- Two index cards signed by future Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Lazzeri, then manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs of Minor League Baseball's International League, as well as 13 members of the 1939 Maple Leafs team, with auction certificate authentication from RR Auction
- RR Auction Catalog 624, Item 9259, Inventory #3439678
- Player autographs featured are Earl Caldwell, Jack Burns, Joe Mulligan, Bob Elliott, John Pezzullo, Mayo Smith, Bill Schuster, Tom Heath, John Berly, Carl Fischer, Johnny Heving, Mel Mazzera, and Ted Petoskey
- Several players went on to Major League careers, and Mayo Smith would go on to Manage the Detroit Tigers to a World Series Championship in 1968
- Lazzeri played 14 years in the Majors, 12 for the New York Yankees, one for the Chicago Cubs, and one split between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants
- Lazzeri retired during the 1939 season and became Maple Leafs manager for the rest of that season, as well as the 1940 season
- After leaving the Maple Leafs, Lazzeri played for and managed several Minor League clubs before passing away from a heart attack in 1946, and being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991
- The Maple Leafs were then an unaffiliated Double-A club playing in the International League, and the following season became the Double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Athletics
- Great condition; no visible creasing, no rips or tears and autographs present very well with no smudging or bleeding. Some light soiling on one card but autographs are untouched
- Size: both cards 3" x 5"
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