June 21, 2014 Raleigh Card Show Part 2 - 1969 Topps Set Pickups

As promised, here is my next installment (Part 2, if you will), of what I got today at the Raleigh card show.  I got such good deals on vintage set needs.  I added 7 1969s to my set, including 5 Hall of Famers, a checklist and a RC.

I made a rare double up purchase by picking up this Roberto Clemente that I already had in the set. The guy made me such a good deal on it, I couldn't pass it up.

New Hall of Famer, Joe Torre is included in the lot of cards that I got.  The 1969s I got were cheap for the most part, most around $1 a piece, but the below Rod Carew was much higher than that.

Hooray for high numbers because this Carew carried a premium.  Oh well, I would have bought it at some point, anyway, so why not now.  This was one of the last purchases I made before I tapped out and went home, but I'm glad I got the card.

Can't forget Bill Mazeroski, even though most do forget he is a Hall of Famer.  This is a really nice card of the former Pirate.  This was just about at the end of his Topps run as he had cards in 1970, 1971 and 1972 after this one.

Finally, a Hall of Fame manager, Leo Durocher.  Kind of funny seeing the Torre from above, a newly minted Hall of Fame manager and this card of thelegendary Leo Durocher.  Kind of interesting seeing them close to each other.  Kind of like a lineage or something.

Stay tuned for my next installment, set to be written in a few minutes, my 1959 Topps pickups.

Hall of Fame Signed Baseball - Leo Durocher

The second baseball I got from Collect Auctions recently was of Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher.  Durocher is my 80th hall of famer.

Leo Durocher (b. 1905 - d. 1991) was a manager in the majors for 26 seasons (1939 to 1946, 1948 to 1955 and 1966 to 1973) for the Dodgers, Giants, Cubs and Astros).  He won the NL pennant 1941, 1951 and 1954.  He won the World Series with the Giants in 1954.

Durocher was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously by the Veterans Committee in 1994.  When he retired he ranked 4th all-time in Wins (he was second to John McGraw in the NL).  His career managerial record was 2008-1709 (.540 winning percentage).