The Grapher Report 2023: Vol. 23

DFWGrapher
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Published 2023-08-02
A slow week and I'm late in posting it. But Aubrey makes an appearance with some astronaut autographs, and I pull in a Hockey Hall of Famer!
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  • @Johndeplume.
    Hi Drew & Aubrey! Just subscribed to your channel. Great content, and love the passion you both have for this great hobby! Congrats on your new additions. Drew: Have listened to some of your podcasts, and have a ton of those (as well as your You Tube uploads) to catch up on. I'm here not for the love of baseball, but for the love of the hobby itself. I collect in-person cricket autographs. Probably managed just over 500 autographs last season (probably around 25 days of autograph collecting spread over 6 months). The effort that took was substantial, and I've been doing that for 25 years. For you to completely obliterate my tally in just your road-trip alone, was insane! I know the effort involved in obtaining, in cataloguing, and in storing the autographs, so hats off to you (and that doesn't even cover the travelling to venues, the waiting around, etc. etc.). I used to write through the mail a bit (nowhere near as prolific as you), but writing internationally has reached a road-block now that international reply coupons ('IRCs') aren't being honoured internationally, and I don't think countries like yours allow stamps to be bought from USPS internationally. Added to that, if you send money through the mail internationally to cover the reply mail, there's a risk it'll be seized by customs (or by postal workers with 'sticky fingers'). It's a battle-field, and a major chore! Anyway, I take enjoyment in seeing the new additions to your collection - even if I don't have a clue who 98% of the people you're getting are! 😃 Keep up the GREAT work! The passion for the hobby (esp. Aubrey's pick-ups at the end of this video) is infectious. Thanks for sharing it all with us. 👍
  • @henrys3629
    Do you write NWSL players? So far I have 2 and sent six. Trottier has his own "shuffle trades" I guess. Oooh Astronauts. I have written 100's of NASA people and have not yet written Wally Funk as far as I know. I hope to get a request out pronto. Thanks for the idea,