What's your 3 favorite 1969 cards?

[Mark70Z]

Brooks Robinson #550

[Mark70Z]

Brooks Robinson # 421

[Mark70Z]

Checklist #504

[stlcardsfan]

A checklist? C'mon, Mark!

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by stlcardsfan

A checklist? C'mon, Mark!

Dan,

Was really just kidding. Since I collect Brooks his cards “have to” be my favorites. The following are my real list:

1. Johnny Bench #95
2. Pete Rose #120
3. Mark Belanger #299

Honorable Mention - Earl Weaver #516

I really like the AS cards as well.

[stlcardsfan]

No scans but mine would be:

The Mick WL version
Johnny Bench
Lou Brock

[mintonlyplz]

Reggie, Ryan, Bench

[JollyElm]

As beautiful as it is (and a dream for autograph collectors), the problem with the 1969 set is how so many of the cards were just rehashed pics from other years (Due to contract problems/money/Marvin Miller. We all know the drill). The great cards of Ernie Banks and Willie Mays that I love, for instance, are simply re-dos from the past with different cropping. Love the Bench, though.

[MCoxon]

1. Bench Topps All-Star Rookie
2. Mickey Mantle last Topps regular issue
3. Nolan Ryan first Topps own-card

ETA: I agree with Darren. The Mays, Seaver, Brooks, and Carew cards each have awesome, iconic photographs, but were used before (Mays in 66 (and 67 pinup), Seaver in 68, Brooks in 67 (my favorite Brooks), and Carew in 68)

[geosluggo]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

As beautiful as it is (and a dream for autograph collectors), the problem with the 1969 set is how so many of the cards were just rehashed pics from other years (Due to contract problems/money/Marvin Miller. We all know the drill). The great cards of Ernie Banks and Willie Mays that I love, for instance, are simply re-dos from the past with different cropping. Love the Bench, though.

Totally agree with JollyElm, as has been discussed in a few other threads. At least for Mays they skipped a couple years before re-using a pic; Hank Aaron and others have the same photos as in 1968. Also, I was recently noticing the Chris Short card. It was shot in the Polo Grounds, where the Mets last played in 1963.

[geosluggo]

The World Series cards in 1969 were a triumph of design, conveying a ton of information in a small space and looking neat. The Reggie Jackson rookie card is a classic. And as a kid who grew up in the D.C. area, the return of Ted Williams to manage the Senators (captured in the last series after Topps had made an earlier card of fired manager Jim Lemon) ranks right up there with the moon landing and Woodstock as the year's big events. The Aurelio Rodriguez batboy card gets honorable mention.

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by mintonlyplz

Reggie, Ryan, Bench

+1, three best in the set.

AndyH