Here are a few more pickups over the last 3-4 months.

The Corn Flake box is pretty tough, I have a panel cut off the box, but not the whole box.

This is a second Dynamite magazine, but the price was right.

I got the above from CardinalCollector (Randy). His collection liquidation is my gain.

The mini base is a promo of some sort, I'm not sure on the date or how they were give out.

Good stuff David! There's always something new, isn't there?

A few more items have wandered in over the last few months.

A batch of Carousel stamped MSA discs from Randy and another seller.

If you can't make them out they are
453 Saginaw MI
456 Flint MI
483 Dayton OH
488 Northwood OH
912 Westminster CA
914 Daly City, CA
6065 Champaign IL

1977 Marbleous Plaque and ad. This plaque is hard to find, I've seen the ad for years, never found a plaque until a month or so ago. It's made of a hard substance of some sort.

That is a tough plaque Dave, I've seen like 3 of them in 25 years.

I doubt very much that 5000 were made. I was beginning to wonder if they even made any.

1974 Topps LL cards, hand cut, with mostly Carlton Fisk on the back, although portions of Steve Carlton, John Grubb, and Carlos May also appear. So if you are a Steve Carlton master collector let me know...….

A couple of miscut 74's

I think someone, somewhere started a listing of all the Carousel stores. Would be really cool to know all of the possible stamps. I know I have a hard copy, likely misplaced, if a listing I started when I first started collecting, it I’m sure it was far from complete.

Do you try to pick up all the Brock Carousel discs w/the stamp?

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...=174114&page=6

Posts 264 and 289, especially 289 have a listing of known Carousel backs.

I'm always looking for more Carousel backs, some are very prolific, some not so much.

1966 Topps blank back. May or may not be legit, the stock seems thin for some reason.

1968 SI Poster order form cut out.

1970 Topps miscut (with Luke Walker).

1974 greyhound card, kind of tough.

1968 Topps AS blank back

1971 Dodge Challenger - A lot tougher than the 69 Dodge Dart card

Autograph may or may not be good, it looks good to me, but I didn't get it for the autograph

Auto looks good to me David, I wish Clemente had more period postcards.

Nice find David, only the 2nd one I've seen. I think the auto is OK too, maybe rushed. Randy

I was underbidder when you sold one a few month ago

I think the auto is pretty nice but I am really a Ford mustang guy!
Love seeing things I have never seen before. Great Brock collection !!!

Me being a Cardinals fan I cannot believe that I have not looked at this thread before now. You have an unbelievable Lou Brock collection. I love the variety and the passion you show.

However I do need to make a slight correction. The 1973 Topps candy lid proof you posted is not 1973. It is 1972. The 1973 proof will have yellow surrounding it. The 1972 candy lids are very very tough to find. I know because I looked for a long time and finally got one for my Cardinals collection.

I saw Lou at the Cardinals home opener today along with all the other living HOFers. Lou lost one of his his lower legs to diabetes a couple years ago but has handled it with nothing but class. He got a huge ovation and some loud “Louuuus” from the crowd.

Some pickups over the last 4 months.

1972 Topps with the stats overprinted on the front.

1975 and 76 Stolen base leaders blank backs

1979 Real Photo (I'm not sure what that means, that's the Ebay description)

Cool picture of Lou with Keith Hernandez on deck!

Here are a few recent pickups. Miscuts and a certificate given out if you were at the 3000 hit game (I was not).

The Carew All Star shows Lou batting in the background, using the same photo as the 69 WS card 165. Thanks to the Net54 board for pointing that out.

I've been following the Brooks Robinson thread, keep it up, lots of great stuff there.

David,

Appreciate you following along the Brooks and Orioles thread. Thanks for the inspiration to do it... I know I enjoyed viewing your thread ever day of the year and now like the updates as well.

Really like the blank backs and miscuts. Some favorites that I like to collect as well (when I can find them).

Lou Brock
 

6 1/2 years late to the party...this was a fun read scrolling through all the posts. It brought back some fun memories.

I had forgotten about the RC Cola's and the wiffle ball boxes, and the 7-11 cups. I still have multiple copies from packs of the 1978 "77 Record Breaker" cards. "AMC Pacer, Official Car of the Phillies" and "Dodge Material" ads are hilarious. Here's a run of the mill 65 that I picked up last year...

