September pick ups

[JollyElm]

Wow, a '61 Ruth with sharp corners that's centered nearly perfectly?? Well done, indeed!!!!

[ALR-bishop]

Bill---very nice

Phil--they look even better here

[David W]

These will eventually show up in the Lou Brock thread but they just came in.
1968 oversize Atlantic Oil, not sure what it is, maybe salesman sample?? Also, signed 1970's era post card.

[brob28]

Phil - they look great whether in August or September!

Al & Darren - thank you, I fear the centering on some of these '61s is going to be my undoing!

[Exhibitman]

I collect the AO set. The Brock looks like it was never glued into a game piece. If it is unperforated it may be an unfinished item cut from a sheet. The cards were glued down along all four sides [the white] to each other face to face so the sweepstakes player would have to tear open the packet to see whether or not he won. I saw a bunch of the unopened packets some years ago. That's why the cards are typically found with border damage from glue overspill, and why there are ten cards in the set that are just about impossible to find--they were the winning pieces and were SP and likely redeemed when they were pulled. I've only seen one of the SP cards ever offered and it appears to have been cut out of a packet at a much later date.

[Bestdj777]

I have been looking for the Mantle for a while and just won it as part of a small lot. If anyone needs any of the others, PM me.

[David W]

Those 59 Bazookas are just a great looking set of cards.