Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[roarfrom34]

Here is a 1971 Rochester Red Wings (AAA Champs) team signed ball

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Here is a 1971 Rochester Red Wings (AAA Champs) team signed ball

Bill,

That's amazing... I can actually read the signatures. Nice ball.

[Mark70Z]

Day 112 (April 21, 2020 – 112)

Anyone want to wager a guess in what this somewhat ugly piece is?

Day 112 a 1962 Topps #45 Printing Plate back.jpg


Well, I guess Alan is extremely close and I'll give it to him. It's one of the metal printing plates for the back of the 1962 Topps #45 Brooks Robinson card.


Day 112 b 1962 Topps #45 back.jpg

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Day 112 (April 21, 2020 – 112)

Anyone want to wager a guess in what this somewhat ugly piece is?


Well, I guess Alan is extremely close and I'll give it to him. It's one of the metal printing plates for the back of the 1962 Topps #45 Brooks Robinson card.

Mark,

I should have recognized that they were the metal plates. I have two myself.

Dick Hall and Billy Hitchcock

1962 Topps Aluminum Printers Proofs.jpg

[ksfarmboy]

Mark unfortunately I don’t own any other Grich or McNally items other than the cards and such.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by ksfarmboy

Mark unfortunately I don’t own any other Grich or McNally items other than the cards and such.

Hey, they'd look great displayed by themselves as well...

[Mark70Z]

Day 113 (April 22, 2020 – 113)

This is a Crown gas pump display advertising the Special Edition Orioles Baseball Cards with Brooks card shown. States that “Set #1 is here now!” and it’s “featuring every Orioles player in the team’s modern history.” Sounds like a lot of cards but would be a fun set to collect.

Day 113 a Baseball pump display.jpg

Here’s a sheet of 1991 Crown/Coca Cola cards with Brooks included.

Day 113 b 1991 Crown Gas.jpg

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Mark,

I should have recognized that they were the metal plates. I have two myself.

Dick Hall and Billy Hitchcock

Attachment 395705

The only printing plates I've ever seen for the vintage cards are from 1962. The others from the different years must have been destroyed after production or reused for different jobs.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

The only printing plates I've ever seen for the vintage cards are from 1962. The others from the different years must have been destroyed after production or reused for different jobs.

I think they were all found together in Connecticut, possibly in the house of a printing plant employee. I posted about some on my blog five years ago, it gives some detail on how these entered the hobby but not the original source. I believe I got that info later. They had to be melted down for reuse, so survivors are scarce.

http://www.thetoppsarchives.com/2015/03/metal-shop.html

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by toppcat

I think they were all found together in Connecticut, possibly in the house of a printing plant employee. I posted about some on my blog five years ago, it gives some detail on how these entered the hobby but not the original source. I believe I got that info later. They had to be melted down for reuse, so survivors are scarce.

Dave,

Thanks for the information on the plates; interesting read. I know the 1962 Topps plates are the only ones I've ever seen on the vintage cards.