1970 Topps blank back.

1984 envelope with Clemente Stamp

Really like the ‘70 Lou blank back card. They are tough to locate for sure.

This came in a few weeks ago.

1967 Cards Clubbers blank back

This came in this week.

Atlantic Oil complete panel, pretty rare (and fragile).

Great stuff David. Where are you finding all these blank backs???

eBay. The last couple months there seem to be more of them.

Thank you to Cliff Bowman on this board for this one. I've never seen it or knew it existed.

1963 Chicago Tribune "The Autograph Album"

After Mr Brock passed away the other day, I actually thought of this thread. From all indications, he was a better man than he was a baseball player.... And that's saying something!

I was saddened to hear of Mr. Brock's passing as well.

When I was a teenager, my first job was as a caddy at a local country club. In the caddy shack area (where you wait to be assigned) they had a RC Cola machine and at the end of most days, I would take home the empty cans that were left behind.

For years, I just had these cans in a box and at one point 20 plus years ago, I decided to get them signed if I knew I'd be meeting a player (banquet, etc.).

Fortunately Mr. Brock made an appearance at a local hospital 7-8 years ago (as a speaker) & I was fortunate to secure his signature on my RC Cola can:

https://i.imgur.com/NLKSm8m.jpg

RIP Lou

Neat story and item Bill

Nice signed RC Cola can.

Picked up this miscut 78 Record breaker a few weeks back.

League Leader card with Wacky Packages back, found this on Ebay last week.

Now that is unique and COOL!

Here's my 3000th hit ticket to go along with your certificate.

76 OPC blank back hand cut most likely

75 miscut

2005 Archive card I thought just looked cool and was cheap

Here are some more of my pickups over the last 2 years.

1970 Retail repack box with Brock showing.

All the cards inside are from the 2nd series.

1970 Kelloggs 3 card uncut strip. A few cracks, but looks a lot better than when scanned.

Were you able to pick up the snapshot David?

I passed on the snapshot. Just not my collection niche.

1968 Atlantic Oil rules back unissued card.

This 1974 Deckle never went through the edge trimming process.

Converse All Star shoe box circa 1970

NICE Brock Shoe box David!

Do you have one Randy?

It was a Christmas present from my daughters

1971 Dodge Challenger. This is pretty tough to find. I have 3 now, all autographed.

This one is also autographed on the back by Miss Redbird 1971, Jeanette.

And if any one knows Gary, please wake him up by 11

The 1970 Dodge Dart is tough also, but there seem to be more of them than the Challenger.

Never obtained one. Congrats

1970 NY Times magazine cut out (not a card, but looks cool)

Unknown cut out from somewhere, possibly a box. It's thicker than a card, and blank backed. If anyone can ID it, I'd appreciate it

1970's era slide.

Bobblehead, not sure of the date.

Brock
 

Really like all of the oddball items you’ve been picking up. Seems like you collect a tad bit like me. Examples of the newspaper clipping; if it looks cool pick it up. Gotta love the old school color example.

Really enjoy your updates…

I have the Dart PC, but of course, I owned a 70 Challenger at one point and never owned a Dart.

Do you think this may be a ‘72?

Post 578 on page 11 also thinks it 1972

I don’t know

1989 Thumper (Ted Williams) Post Card

That's the last post of recent pickups for a while. Thanks everyone for looking.

A signed snaphttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5bc5b50fe3.jpg

1962 St Cloud Rox program, Lou Brock Autographed cover. Possibly unique? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...88bc84ae19.jpg

Very nice piece

Thanks David!

I picked this up a week ago, just so I would have something to cool to wear around town.....

Lookin’ COOL…

I could not resist this piece of science fair project folk art circa 1976-77

If any one knows Tony, tell him thank you for me. If anyone knows the teacher who only gave this an A-, tell them shame shame.

It's going on the end table by recliner in the basement. For some reason the wife forbid me putting it in its proper place, displayed prominently in the living room.

I couldn't pass up 3 autographed cards, custom trimmed, glued to 3x5 cards and autographed.

They are now in a dollar store frame on the wall in my office.