Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[roarfrom34]

Sad to report that I learned this morning that Bob Oliver passed away on the 19th at the age of 77..



I mentioned in an earlier post that Bob had the distinction of being the last Oriole to wear #33 prior to Eddie (you can probably win a beer or two with that trivia question)

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Sad to report that I learned this morning that Bob Oliver passed away on the 19th at the age of 77..

Bill,

Sad to hear that. Oddly enough, in post #1258 on the 19th, I shared a photo of Bob Oliver. I was never 100% sure the photo used by Crown was actually Bob Oliver, but it looks like he signed it for you without the "Not me" quotation.

Quite an accomplishment to get that many Crown cards signed. I wish all the cards used photos of players in Orioles uniforms.


Here's the Bob Oliver photo again

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[roarfrom34]

Alan:

As I compare the your photo to the one on the card (somewhat side by side), I think they're both Oliver (mutton chops/mustache)...

About the Ron Jackson Crown card, I knew it wasn't him but as my collection grew & seeing his card un-signed in my binder, it was bugging me so I reached out to him to see if he would sign it with that inscription (I made a donation to a baseball camp for under privileged kids he was affiliated with).

Since I started this project well before the internet, it was somewhat challenging to get a hold of some of these players...

Just an example was that I couldn't get Dan Graham to respond (who knows if I had his correct address), anyways (long story) I was able to locate his mother of all people and she told me to send my card to her and that she'd see that he sign it (and he did!).

Since I had duplicates of these cards, I would always offer to send them one back if they wanted (which I think helped with responses too).

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Alan:

Since I started this project well before the internet, it was somewhat challenging to get a hold of some of these players...

Just an example was that I couldn't get Dan Graham to respond (who knows if I had his correct address), anyways (long story) I was able to locate his mother of all people and she told me to send my card to her and that she'd see that he sign it (and he did!).

Since I had duplicates of these cards, I would always offer to send them one back if they wanted (which I think helped with responses too).

Bill,

I appreciate all the effort you go through to get your items autographed. Maybe it's growing up in Maine and not having much access to players, but I never got passionate about getting a lot of my stuff autographed. I prefer to get items signed in person, so spring training is where I get most of my autographs. I also get many of them personalized to me. It seems to help get a little better autograph in these days of scribbles.

[stevelucille]

Those Topps 3D cards are so cool. I think they are head and shoulders above the Kelloggs cards. The first 2 years of Kelloggs are interesting then they seemed to lose something.

Question I've wondered about. Do the Topps 3D cards have the same problem with bending and cracking over time? I don't recall ever seeing one that has the same issues as many Kelloggs.
At one time I had uncut sheets of the 1970 Kelloggs and 1972(?) Old Gold HOF 3D sets. I was young at the time and didn't appreciate what I had. But man those things rolled themselves up like a burrito!

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by stevelucille

Question I've wondered about. Do the Topps 3D cards have the same problem with bending and cracking over time? I don't recall ever seeing one that has the same issues as many Kelloggs.
At one time I had uncut sheets of the 1970 Kelloggs and 1972(?) Old Gold HOF 3D sets. I was young at the time and didn't appreciate what I had. But man those things rolled themselves up like a burrito!

Steve,

I've only handled one 1968 Topps 3D and it's been awhile since I've had it out of it's case, but I think they're slightly thicker than the Kelloggs cards. I've stored my 1968 card in a screw down case for many years with no issues yet. I've also been lucky with my Kelloggs cards. I store them in Ultra Pro sheets and they have stayed flat and haven't cracked. I just collect Orioles cards, so the cards in pages around the Kelloggs cards are regular cardboard. I not sure if that has helped keeping them uncracked and flat. I have heard people from humid areas of the country complain about their Kelloggs cards curling. I assume getting them stored before they start to curl goes a long way to preserving them.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by stevelucille

Those Topps 3D cards are so cool. I think they are head and shoulders above the Kelloggs cards. The first 2 years of Kelloggs are interesting then they seemed to lose something.

Question I've wondered about. Do the Topps 3D cards have the same problem with bending and cracking over time? I don't recall ever seeing one that has the same issues as many Kelloggs.
At one time I had uncut sheets of the 1970 Kelloggs and 1972(?) Old Gold HOF 3D sets. I was young at the time and didn't appreciate what I had. But man those things rolled themselves up like a burrito!

I may be incorrect, but I thought they were both made by XOGRAPH.

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

I may be incorrect, but I thought they were both made by XOGRAPH.

They were both done by XOGRAPH. I just pulled my 1968 Topps 3D Boog Powell out of the case and you can disregard my earlier statement. They feel the same thickness to me.

[BaltOrioles]

As a kid, I loved the Kelloggs 3D cards. They were a nice change from the regular Topps cards each year. Little did I know then that Topps had 3D cards also. Topps produced a test set in 1968. There are a couple different backs. Most that I've seen are blank, but there are also some with info about the cards being not for resale or distribution.


Here is one card I own and one I wished I owned.

1968 Topps 3D Boog Powell (Blank backed)

1968 Topps 3D.jpg


Topps 3D Prototype of Brooks Robinson. I also enjoy being married so I passed on it when it came up for auction. Would lover to see it in person someday.

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