TTM Success #43 - Hometown Hero

A couple of weeks ago there was a PWE on the table that I knew was a TTM autograph return.  It has been awhile since I sent anything out, leaving me a little more excited than normal.  I looked at the postmark and couldn't think of who it would be from. 

It turns out that it was not being returned to me from where it was sent.  In the summer I sent a request to Jedd Gyorko, at the St. Louis Cardinals' address.  His offseason residence is still in Morgantown, WV.  I wasn't sure what to expect inside.  Was it one card, or three?

It was one card, a 2017 Topps Heritage card.  The reason I wasn't sure what to expect is that last summer, I sent three Heritage cards (from 2011, 2013 and 2014) to get signed.  My goal is to get the Heritage card from each season signed.  It looks like I will have to send the other years again.  Ah well, it happens with TTM requests. 

I really hope that Gyorko has Heritage cards in 2019 and 2020.  The 1970 and 1971 Topps sets are a couple of my favorties! 

If you shop online and haven't signed up and used ebates yet, you're missing out.  I also use it on eBay to get money back from purchases there.  Between referrals and cash back, I've gotten over $100 in less than a year.  FREE CARDS!  If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow.  Happy collecting!

If you shop online and haven't signed up and used ebates yet, you're missing out.  I also use it on eBay to get money back from purchases there.  Between referrals and cash back, I've gotten over $150 in a year (including $15 back on one Black Friday purchase last week).  FREE CARDS!  If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow.  Happy collecting!

Quick Work Trade

I've been fortunate that I have someone at work to talk cards with.  It truly is amazing, considering that my area of the building is about 80% female.  I don't collect much baseball, but Steven did end up with the card below and I was interested in it.  I guess you'd say I'm an Indians for what it's worth and I'll be hanging on to this one.

2017 Topps Heritage #471 Danny Salazar SP

In return, I gave him the Kyle Seager jersey card that I pulled from Heritage.  He's from Washington and we both are pretty happy with the trade.

Happy collecting!

Show & Tell: 2017 Heritage Hanger Box + A Bonus

I headed to Target after work on Thursday to grab a couple of packs of 2016 Gypsy Queen.  I read about stores having it early and though I went the day AFTER release day, they had none on the shelf.

I decided that since I'd gone out of my way and hadn't opened any packs in a month or so, I'd pick up something.  A Heritage hanger box it was.  Here is the bounty from my excursion.

2017 Topps Heritage #211 Jake Barrett

2017 Topps Heritage #287 Adrian Beltre

2017 Topps Heritage #298 Ichiro

2017 Topps Heritage #234 St. Louis Cardinals TC

2017 Topps Heritage #235 Melvin Upton Jr.

2017 Topps Heritage #23 David Wright

2017 Topps Heritage #387 Mike Moustakas

2017 Topps Heritage #380 Corey Kluber AS

2017 Topps Heritage #360 Tyler Collins

2017 Topps Heritage #179 James Beresford / Alex Wimmers

2017 Topps Heritage #282 Bartolo Colon

2017 Topps Heritage #303 Gio Gonzalez

2017 Topps Heritage #288 Jarrod Dyson

2017 Topps Heritage #29 Adam Plutko / Perci Garner

2017 Topps Heritage #308 Marcus Stroman

2017 Topps Heritage #342 Curtis Granderson

2017 Topps Heritage New Age Performers #NAP19 Gary Sanchez

2017 Topps Heritage #482 Albert Almora SP

2017 Topps Heritage #306 Adam Eaton

2017 Topps Heritage #305 Kansas City Royals TC

2017 Topps Heritage #28 Jorge Soler

2017 Topps Heritage #161 David Freese

2017 Topps Heritage #85 Brett Gardner

2017 Topps Heritage #279 Washington Nationals TC

2017 Topps Heritage #198 Zack Greinke

2017 Topps Heritage #115 Elvis Andrus

2017 Topps Heritage #92 R.A. Dickey

2017 Topps Heritage #82 Leonys Martin

2017 Topps Heritage #96 Gerardo Parra

2017 Topps Heritage #375 Buster Posey AS

2017 Topps Heritage #72 Jonathan Villar

2017 Topps Heritage #207 Chris Tillman

2017 Topps Heritage #142 Byung-Ho Park

2017 Topps Heritage #16 Manny Margot / Hunter Renfroe

2017 Topps Heritage #33 Jhonny Peralta

The outside of the hanger box had a sticker coupon that if you bought it, you also got a free pack of Series 1.  Yes, please!  If you look for these, note that not all of the hanger boxes have the coupon.  Also, the boxes with and without the coupons had different UPC codes.

2017 Topps #268 Anthony Gose

2017 Topps #330 Doug Fister

2017 Topps #100 Nate Jones

When did Topps stop using the round numbers for superstar players?  I've never even heard of Nate Jones.

2017 Topps #52 Neftali Feliz

2017 Topps #8 Jose Berrios

2017 Topps Salute #S64 Ken Griffey Jr.

2017 Topps #272 Pat Neshek

2017 Topps #304 Minnesota Twins TC

2017 Topps #32 Thor And The Dark Knight CC

2017 Topps #73 Kyle Schwarber

2017 Topps #129 Adonis Garcia

Notice the upper right of this card.  If you think that extra chunk might belong to you, let me know.  Thanks, Topps.

2017 Topps #114 Colin Rea

If you see something you need, I am willing to trade.  I'd have pages for the things I collect, so feel free to take a look.  

Happy collecting!