1963 Post Cereal Complete Set (200) Plus 7 Variations and Two Seven-Card Box Panels

Sold For:

$2,280

Year:

1963

Auction:

2017 Fall

Lot #:

1336

Category:

Postwar Baseball - 1960s Cards

Complete set of 1963 Post Cereal, consisting of 200 cards. Condition is 14% Ex-Mt to Nr/Mt, 39% Vg-Ex to Ex, 22% Gd to Vg, and 25% lesser (mostly due to extra paper and glue on the reverses). Also included is a seven-card box panel featuring #23 Tresh (Fr due to creasing and moisture stains), a seven-card panel on a box of Toasties Corn Flakes (box is unfolded and missing top and bottom flaps) featuring #43 Wynn/66 Roberts/123 Drysdale (Vg), and seven variations. The preceding grades, as well as those in the composite below, are without respect to the neatness of the cut as almost all the cards are cut inside of the borders and would only qualify for "Authentic" if submitted for professional grading. Keys: #15 Mantle (Ex-Mt), 16 Maris (Vg+), 36a Fox (Ex-Mt), 36b Fox (Pr due to back damage), 39a F. Robinson (cut small, pencil on reverse, otherwise Vg+), 53 Bunning (Ex), 61 Adair (small scissors cut into bottom edge, otherwise Vg-Ex), 80 Yastrzemski (lower left corner missing, otherwise Vg-Ex), 86 Lumpe (lower right corner missing, otherwise Vg), 87 Jimenez (Ex+), 106 Mays (cut small, otherwise Ex-Mt), 108 Haller (cut small, otherwise Ex), 119 Davis (cut small, otherwise Ex-Mt), 128 Kasko (Pr due to paper loss), 131a F. Robinson/no stripes on cap (Gd+), 131b F. Robinson/stripes on cap (Fr due to extra paper and glue on reverse), 143 Clemente (displays as Vg from front, scrapbook removal damage on reverse), 152 Aaron (Vg), 162 Flood (Ex), 166 Gibson (cut small, otherwise Vg-Ex), 172 B. Williams (Vg+), 187 Aspromonte (Gd), and 196 Thomas (Gd). A very attractive complete set of this scarce and extremely underrated early 1960s food issue. Total: 207 cards plus two seven-card panels. Reserve $300. Estimate $1,000+.