Comment by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on June 13, 2011 at 5:06pm

John,

Welcome to Live! and thanks for sharing this...

I think that's actually 20 years and a month, though!

If you have the envelope still, we'd love to see it...along with the autograph. You can edit your blog post to add them if you want. When you click edit and the edit menu opens, the second box on the left (next to LINK) lets you upload an image and place it in your blog.

Thanks again for sharing your success. Glad you've joined us!

Comment by steven foster mills on June 16, 2011 at 9:23am

Wow ! That is one long wait and to have the 29 cent postage and not ask for more that is even better. Great story thanks for sharing this. Steve,Ky

Comment by Pablo Abilez on June 19, 2011 at 9:09pm

Hey John!  Kevin Reimer probably left your item to be autographed under the couch pillow seats!  Or worse, he left it the freezer of his refrigerator!  Or maybe there's a ton of Reimer fans which is probably unlikely.  He is must be pretty busy, or lazy, or uncaring to send a autograph right away.  Maybe it took a long time to thaw out your item from the freezer.  Well, at least he didn't turn your envelope into a paper airplane and have it fly in the trash can.  But how cruel it must have been to wait so long!

Comment by Chris Cartusciello on July 13, 2011 at 12:51pm

Upon opening my mailbox one day, I was surprised to see a large yellow envelope addressed to me. It wasn't the fact that I had mail, but it was that the envelope was addressed in my own handwriting. Briefly believing that there was a possibility of my future-self writing to my present-self with a dire warning through some odd space/time continuum, I tore into the envelope. In it was not an autobiographical note, but instead an autographed picture of Wonder Woman herself, Lynda Carter. I had sent this photo out 7 years before and completely forgotten about it. I was thrilled at getting the autograph, but even more impressed that after all those years she took the time to write back to a fan. It is now one of my favorites hanging in my house. (But I'm still waiting for that letter from myself.)

Comment by Chad B on July 13, 2011 at 12:58pm

This is a cool story. I thought getting a return from UFC Fighter Forrest Griffin after six months was a great stretch.

Comment by Charles Fracchia on July 13, 2011 at 2:08pm

Wow!! And I thought that nine and a half months was a long time to wait for an autograph. I have two stories both regarding my 1978 SF Giants Media Guide. I always contact the former ballplayers before I send off the Media Guides to make sure that it is okay to send it off. I got ahold of one guy's (Skip James') wife who said that her husband would be glad to sign it and he'd send it back. I waited six months. I called her and she hung up on me when I started to explain my situation. I contacted their local police department, and they were very helpful in getting it sent back to me. The policewoman told me that they hadn't even opened the package. Then, I had to wait nine and half months to receive the Media Guide back from Art Gardner. I would call him every three weeks or so to see about getting it back. I finally received it back on Nov 3, 2010, when I got back from the Giants' World Series parade. Karma, eh?

Comment by Gary Bernard on July 13, 2011 at 9:21pm

Wow! 20 years... My longest was 1.5 years.  I sent a request to Art Garfunkel to personalize a picture for my wife's 40th birthday.  He inscribed the photo:  "Tracy, Gary loves you and I'm a year and a half late".  How cool is that, well worth the wait.

 

P.S. Steve Cyrkin you do a good job with this site, many thanks.

Comment by Kyle M. on July 20, 2011 at 8:54pm

This takes the cake buddy!

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