Jess418's Autographs

Friday, June 05, 2009

Marc Tardif IP (kinda)

Similarly to the autographed card I got from Sylvain Blouin a few months ago, another member of my family was able to get some cards signed for me. This time, it was my dad who offered to get me some cards signed by Marc Tardif, because he had work to do at Mr. Tardif's condo (my dad's an electrician). Mr. Tardif nicely agreed to sign the 3 cards I had provided my dad with:

Apparently, Mr. Tardif thought he looked so young on the 1971-72 card that he asked his girlfriend to come and take a look at it! :o) If anyone's interested in trying to get his autograph through the mail, Mr. Tardif owns the Toyota Charlesbourg car dealership, which is located in Québec, QC.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Jaromir Jagr TTM

Jaromir Jagr c/o Jagr Team - 57 days - 6/3

My second success sending to Europe (after Peter Forsberg)! In addition to my 3 cards, Mr. Jagr also signed 3 of the index cards used to protect my cards! This is definitely one of my favorite returns! :o)

Friday, April 17, 2009

Howie Meeker TTM

Howie Meeker c/o home - 58 days - 3/2

In addition to my 2 cards, Mr. Meeker also included his own 3.625" X 4.625" photo!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Sylvain Blouin IP (kinda)

My sister gets to see Sylvain Blouin every once in a while for her work (she's a sales representative), so she offered to get stuff signed for me if I had any. I only had one card of him, but I took her up on her offer and today she got this card signed by Mr. Blouin:

If anyone's interested in trying to get his autograph through the mail, Mr. Blouin works for Autos P.J.S. inc. which is located in Québec, QC.

Saturday, March 07, 2009

Henri Richard & Réjean Houle IP

It was announced earlier this week that Henri Richard and Réjean Houle would be signing autographs for the opening of 2 The Brick stores in Québec. Both signings were scheduled to start at 2 PM and end at 4 PM.

I got to the first store (literally 2 minutes from where I live by car) slightly before 2 PM for Henri Richard's signing session. There was already a small line of 15-20 people waiting for Mr. Richard. When he arrived, the line moved quickly and I was able to get my 3 cards signed, in addition to the Molson Export card he provided:

Mr. Richard took a long look at his 2008-09 Montreal Canadiens Centennial card and he asked me if it was new, as he had never seen it. I explained to him that the set had been released less than a week ago...

Immediately after getting my cards signed by Mr. Richard, I headed to the other The Brick store, which was a 10-15 minutes ride. When I got there, Réjean Houle was alone at his table chatting with a security guy. He signed these 3 cards for me, in addition to the big Molson Export thingie he provided:

Mr. Houle was also seeing his base card from the 2008-09 Montreal Canadiens Centennial set for the first time. I asked him why he was wearing number 14 on that card instead of 15, and he told me he wore number 14 as a rookie. That's why he added "14" below his signature...