Stadium fold out poster. I think it is 2 feet x 3 feet. Also pictured are Bob Gibson, Ken Reitz, and Ted Simmons.

Advertising poster for the late 1960's Sports Illustrated posters.

Mcdonald's glass.

Stadium giveaway from the 3000th hit game. Lou was proud to add he "was there too."

That "I was there" cert shows up pretty regularly on Ebay. I have never bought one, as there seem to be an awful lot of them, making me wonder if they have just been recently reproduced.

1984 BBWA program.

This is a pretty cool item. DuPont made a series of large cards (8x11) to give away at trade shows in the 1980's. Here is the Lou Brock card. Also in this "set" are Red Schoendienst, Willie Mays, Pete Rose, Harmon Killebrew, Gaylord Perry, Bob Feller, Stan Musial, and Bart Starr. There may be others.

Happy 75th birthday to my favorite Cardinal of all time! LOOOUUUU!!!!!

Here is the metal printing plate for the DuPont card.

1985 Hall of Fame cachet. Why they picked a Cub hat I don't know, unless it was to rub some salt in an old wound.

1985 HOF induction program.

1985 Baseball Digest annual guide featuring 3 new Hall of Famers from the Cardinals, Lou Brock, Enos Slaughter, and Hoyt Wilhelm.

Hof
 

Kind of an odd threesome to focus on in 1985

Arky Vaughn also went in, so it was kind of a mediocre year, as HOF'ers go.

And to call Wilhelm a Cardinal is a bit of a stretch.

He went 1-4 in 40 games in 1957.

1985 "Record of records" to commemorate the HOF induction.

1984 Matchbook schedule from Lou Brock Sports Shop

This just came in, a 1967 pennant in honor of the 67 WS Championship.

1985 HOF Postcard.

Cardinal Surf book. His first card as a Cardinal is in 1965.

Surf Books
 

I looked to be sure you had not been cutting out any of the pictures to make Promo Cards :)

1999 Stadium Give-Away Pin
 

My wife and I were recently cleaning out some of our old stuff from when we lived in St. Louis. I came across a box of various pins and cards from the Cardinals and when I saw Lou’s pin I remembered this thread – I don’t think this has been posted yet.

This was issued to fans to commemorate the unveiling of his statue in front of Busch Stadium. The Cardinals did a great job with these and whenever a new statue was unveiled they gave out a commemorative pin, which is attached to a card that describes the event. I believe there is a typo on Lou's card, but maybe I'm reading it wrong – the statue was unveiled in the 25th anniversary year (not 20th) of Lou's 1974 stolen-base record.

Brad H - You are correct, I have the pin, have not posted it yet.

I was away for a week on vacation with limited WIFI (at http://montaukpark.com ) canoeing on the Current River in South Central Missouri (http://www.jadwincanoe.com )

Anyway - Here is the 85 HOF envelope along with Wilhelm.

This is kind of interesting. Apparently Lou became an expert in pricing ball cards at some point, and has the price guide to prove it. I am not sure on the date, and would be interested to at some point find a copy of the price guide.

Price Guide
 

Interesting. Does it say he collected and what ? Probably Maury Wills, Ty Cobb and Ricky Henderson cards

I'd like to find a copy of the guide, but have never seen one in 10 years of Ebay searches using Lou Brock.

I bet his shrewd advice was to invest in Canseco, McGwire, and cases of 87 Topps at the time anyway.

KSD TV card. I am unsure of the date on this card.

Probably late 80's Big K Mart card.

1982 Baseball Card News. They are numbered to 20, I do not know if they are all of Lou Brock, or include other players.

Here is a postmarked 1989 first day of issue envelope. Also pictured a ticket stub from 2009 with Lou featured on the stub. There are probably dozens of ticket stubs he is on, I've got a couple, it's too much work to try and find all the tickets.

Brock
 

This has been a great thread. David is in the home stretch. One month to go

These last few posts will feature all sorts of "odds and ends". There are hundreds of cards put out by the card manufacturers in the last 30 years, I don't really collect them, unless they look "Cool" or something.

