My Peyton Manning card came in about a month ago, on January 14th, not even a week and a half after I sent it in! My mom had called and told me a card had come in (I address my return envelopes to my home address, since I will be moving out of my apartment in May, and don't want any cards that take a couple months to be signed sent to an address I no longer use.) and being the impatient young adult I am, I had to know who it was right that instant. She told me that it was a football player, and one of the better ones. After a couple guess I nailed down who it was and was overjoyed- I honestly did not expect to get any responses, let alone that quickly. In the days when my mom collected cards, athletes were more willing to reach out to their fanbases, whereas now they must be wary of people trying to gather autographs solely for resale, making it more difficult for collectors.
She mailed it up to my apartment a few days later, and I was excited to see that it was a "true" autograph- sharpie, and not a screenprint. Not a bad first card to receive in the new year!
For anyone interested, I reached Mr. Manning at:
Peyton Manning
The PeyBack Foundation
6325 N. Guilford
Suite 201
Indianapolis, IN 46220
USA
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