Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[roarfrom34]

Originally Posted by Chstrite

Has anyone ever seen one of these? How can there be 2,000 and never seen one till recently. This vintage sculpture is a limited edition piece, numbered as 5 out of 2,000 made. The sculpture features Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles.

Charlie

I think the Brenn Very sculptures were discussed here at some point. They came out in the mid 1980's and Mr. Very offered two different pieces..One was the 3D wall hanging that you showed and the other was the figurine shown below (I have #66 of 971).

My suspicion is that when the initial orders came in, Mr. Very made enough to satisfy those orders (plus a few more) and that likely nowhere near 2000 pieces were made....

I'd be interested in other thoughts....

[Chstrite]

Hi, Bill. Thanks for the feedback. I have the one shown and it is one of my favorites. I am always looking for Brooks like statutes, dolls, Bobbleheads, stuffed animals, etc. I was not aware of this one by Very till I saw it on EBay. I bet you are right on them never hitting that 2,000 production run. Mine is #5 in the run so that is pretty cool. Hope others chime in. Thanks again.

[abambury]

A post on another thread reminded me of this item I had from collecting autographs as a kid.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by roarfrom34

Charlie

I think the Brenn Very sculptures were discussed here at some point. They came out in the mid 1980's and Mr. Very offered two different pieces..One was the 3D wall hanging that you showed and the other was the figurine shown below (I have #66 of 971).

My suspicion is that when the initial orders came in, Mr. Very made enough to satisfy those orders (plus a few more) and that likely nowhere near 2000 pieces were made....

I'd be interested in other thoughts....

I see a lot more of the figurines thru the years, but only a few of the wall hanging piece. I purchased both pieces together, I believe in the early 90’s. I agree that nowhere near that many were produced.

[roarfrom34]

Eddie Fisher who pitched in the majors for 14 years which included a 90 game stint with the Orioles in 1966 & 1967 unfortunately passed away on Monday at the age of 88:

[whiteymet]

For those of you who did not see my other post:
Thought you might be interested to know:

Start saving your $$$$$$$

I have recently been consulted about 1961 actually 1963 Topps Dice cards.

I have been given permission to say that an UNCUT sheet of the complete set will be offered at auction most likely starting next month!

Once more permission is accorded I will post a photo with info about the auction itself

And YES there is a Brooks card on the sheet!

Cheers!