Mark Buehrle 2020 Topps Archives Fan Favorites Autograph

Mark Buehrle has become a very elusive signer in retirement. Lots of promoters have tried to organize private signings with him, and he just isn’t interested. He used to sign through the mail, but that hasn’t continued since he retired.

He recently signed some cards for Topps products in 2020 and 2021. Maybe this is a good sign, and he’ll come around and do a private signing soon. If he does, I’ll be ready!

I went ahead and picked up one of his new certified autographs on eBay. I was going to pick up the base version of this card, but I was able to get the silver version, which is numbered to 99, for about the same price. This is a really cool looking card, in the style of 2001 Topps (but with a much nicer border), and I’m very happy to add it to the collection!

New Baseballs

Over the last week or two I have picked up some nice new baseballs.  There is one new baseball missing in this post, as it will be posted in post detailing the results of a recent private signing.

The first baseball comes courtesy of SCN member rcphi466.  He was kind enough to get it signed by Alexei Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo at a recent card show.  He didn’t even ask for anything in return.  Hopefully I’ll be able to return the favor someday.

The second baseball is signed by Mark Buehrle.  I already have quite a few baseballs signed by Buehrle (05 WS x2, Gold Glove, 05 AS, OMLB), but this is the first in my collection with the much nicer signature he used his first couple of years in the bigs.  I also got a VERY good deal on it.

The last baseball is also an upgrade.  I already have Aaron Rowand on a World Series baseball.  But it came from Elite Sports Marketing, and had their ugly hologram right above the World Series logo, where it couldn’t be hidden.  I removed the hologram, but it left a very faint outline where the hologram had been.  Aaron’s autograph was also TINY.  So I was thrilled to pick up this baseball for a very good price from Schwartz Sports.  The inscription is the icing on the cake.