable for Perreault? Just asking because I really don't know.....

I have a hard time paying for an autograph through the mail. I can rationalize it if it's in person, but can't really do it TTM.

I've seen him sign for about $20-$25 at some shows, so if you want to add it to your collection, I guess TTM would be a lot cheaper. Again, my problem is that I can't rationalize paying for a TTM autograph.

Looking on eBay, there is a listing for the same two cards that I sent in, signed, for under $20. For the most part, they're listing for about $15 there, but there is one as low as $5.

That Illitch is sweet, congrats!

Thank you sir! It was my second attempt, so happy to see it. Another Red Wing HOFer in the collection!

Another arrival today:

Dan Bylsma - 15 days

c/o Pittsburgh Penguins

2 of 2 signed

Those cards look REALLY nice signed.

I love it when they sign with silver sharpies! Congrats on the success!

Justin

Thanks guys. I hate when they try to sign it in blue or black on the front. I'm happy to just have them sign the back of the card, but love when they come through with the silver like this.

John A Ziegler Jr. - 25 days

71 South River Rd
Stuart FL 34996

2 of 2 signed

Well, finally starting to get some mail.

I did get a return from Keith Tkachuk this summer we he signed 4 cards for me. (sorry, scanner is on the fritz)

Not sure when or where I sent it, though.

Teemu Selanne- 200 days

31731 Madre Selva Lane
Coto De Caza, CA
92679-3613

6 of 6 signed

Bobby Hull - 159 days

c/o Chicago Black Hawks

3 of 3 signed

The three cards were from the 91 Ultimates hockey set:

card 89, which was previously signed by Ron Ellis
card 5, and
card 91, which was previously signed by Gump Worsley

I am down to needing 1 card for this set to be completely autographed (Keith McCreary)!!

Keith Aulie - 208 days

c/o Toronto Maple Leafs

1 of 1 signed

Nice stuff, some real greats of the game in there. Congrats!

Congrats on the successes!

Justin

Here is the scan:

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Like those scans, good to see you getting some returns.

yeah what he said! Those are some very solid returns!

Justin

Mailbox has been dry. Only thing in it is cobwebs.

On the plus side, my wife hooked me up with a Living Social deal this past weekend. It was for VIP access to the Legends Classic game (part of the HHOF weekend) and exclusive after-party. For those who don't know, the Legends Classic is the basically the Oldtimers game where the inductees are presented with their HHOF blazers and then later come out and join the others on the ice.

Anyway, it started with meeting 60 goal man Dennis Maruk during the intermission.


By gregorium at 2011-11-16