A year of Lou Brock

[David W]

1972 Kelloggs - 1 still in the wrapper. There are more of these still in the wrapper than you would think. I know when I was a kid, I couldn't wait to rip them open.

[Cliff Bowman]

I see that your PSA 9 1972 Kellogg's Lou Brock cracked while it was in the case. I dread looking at my Kellogg's Cubs cards in their binder because every time I do I see a new one that cracked. It took me forever to find nice copies of 1974 Kellogg's Ron Santo with the Cubs emblem on the back version and 1979 Kellogg's Rick Reuschel with the copyright in Tony the Tigers collar on the back version, of course both of them eventually cracked spectacularly. I pretty much gave up replacing them.

[ALR-bishop]

I worry a lot about my 68 3D set doing the same at some point

[David W]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I see that your PSA 9 1972 Kellogg's Lou Brock cracked while it was in the case. I dread looking at my Kellogg's Cubs cards in their binder because every time I do I see a new one that cracked. It took me forever to find nice copies of 1974 Kellogg's Ron Santo with the Cubs emblem on the back version and 1979 Kellogg's Rick Reuschel with the copyright in Tony the Tigers collar on the back version, of course both of them eventually cracked spectacularly. I pretty much gave up replacing them.

Yes..... but it's still a "9" for the registry.....

I don't chase graded cards, I think I probably paid no more than a regular card price for it. I'm sure lost of high graded 3D's crack in the case. I wonder if the TPG's have an official statement on that?

[David W]

1972 Topps and OPC - I'm still bummed that there is no "In Action" card.

I learned a valuable lesson on TPG's 10 years ago with the borderline scamming BCCG grading. All 8's are not created equal as has been discussed numerous times on net54 about BCCG.

[JollyElm]

That '72 card has always bugged the heck out of me. And I don't mean because his eyes are looking weirdly off to the side instead of directly at the photog. The background is tilted at such a sharp angle that it's laughable...yet his pose looks very natural, with the bat held straight up. I would love to see the full original photograph to see what the heck was going on.

[David W]

1972 Greyhound pamphlet

[David W]

In 1972 or 1973 7/11 and perhaps other places produced plastic soft drink cups with MLB players and also Hall of Famers on them. I have a reproduction of the promo poster, but have never seen an original. They came in several distinct styles and also color contrasts. Then in in 1976 more cups were made, based upon the MLB trademark. Anyway, here are 4 different styles of the cups, plus the reproduction of the poster over the next 5 days.

Here are the 1976 MLB cups