'73 7-11 Ad
 

Thanks for posting the '73 7-11 ad... I've never seen a real one as well. Does anyone out there have one of these? I bet they'd go for a pretty decent amount of money due to "us" single player collectors.

I cut off the bottom 2-3 inches, if you want to see that I can put it up. It says "Oh thank heaven for 7-11" with instructions on hand washing the cups, not to use dishwasher.

1973 Kellogg's, one signed, one blank back. I got the graded ones off Ebay for probably less than the grading fees. I did not get the autograph myself, it looks good. As I recall I got it at a large show in Orlando in the early 90's, sponsored by Sportsnet (I think that is correct). Anybody remember Sportsnet.com, one of the early internet sites? I know I bought 100 Tino Martinez 90 UD rookies for $2 each off them........

David,

When you have an opportunity could you scan the whole sign? I'd like to save a copy for things to look for in regard to Brooks Robinson.

Again, thanks for posting the Brock items; love to see player collections!

73 APBA and SI game cards. I played APBA for hours in college with a few friends. We played so much we had the numbers memorized on the master game, and rarely used those big charts. Anybody else play APBA or Stratomatic?

1973 Topps Gum lids and also a proof. These are actually kind of hard to find centered well.

Candy Lids
 

Very nice David
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You should open that while recording it, chew the gum, and put it on Youtube.

Gum
 

I have something better for that...1981 Topps Thirst Break Gum Comics. It is green gooey gum ( at least it is green and gooey warping toward brown today),wrapped with a comic depicting some sports figure..baseball, basketball, football, boxing, hockey and track. Set of 54 with 24 baseball subjects...Aaron, Ruth, Mantle, Gibson and BROCK, among them..Removing the comics from the gum of unopened packs and then cleaning them is a nightmare. I still have an unopened box and might pay money to see someone open a couple and "chew" that green to brown, slimy, gooey gum. Do you have the Brock from that set ?

Yes I have the Brock.

GIve the gum out at Halloween next year...... And then prepare to be egged.

73 Greyhound pamphlet

1973 Topps and OPC cards.

1973 Topps and OPC league leaders cards. Middle one is miscut.

1974 Topps Stamps. They came with an album which is very hard to find, and I do not have one. They are much harder to find than the 69 albums. The stamps are pretty easy but for some reason the albums are tough (Al, can you post it?)

1974 Topps and OPC. Middle card is Alex Johnson front, Brock miscut back. The OPC backs are much nicer in the 74's, just like the 71's.

1974 Topps and OPC League Leader cards.

1974 Topps Deckle (This is the rare water stain version).

Here you go David, by the way, great thread. Randy

Thanks Randy for the Stamp Booklet. 1974 Greyhound

74 Albums
 

David--they are tough for some reason. Contact Mike Mosier at Columbia City Collectibles...they have a web site...he may have some. I had a few extras that I sold through Love Of The Game auctions not long back

Edit--his web site does list one, for $ 49. I have found him flexible on pricing

To end 1974 here is a recognition day pamphlet given out as Lou broke the single season stolen base record. Do you notice anything funny about the last page, the stolen base log?

Stolen Base Log
 

I guess a couple things:

It only goes up to 115 and he stole 118.

He didn't steal first base until game #7.

Correct?

Yes. He was on a pace to steal -0- bases through the first week, then the team underestimated him......

Moving into 1975 is this card, part of a set honoring James "Cool Papa" Bell. I have one that is apparently signed by Mr. Bell. Also interesting in a perverse sort of way is the comment by Bell about the reason the Cubs traded Lou Brock away.

The Phillies must have had the same "problem" in 1966 that the Cubs had in 1964 when they traded Fergie Jenkins and Adolfo Phillips to the Cubs. Perverse is right.

1975 Hostess single. I am not sure why the back scans shorter, it is the same card. This is cut from the 3 card panel.

1975 Hostess Twinkies complete with vintage Twinkie juice. I find it interesting that when uncut as these are, there are significant differences in size, and location of the printing on the back.

