Last weekend I went to the Greater Boston Sports Card Show in Wilmington, MA. It was a massive card show that filled up a gymnasium type hall. I had to go to this card show because i am doing a consumer behavior project and I chose card collecting, so i have to interview fellow collectors.
Anyway, by awesome timing, i went the same day Carl Yastrzemski was doing an autograph signing, so i got to meet him....
Over the summer, as you know, i bought a lot of autographs over the summer. One of my potential buys was a Carl Yastrzemski baseball....for $129.00. Now that's just a little too much...even for me. So when he released his price list for this signing, i was disappointed to see $100.00 next to 8x10's and Baseballs, and a whopping $50.00 for baseball cards. I'm sorry, but i just can't spend that much for a autographed card. But then i realized that i bought something over the summer that is aching for a Yaz autograph....
What it is, is a 8 1/2 x 11 puzzle that is completed by 63 puzzle pieces that come in groups of three pieces in 21 different cards. Well i had an amazing idea to put the puzzle pieces that i wanted autographed (the pieces that make up his white shoulder) and put it back into the cut out of the card. So therefore, i get a unique $100.00 item autographed for the price of $50.00. Genius.
So i present the card to Yaz and he puts a marvelous autograph on it....
Thanks Yaz!!
Also, Frank Robinson was there, but i definitely didn't have enough money to get his autograph.
He seemed very nice, as he was joking and playing with the little girl in the picture.Well, after getting the Yaz autograph, we (Geoff, Ash, and I) started walking around the card show and we were overwhelmed with amazing pieces of memorabilia. Especially this...
It was an amazing site, and if you can't tell...it is a 6 foot by 12 foot wall of autographed baseballs.....um.....WOW!
Well in closing of my random blog, i would like to say that i will hopefully start updating more often, especially on this blog, because i have a lot of catching up to do!
P.S. I am sending out an autograph request for the great Red Sox HOFer Dom DiMaggio sometime this week, so i will keep you posted on the outcome.
Happy Hunting everyone!
Greg
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