Next week, I'll have a 2025 year in review and talk about my 2026 collecting resolutions. Do you have any of your own? Email them to me at DFWGrapher@gmail.com and I'll mention yours as well. TTM Successes Note to self: don't skip on an article during a hot streak or you'll get writer's cramp. Two more double-digit weeks-- 27 total successes in this article-- and I hit my … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: The End of Year Autograph Bonanza Continues
TTM This Week: Greg Biffle Autograph Return Arrived Week Before Crash
I had put this column into draft on Wednesday and on Thursday afternoon, learned of the awful plane crash that killed former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family. It was just a couple of weeks ago that I sent these cards to him along with the usual envelope with return postage. They came back to me just days before he was killed in the crash at Statesville Airport in North … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: Greg Biffle Autograph Return Arrived Week Before Crash
TTM This Week: Autographed Card Returns from Every Sport
It's fun cleaning up a bit at the end of the year. I mailed out 99 requests in November and already dropped 40 into the outbox in December with a goal of writing 71 more. I'm going to try to get at least half of those written this week. Meanwhile, many that I sent out recently have arrived back quickly-- including the 15 below, and seven arrivals for next week's column! TTM … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: Autographed Card Returns from Every Sport
TTM This Week: Whole Lotta Hockey (and Football); Grapher Gift Guide
TTMCast Preview Finishing off Season #7 of TTMCast, Drew and Arron talk holiday gifts for the grapher in your life, forget where Jared Goff plays, and welcome a new sponsor aboard. Plus they recap all the usual info of upcoming shows, signings, and product releases. You can listen to this month's episode here. Also coming soon, check out our newly revamped website at … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: Whole Lotta Hockey (and Football); Grapher Gift Guide
TTM This Week: Bodines, a Baseball Great and Favorite Topps Junk Sets for Autographs
TTM Successes If you write them, they will come... So since there's nine successes this week, let's keep the write-ups short (mostly). Lincoln Kennedy I had hoped my Cleveland Browns would get Kennedy or Willie Roaf in the 1993 NFL Draft, but both were gone, so they traded down and got a solid center instead. Kennedy played 11 years for the Raiders and Falcons … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: Bodines, a Baseball Great and Favorite Topps Junk Sets for Autographs
TTM This Week: Weatherman, Hac-Man and Upper Deck Favorites
TTM Successes Pete Delkus People of North Texas know Pete Delkus as the best weatherman in the state (with apologies to my friend John Cameron)-- a winner of 20 Emmy Awards a well as being a four-time winner of AP's "Best Weathercast" category for Texas. But before getting into weather, Delkus pitched in the Twins' organization from 1987-1991 before an arm injury cut his … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: Weatherman, Hac-Man and Upper Deck Favorites
TTM This Week: Mailing More and Some Donruss Favorites
TTM Successes Just one autograph return in this week's inbox. Fortunately I did mail out 25 requests last week and have the cannon loaded up for as many as 33 more this week and next, so hopefully more will be on the way soon. While I've mailed fewer this year than I had planned, the success rate has been good: I mailed 90 through the end of October and the only ones that … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: Mailing More and Some Donruss Favorites
TTM This Week: One of the Nasty Boys, and Saluting Score
TTMCast This Month Wisconsin collector Wade Bute stops by to talk about his collection and some big TTM hits this year, plus Belinda Wheeler, the brains and hands behind our new sponsor WannaShuffle? joins to give an update about the growth of her trading group and some of the items that have come through this month. Drew promotes his new SigSpot cards. And as usual, Drew and … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: One of the Nasty Boys, and Saluting Score
TTM This Week: Long Wait for a Hockey Lifer, and an Ode to Fleer
TTM Successes Ted Hampson A true hockey lifer, Hampson played for seven teams in the NHL plus one in the WHA from 1959 to 1976. Following that, he was the GM, coach, and a player for the Central League's Oklahoma City Blazers through 1981. While most would be happy enough to kick up their feet and relax at the age of 45 after a career like that, Hampson instead became … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: Long Wait for a Hockey Lifer, and an Ode to Fleer
TTM This Week: All-Stars, a Fiery Coach and Former Players in the Booth
TTM Successes Sam McDowell McDowell has always been a favorite of ours on TTMCast: Jeff interviewed him on the show back in 2022, I mailed him a few years ago for my 1972 Topps set, and I mentioned him a while back about where his fees go. So when I came across this nice 1969 Topps card that I had forgotten that my friend Chris gave me, I figured I should mail it off. In … [Read more...] about TTM This Week: All-Stars, a Fiery Coach and Former Players in the Booth