1975 Hostess 3 card panels

1975 Suzy Q box. A Joe Rudi or Fergie Jenkins collector needs this box also, as they are pictured on it.

David, you may have mentioned this in one of the posts, but I am curious, do you have a favorite Lou Brock baseball card? Favorite Topps issue?

My favorite Topps card is 1976 by far.

I'd have to think about the other question, I really do like the 76 and 77 advertising discs which I will be showing eventually, probably towards the end of January. They were tough to track down on some of them, impossible almost without Ebay.

Nice card too. Loved the All-Star cards.

Great stuff! Since this seems to be the ultimate Brock destination, any ideas on this item? I picked it up from a sportswriter's archive that seemed to be late 1960s.

http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...neous3/007.jpg

Adam - No idea, but very cool. Maybe Randy T knows.

Somewhere I have a 75 Ho Ho box (according to my master list), but cannot find it, so that ends the Hostess cards (for now) Here is a 1974-75 picture pak sold at the ballpark (I think). Probably 1974, as Torre, Siebert and Foster were gone in 1975

Red
 

Off topic, but the picture of Red reminded me he has a bunch of his stuff for auction currently on Lelands. Even includes a big lot of T-205s.

http://www.lelands.com/Auction/Categ...-Aution/Sports

David, Adam, very nice Brock photo. I've never seen it before. Randy

1975 promo calendar for Busch beer

This is one of my favorite pieces, and I'm not totally sure what it is or if 1975 is the correct date. It appears to be a display with Jay Publishing stadium issue cards. I assume 75 because Brock was on everything in 75 after breaking the stolen base record, and the Dodgers were NL champs, but anyone who could date it better, let me know.

75 Kelloggs. For some reason the 75'sseem to crack much more easily than other Kelloggs issues

1975 Mengler/Peterson. These were non licensed cards intended to get autographs on. As I understand MLB or the Players Union or both forced him to stop making and/or selling them. They pop up on ebay from time to time. Mine came with a return sellers address name of Mengler, so perhaps he found a way after 35 years to unload his stacks of cards.

This is a test lid from 1975 or 1976 by Michael Schechter and Associates. It uses the Linnett drawings which came out in 1976 and pre dates the numerous disc sets MSA would put out over the next couple of years. Mike Mosier of Columbia City Collectibles dated it at 1975 and there aren't many people more knowledgeable about odd ball stuff than them, so I am putting it in the 1975 file. I have never seen another one.

Fyi
 

It appears to be a display with Jay Publishing stadium issue cards

That can not be correct, Jay Publishing ceased to exist circa 1965 when the owner of Jay Publishing perished in a plane crash. That is why Jay Publishing listings stop in 1965. I would change that to team issued.

Rich

I picked this up just because I though it was unusual. Why the 75 Phillies would feature a non Phillie player seems odd. They were loaded with stars, and just beginning their "almost dynasty". They had Carlton, Schmidt, Luzinski, all emerging. I suppose they, like about everybody else (except the MVP voters who gave Garvey the 74 MVP - BOOOOO) recognized the incredible stolen base accomplishment of 74.

Oh man look at the Pacer! Beautiful!!!

1975 Stadium program, signed "To Bill". Picked it up on Ebay a while back.

1975 SSPC. I've had the PRO graded card for years, back when grading was a new idea, and assumed all "9's" were created equal. Not that it matters, a PSA 9 is probably worth $1.99 or something anyway.

1975 Topps mini, regular, and OPC cards.

Very cool program. I owned one of those Pacers back in the day. Beat the heck out of that thing and could not kill it. We called it a fish bowl on wheels.

One of the neat things I really liked about the 1975 Topps cards, and keep in mind it was the first year I ever collected, was turning the cards over and seeing the stats of the players, such as Lou, who had been in the league a while. It was even better/more for guys like Killebrew, Brooks and Frank Robinson, and Aaron.

The career stats took up so much space no little blurb/write up could be included.

