Signature Saturday - Willie Banks

When I make my ATCRCS cards, I tend to get into a groove and knock out a whole bunch at once. Or do a whole bunch of fronts. And next time a whole bunch of backs. Now that I've been doing it a while, I have a system in place and aside from finding usable pictures, one of the hardest things is deciding who to make. The Cubs are closing in on 2000 players to have played a game for the team so there are plenty to choose from.

Sometimes the decision is easy and Willie Banks was one of them. Back in December, a user on SCN who goes by rifon, posted a private signing with Banks. After a quick search through the database, I determined that Banks was not a very good TTM signer. AT the time, I was just putting the finishing touches on the layout and figured if I was really going to pursue getting as many of these signed as I could, I needed to jump in on this signing.

While Banks wasn't the first one that I made, it was the first to be returned to me signed. For that reason, and despite his 8-13 record and 6.18 ERA in his 1+ seasons with the Cubs, this Willie Banks card will be a favorite of mine for a very long time. In addition to the ATCRCS card, I also threw in his two Topps cards that featured him as a member of the Cubs with my order.

Willie Banks ATCRCS

Willie Banks ATCRCS Back

Willie Banks 1994 Topps Traded #15

Willie Banks 1995 Topps #470

Jerome Walton

Since I just posted my Want List yesterday there isn't anything to update. So as promised, here is more Jerome Walton.

Thanks to two very helpful members over at sportscollectors.net (Macey225 & rifon), I knocked out over 30 autographs from a childhood favorite at very reasonable prices. Now, before you judge, I don't normally go so overboard on one player's signature like this. And both were paid signings not just some random public sighting.

Also, I do have a soft spot for the 1989 Cubs, AKA the Boys of Zimmer so what started out innocently enough as just a couple of Topps cards, an ice cream helmet and my ATCRCS card, quickly turned into, "Let's see how many Cubs cards this guy has!" Thanks also go to Paul from Wrigley Wax for providing such a comprehensive checklist. The post itself is old but links to an updated file at the very end. I'll start with the ATCRCS (seen unsigned at the end of yesterday's post) and another set card with the rest to be shown off in the future, maybe a Signature Saturday.

Today's ATCRCS card of the day: