BucCollector's Pirates Autographs, 1970-1979

[BucCollector]

It took a while to find a Bob Miller auto. This is not great; it appears that he signed it twice to make up for a failing pen. From eBay.

 

[mrmopar]

He seems tougher to find that many other contemporaries. Not sure if he was a more infrequent signer or maybe the confusion of 3 Bob Millers did people in! I am not sure if I still need any of his Dodger cards, so when I see any at a decent price, I bid regardless.

 

[Therion]

He seems tougher to find that many other contemporaries. Not sure if he was a more infrequent signer or maybe the confusion of 3 Bob Millers did people in! I am not sure if I still need any of his Dodger cards, so when I see any at a decent price, I bid regardless.

It reminds me of Dave Roberts. Three different players named Dave Roberts played for the Astros and none of them are the Dave Roberts you all know.

 

[MrMet2.0]

The Mets had two of the Bob Millers playing for them at the same time


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[BucCollector]

Not sure where I got this John Milner card; likely an eBay pickup.

 

[BucCollector]

Jim Minshall doesn't sign TTM. This autographed custom was a purchase from Brian Fredrich, aka abcunlimited.net.

 

[Therion]

Brian has filled many tough gaps in my collection.

 

[BucCollector]

Omar Moreno, one of my favorites back when stolen bases were overvalued. The 1995 MCI Ambassadors card is hard to find - I believe they were given out at signing events on military bases. 1977 Topps was via a private signing.

 

[Dilferules]

Yeah I'm still missing a couple of A's MCI cards. I didn't know anything about how they were distributed but that would make sense since I so often see them signed. I'd prefer unsigned copies for my collection since they are all guys I have several signatures of already.

 

[BucCollector]

@Dilferules Do you have these? Similar to MCI, created for promotional signings. There are two Vida cards and two Manny Sanguillen (shown with Pirates).

 

[Dilferules]

@Dilferules Do you have these? Similar to MCI, created for promotional signings. There are two Vida cards and two Manny Sanguillen (shown with Pirates).

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I have one of them, signed. I had never heard of them before and this one was included in a lot last year with another card I needed:



I can't recall seeing any unsigned versions available (prior to your picture) but I wasn't really looking too hard. With the Ball Park and Snapple logos on the back I thought it might be some kind of send-away auto like the Nabisco and Jimmy Dean etc. cards from the '90s. But they aren't catalogued by Beckett, which I would expect them to be if they were food send-aways like that, so being giveaways for signings would make more sense.

 

[mrmopar]

I bought a Sanguillen auto that may be similar to what you are showing. If I saw it, I'd know it right away, but blanking on exactly how it looks now. I like that Blue...wouldn't mind having a signed one myself.

 

[BucCollector]

Couldn't resist this inexpensive Gene Clines pickup via a Facebook group. Nice thin Sharpie on a card I didn't have. Jim Shellenback pitched for the Bucs intermittently 1966 - 1969.

 

[BucCollector]

Back to our regularly scheduled programming with an auto from a one-card wonder, John Morlan, acquired in a big trade with a member of The Bench.

 

[BucCollector]

Another one-card wonder, Jim Nelson. This was acquired from an SCN member.

 

[BucCollector]

Steve Nicosia. The 1982 Topps came in via trade, while the 1978 TCMA was an LCS find.

 

[BucCollector]

Despite the fact that he is one of my all-time favorite Pirates, and has a beautiful signature, I don't have a lot of Al Oliver. Obviously that's because @mrmopar has them all.



The faded ball was a gift from a co-worker who got it at an event. I have a signed ticket from a Columbus Clippers game as well.

 

[mrmopar]

I don't have that many Olivers. I wish there were more Dodger cards, but he was only there briefly, so it's justified. That Archives is a good one. Took me a while to get one at the nice price.

 

[BucCollector]

Not sure how this Ed Ott card came into my life. It reminds me of the trivia fact that Ed had the shortest MLB name in history and that the record for combined shortest last names by road roommates were the Brooklyn Dodgers Billy Cox and Preacher Roe.

 

[BucCollector]

This 1978 TCMA Columbus Clippers card of Dave Pagan was a trade pickup.