BucCollector's Pirates Autographs, 1970-1979

[mrmopar]

Man, I miss Mickey's cards. They filled a lot of holes in my collection.

Didn't realize they were not around anymore. I made a number of purchases from their site after they bought collections. Did he retire? Die? Other?

 

[BucCollector]

Bruce Kison spoke at my Little League banquet, but it was not until 2020 that I purchased this card from Robert Petrucelli d/b/a Classic Collectibles of New England, via eBay.

 

[BucCollector]

Lee Lacy's rookie card is 1973 Topps, so perhaps we'll see him in Heritage Real One Autos this year. Until then, he doesn't have a certified auto. Lacy is probably best-known as a Dodger although his most successful career stint was with the Pirates from 1979 to 1984 (117 OPS+ and a second-place finish in the 1984 batting average race).

I don't have a record of where I obtained this signed 1982 Topps.

 

[BucCollector]

John Lamb pitched in 47 games for the Pirates in the early 70s and is Steve Blass' brother-in-law. He signed the 1971 printed-out custom and the sticker back for me TTM in 2020. The 1970 blank back custom was obtained in a trade over Facebook.

 

[Therion]

I need to see a pic of the Lamb

 

[BucCollector]

Fixed my post, please see above.

 

[BucCollector]

Rick Langford signed this custom in 2022, through a private signing I learned of on SCN.

 

[BucCollector]

Alberto Lois is a tough one. He played only 14 games in the bigs before his career was ended by an eye injury suffered in an accident. He passed away in the Dominican Republic in 2019. This card is from a private signing at his home in 2017.

 

[Therion]

I love those autos that are crazy hard to get.

 

[BucCollector]

@Therion, are you still looking for Alex Taveras on a 1977 Topps rookies? The same seller (pictured with Lois) has done private signings with him and has some extras.

 

[Therion]

It would depend on price. I have him on that card, but it's in a PSA holder and I try to move on from those because of how much space they take up.

 

[BucCollector]

It would depend on price. I have him on that card, but it's in a PSA holder and I try to move on from those because of how much space they take up.

Pm sent.

 

[BucCollector]

Ken Macha's wife was our junior high librarian, but this came in via TTM many years later.

 

[BucCollector]

Bill Madlock has no shortage of certified autoa out there. I don't remember where the 1980 Topps came from; probably eBay or a trade.

 

[tramers]

Local minor league team was Pirates so I have a lot of auto's on ticket stubs / factory autoed cards . A few game used bats -cracked . My favorite card / player from past is Vern Law --at 94 still signs

 

[BucCollector]

Local minor league team was Pirates so I have a lot of auto's on ticket stubs / factory autoed cards . A few game used bats -cracked . My favorite card / player from past is Vern Law --at 94 still signs

Would love to see your collection!

 

[BucCollector]

Lou Marone has just this one Topps card and passed away in 2015. This came from Brian Fredrich at ABC Unlimited.

 

[BucCollector]

A nice flourish to this signature by Jose Martinez. I obtained this from an SCN member.

 

[mrmopar]

The 70 set was always one I liked for some reason, despite the completely average look and color scheme to it. I once imagined a Mantle card, as well as a Garvey, neither of which were made.

 

[BucCollector]

Slightly off topic today with a tribute to my dad's favorite player, Dick Groat, who passed away last week. The Wheaties card is a custom by Bob Wong and was signed TTM by Mr. Groat several years ago.