Yvan Cournoyer TTM

A while back after landing a 72-73 Topps Yvan Cournoyer I decided I would write to see if he would sign it for me. Well the results are in and no success. Much like Captain Canuck said, he sends along a different card signed along with your original unsigned. I am certainly not disappointed and am happy a legend would be so kind to sign for a guy like me!

Check out the rest at Dirty Dangle as always.

Ron Francis TTM

After a week of nothing, I received Ron Francis in the mail on Monday. Awesome return in only 32 days. Ron has always been a favourite of mine ( I like the quiet superstars) and he was kind enough to sign both cards I sent!

Here is the 90 OPC Premier card and you can read the rest as always on my Dirty Dangle post!

Peter Stastny TTM

I hope to get around to finishing up my Swap meet posts. In the meantime, here is another TTM return. Super stoked to get this one, he is super under-rated in my books and one of the best centres in NHL history. Imagine what he could have done with the Oilers! I mailed two cards out and received one signed and one unsigned. I am sure glad he signed this one!

Check out the rest at Dirty Dangle!

Jean Beliveau TTM Success

Another great return recently. Mr. Jean Beliveau!

I send this out early July and received it at the end of August. Signed in blue sharpie and numbered. Check out the rest of the story at Dirty Dangle.

Alex Delvecchio - TTM

I seem to be averaging one a week right now, hope that rate increases!

Like Pentti, Alex also grew up in the Thunder Bay area. Here is my favourite card of the ones he signed.

Check out the other signature and the rest of the story at Dirty Dangle.

Pentti Lund - TTM

A little while back, I picked up a Pentti Lund RC which prompted me to write him a letter and see if I could get an autograph.

Sure enough he did sign for me, and I got a little more than a bargained for...(in a good way). Check out the story at Dirty Dangle!

Elmer Lach TTM

I mailed away 0 cards and 1 blank decoy and I received back 4 autographed cards! You would be hard pressed to find a player who was tougher and played harder from whistle to whistle than Elmer Lach.

In the 1944-45 season, Maurice Richard became the first player to score 50 goals in 50 games. However, it was Elmer Lach who lead the league in scoring with 80 points and was named the league MVP.

Here is one of the cards I received. He also included a little thank you note which was very kind! You can check out the rest of the story at Dirty Dangle.com.

Andy Bathgate - TTM

I had some more success last week. This time it was Andy Bathgate. Funny story about this one, check it out at Dirty Dangle.

Norm Ullman and Ron Ellis TTM

Just a few weeks after sending out some swap meet cards, the autos are coming back home!

Here are two that I received in the last week or so.

Norm's was done in black sharpie and numbered, he also signed his Hall of Fame year which is a pretty cool touch. He included a little bonus that you can see at my other post on Dirty Dangle.com

Here is the Ron Ellis autograph. Blue sharpie was the pen of choice and he numbered his card as well. Always great to get these gems back in the mail, it will be neat to see which ones from the swap meet arrive next.

Mike Gartner - TTM

Check out my Mike Gartner TTM post over at Dirty Dangle.

Signature is done with a black sharpie, unfortunately no number but I guess that isn't his style. The turn around time was pretty decent at 2 months. He even put the cards in a top loader for me which I thought was a great touch!