And, being an 8 year old kid, I knew Lou was a superstar, a card I desired back then as everyone knew there was no one better at stealing bases.

1975 Mini, OPC and Topps Stolen Base highlight cards, plus a bonus miscut card - ah the irony......Sorry Cub fans.

Cubs
 

That last one is a great miscut :)

1975 Topps, Topps Mini, and OPC League Leader cards.

1975 pocket schedule. The same picture is used on the calendar and scorecards.

I think that is all I have from 1975 (at least that I can find). Moving into 1976, here is a Hostess strip of 5 uncut cards.

1976
 

Paper weights or your shoes ? :)

Circa 1984 team signed Cleveland Indians baseball in holder, and mid 80's Peoria Chiefs signed baseball in holders.

1976 Hostess

1976 Hostess panels, including the ultra rare 2 card panel...... ;-)

Very nice David.

The Hostess cards remind me of my late mom. In the mid 70s she would send me up to the local grocer with a note in hand giving me permission to buy her a pack of cigarettes.

Next to the counter was the Hostess display and sometimes she would let me get a Hostess treat and I would be looking at the bottom of each pack for cards I wanted or needed.

Hostess
 

Those are great

Similar thoughts here. I remember going through displays to find Cardinals. It was always a treat when I could talk my mom into getting us some Twinkies. As soon as we got home I would dump the little buggers on the counter and head off down to my room with the box and a pair of scissors.


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I also have memories of going to the store and begging for my mom to buy Hostess products.

My grandmother lived 500 miles away in NE Ohio (we were in Central Illinois) and she would save me her Hostess panels and cards, and give them to me at Christmas. I still have many of them, I cut all the panels down to individual cards.

1976 Kelloggs.

Nice David. I can almost taste the Sugar Frosted Flakes. :D

1976 KMOX schedule

A Year Of Lou
 

Only 7 more months to go David :)

I've never seen that '76 schedule bf.
What's the story on that one?

Well, I've got enough for 2-3 months for sure. I doubled up a lot of the stuff, like putting OPC and Topps together.

I got it on Ebay I am sure, but don't have any idea when.

Having spent 2 years of college majoring in APBA baseball, I figured I might as well put this up there. 1976 APBA card. The card that would be cool would be the 1975. It would have 11's all over it. You'll have to play APBA to know what an 11 is.......

I'm guessing an 11 means a successful stolen base?

It means a single and automatically steals second if no one is on base.

1976 Laughlin.

1976 Picture Pak. I love how Red Schoendienst looks like he is rocking the Van Halen long blonde hair look based upon something in the background. Also pictured were Ted Simmons, Willie Crawford, Don Kessinger, Keith Hernandez, Hector Cruz, Bake McBride, Mike Tyson (the OTHER one....), Joe Ferguson, John Urrea, John Denny, Al Hrabosky, Bob Forsch, Pete Falcone, Harry (Don't call me Eric yet) Rasmussen, and Lynn McGlothen in a 7x11 picture.

Charlie Chant, Mike Anderson, Eddie Solomon, Bill Grief, Jerry Mumphrey, Ken Rudolph, Ron Fairly Lee (Bee Bee)Richard, Mike Wallace, Tom Zimmer, Garry Templeton in smaller 3x5 picture.

The whole thing folds out into a large poster.

Picture Pak
 

Those are cool

Crazy freezing weekend, and Monday at the office was crazier yet..... Here are some 1976 Topps and OPC's. I have no idea what kind of grading company Acu-Card is, but since it kept the blank back card affordable, I'm glad they graded it. I did not get the auto card, got it on Ebay. The Topps card with the crease has been mine ever since I pulled it from a pack back in 1976

1976 Topps and OPC League Leaders.

1976 Linnett drawing. These are approx. 8x11. and according to the Standard Catalog available through mail order. I also remember getting football players in a similar style and size at gas stations in the mid to late 70's.

I posted this earlier, but thought I'd repost it since it is the same picture as the Linnett drawing. It is also a good lead in to the various MSA advertising discs which will be coming up shortly.