I'm a sucker for flashy colors and cool designs.

Here is an unknown as to date sew or iron on patch, plus the above mentioned Hunters meat stadium give away pin, a random Topps issue, and Sports Design card

One of my favorite "Modern" cards, however "Modern" is defined (and the thread on that is interesting) is the 92 Action Packed card, as well as all the other cards in the set.

Topps LJN 1989 Baseball Talk Brock
 

Here is the player that comes with that set for playing the recording on the card. We have a member here with a web site where you can access most of the recording from the set

I think this is a cool modern set. Lots of big stars with recreations of their classic cards on sturdy stock...except that Lou got stuck in a Cub uniform. His face says it all

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Patch
 

Hi David -
I have a few of those patches - Lou, Reggie, Fisk, Seaver, etc... - I can't remember the company who made them, but I believe they were issued in 1978(ish) and were licensed by the MLBPA, but not by MLB (hence no logos). I think I read once that there are 100 players in the set. They can still be found relatively cheaply, usually $5-10 for stars, and less for the more common players. Hope that helps.

In 1977 KMOX put out this poster to recognize Lou for breaking Cobb's stolen base record.

Here are a few cards designed to replicate old Topps designs. The top right is kind of cool, I think it is a hand painted card. Bottom left is a Dover, bottom right Sports Design.

Little League glove. It's actually bright red, but the picture makes it look more orange.

Brock
 

David --did you see the Diamond Jubile Brock posted in the July pick up thread..yesterday or earlier today

Yes I did. Those are cool cards, I posted mine a few months back.

Here are some miscellaneous game pieces, postage stamps, and a Cracker Jack stamp.

I just picked this up this week. It is the counter display piece for pocket schedules, missing the cardboard supporting arm on the back. In the bottom right you can see where the pocket schedules would have been. It is also the same artwork the Cardinals used on other items in 1975. it is 11x14

I picked up another one of these pins, mistakenly thinking it was larger than the one I had. It is not. However, it is flat and off color, while the other is more domed and brighter. So, I guess I just found a rare "variation". Once again, this is a reverse negative, the St. L on the cap is backward (Thanks to Randy for pointing that out a few months back. I would guess this pin is 1976 or 77.

Since I posted the 1975 schedule holder, here are 2 items I posted a few months back that use the same artwork. A full size calendar, a pocket schedule, and a scorecard.

The Decent Boys! If you are not from St. Louis, you don't know what I am talking about ;)

Some more recent cards. I'm not going to show most of the modern stuff, I've got dozens of them, usually picked up in bulk lots off EBay or in dime/quarter boxes at shows. But these are kind of cool. The top middle is a Christian tract, there are several versions of them from different years.

1993 Front Row set.

I just picked up a 1975 League Leader card with a blank back off Ebay.

Here it is with the other 75 League Leader cards.

It also has a white stripe along the left border.

Brock
 

10 days to go ?

Yes, I will make it to the 1 year mark.

Blank Back
 

Really like the '75 blank back!

I know exactly what you are talking about!!

Love this thread, great to see so many great Brock items!!

Picked this up at the national

Conner - nice baseball. Sorry for not posting much the last week. I have been incredibly busy with a variety of things.

Here are some mis cuts and print defects, some are recent pickups, some were posted a while back. I think the 69 topps and 69 All Star are new.

Some more odds and ends from a more recent vintage. I kind of like the retro 78 Donruss look.

Here are a few more miscuts and print defects. I think the 79 Topps is new, and maybe one of the 73 LL cards.

I am now out of stuff to post. I will end this thread over the next 2 weeks with my 10 favorite items in my collection, all of which were shown at some time in this thread.

Brock
 

My personal thanks to you David for this great thread about one of the games great players... and a good guy. Thanks for all your efforts

Al... currently in Skagway

I really enjoyed checking out your posts David.You have a great Brock collection!

