TTM Successes- Pat Hentgen

Kind of continuing the facial hair post from yesterday, here are a few TTM autographs of Pat Hentgen. Both cards show him wearing a horseshoe mustache, which certainly pushed the "mustaches only" facial hair policy to the limits. Yeah it's a mustache, but it extended well below the upper lip, which definitely muddied the waters of the rule.

 

Pat is an 86% signer, which is solid for a recent player so I figured it was a safe bet to send him a TTM request. But I sent these two cards to Pat in two different requests. Here's the reason...

I sent this 2001 Topps Limited in October 2009 to an address that people had been having success with for a long time, but shortly after I sent it, people began sending to a different address for Pat. So how did I get it signed? Stick with me and I'll get to that part.

In February 2010, I sent this 2002 Fleer card to Pat's new address. I got the card back in 8 days. It was personalized as I like and I was happy. 

But then, right before Christmas 2010, I got the first card back, also signed and personalized after 441 days. But something wasn't right. Take a second to compare the signatures. They aren't very similar at all. The '02 Fleer is signed Patrick, and after doing some research, I wasn't able to find a single other example of his signature that was signed Patrick. Most of the other examples closely resemble his autograph on the '01 Topps Limited. So it's possible the other address was a different Pat Hentgen, but both addresses are in Michigan only a seven minute drive apart so it seems unlikely. Regardless, I'm pretty sure that Pat didn't sign the '02 Fleer. 

What do you all think? Does anyone else have Pat's signature, maybe an in-person sig, for comparison?

I'm Halfway there!!

Today is a great day for my little blog; it is the day that I was able to push past the 50% mark for my project! I'm sure that the 434 Orioles player autographs I have now were the easy ones, so this next part will be the real challenge. And of course it doesn't help me that the Orioles seem to add 10-15 new players every season, but that's not going to bother me today. It's all downhill from here!!!

I was able to push past the 50% mark with a nice trade with Tom T. who I met through the Yahoo autograph collection group I'm in. If you didn't get a chance to check it out the last time I linked it and you collect autographs, you are missing out. I have come across a few great collectors who have been able to help me and I was able to return the favor more often than not.
So check it out! And thanks again Tom.

Also, I am going to be on vacation for the next week so won't be posting again until Sunday or Monday. I am going on a family trip but will be checking out two Minor League games en route; tonight's Aberdeen Ironbirds vs. Staten Island Yankees game in Aberdeen (with added bonus of a crab feast) and Saturday's Northwest Arkansas Naturals vs Arkansas Travelers game in Springdale, Arkansas(with added bonus of a Vance Wilson bobblehead). I hope to have many pictures and autographs to share when I'm back.

Here are the cards Tom sent me:

Ed Farmer 1977

Pat Hentgen 2001-03

Craig Lefferts 1992


Gary Matthews Jr. 02-03


Derrick May 1999


Bob Molinaro 1979


Matt Nokes 1995


Roy Smith 1991


Ron Washington 1987


Ernie Whitt 1991


Esteban Yan 1996-97

Funny time on the Yan auto, I just got a TTM I sent to him back last week.

Have a nice week everyone, I will be blogging again soon.