Great Thread
 

This is such a GREAT thread. Thanks so much for taking the time to post all of the Brock items. I looked forward to viewing your items!

Looking forward to seeing what the favorites in your amazing Brock collection.

Ok, who's single player collector is next...

In no particular order, here are some of my favorite items.

62 Topps. The first card. Someday I might try to get one in a high grade, but for now, these 2 will suffice.

It also holds sentimental value, because my wife got me the ungraded one while we were dating 28 years ago. She asked me what I wanted for Christmas, and I, knowing she knew nothing of cards said a "52 Topps Mickey Mantle". So she went to all the card shops she could find, and when she realized it was $1000 or more back then, she got me the Brock rookie. She was scared to death I'd not like it, but I told her she "Done good" and then to prove it, I married her.

A woman that will go looking for a specific card is a keeper indeed :)

This wiffle ball box display is very cool, and I've only seen 1 (this one).

Well, now that we have been married 25 years she wants me to sell everything. But I'll still keep her.

Woody Gellman worked for Topps for years. His QC was to take 2 complete Topps sets each year, and paste them into a binder. Over the years Topps Vault has been selling off these pages. Here is the 64 page, with a front and back of Lou Brock. The 63 page was on ebay a week or so ago, I was outbid, my high bid was in the $150 range.

These "Transferettes" are pretty rare.

The Dayton Daily News "cards" are really tough to find.

What year is that one from?

1970. There are variations of some of them, but apparently not of Lou Brock.

There was a good discussion on them earlier in the thread in the 1970 cards.

According to sschauer's 1970-71 Dayton Daily News checklist, there was an updated Dayton Daily News Lou Brock card from the May 22, 1971 Dayton Daily News edition, but it was mistakenly numbered #80 rather than the correct #88. I have never seen the updated one, though. The original #88 Lou Brock was from the July 4, 1970 Dayton Daily News edition.

This display for autographed baseballs is unique. I am guessing 1975 based on the 4 Dodgers and Lou. Maybe they were sold in N.L. parks, and since the Dodgers won the pennant, and Lou brock Wills SB mark, they were featured? Just guessing anyway, but either way I found it on Ebay, and have never seen another.

I really liked collecting the many MSA discs from the mid to late 70's. I have all of them except for the dozens of hard to find different hand stamped Carousel discs.

Here are 2 of the toughest to find as a sample representation.

The first uses the Linnett drawings and was apparently given out as a sales sample of some sort.

The second are the cup lids, which are real tough to find.

This 4 in 1 is relatively tough to find.

I think the 77's are cool and this OPC 9 card sheet is real cool.

This will be the final regular post in this thread. As I pick up some items, I may periodically update this thread, but frankly, it's harder and harder to find anything I do not have. In Topps issues, I'm missing only the 67 Punch Out, and 74 Stamp Booklet, both of which are tough. Occasionally a blank or wrong back shows up, or a severe miscut. There are probably also more promo type of items out there.

In conclusion then, here is the Transogram figure in the box, along with 2 cards cut from the box, a side tab, and a 68 Topps All Star, which is the photo used for the Transogram cards. This is probably my favorite piece, just tough to find in the box.

Thanks for following my thread.

David,

I really have enjoyed the thread and thank you so much for taking the time to post all of those great pictures of your Brock collection.

Regards,

Mark

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I came to this thread late in its lifeapan but going back through an viewng it was very enjoyable. An exceptional collection for sure.

great thread.........labor of love!

Enjoyed it, thank you.

i believe those are listed as Penn Emblem Patches from 1979.

I Like the couple of Garvey crossover items. I think i lost to you on this if you won it on ebay in the not too distant past. I also have one of those baseball displays you feature near the end of the display. i have a set of the signed baseballs that go with the promotion as well.

I have seen some of the baseballs, but don't have any. Are most of the baseballs signed by Dodgers? I assume they are from 75 due to the Dodgers winning the pennant and Brock setting the base stealing record.

On the wiffle box, I did get it on ebay, maybe a year ago. I'd never seen one before, there cannot be too many that exist.