1960 Post Cereal Complete Set (9) on Flattened Boxes

Sold For:

$11,400

Year:

1960

Auction:

2018 Fall

Lot #:

1239

Category:

Postwar Baseball - 1960s Cards

Presented is an extraordinary and extremely rare complete set of nine 1960 Post Cereal cards. For this rare package design issue, these cards are spectacular. 1960 Post Cereals have always been the "King" of all Post Cereal cards. They are large, beautiful, and rare not just because they were issued only one card per box; they are just rare, and this was the first year of issue for Post Cereal baseball cards. They were obviously issued on a very limited basis, and the set was successful enough to encourage Post to issue 200-card sets in the three following years. In the "old days" of the organized hobby, 1960 Post were always known for their mythic rarity, and were among the most valuable cards of the era. In recent years, with all the emphasis on graded cards, both larger-format cards and hand-cut cards have received less attention. 1960 Post may be a little overlooked in today's marketplace, but it is one of the great classic sets of the era. 1960 Post Cereal are full-color large-format cards (7 x 8.75 inches). The set includes stars from several sports. Issued one card per box on the backs of boxes of Post Cereal, they were intended to be carefully cut from the boxes by youngsters in exactly the same manner as Wheaties cards were in the 1930s. 1960 Post cards were the first, and by far the rarest, of the Post cereal issues of the early 1960s. The set features the following Hall of Famers from several sports: Mickey Mantle (card area is Nr/Mt-Mt, light moisture stains very near edge of frame), Ed Mathews (card area is Ex due solely to tiny wrinkle extending from bottom edge), Harmon Killebrew (light mark on left side of frame, otherwise card area is Nr/Mt-Mt), Al Kaline (card area is Vg-Ex+ due to tiny wrinkles confined to the very perimeter of frame), Don Drysdale (card area is Vg+ due to creasing), Johnny Unitas (card area is Vg/Vg-Ex due to light wrinkles confined to the perimeter), Frank Gifford (card area is Ex due to tiny wrinkle extending from right edge and a bit of staining on the reverse), Bob Cousy (card area appears Nr/Mt-Mt from the front, with a bit of staining on the reverse), and Bob Pettit (card area is Nr/Mt). The grades listed above focus just on the card area and not the surrounding portions of the boxes. All the top flaps of the boxes are missing; all the bottom flaps were glued at one time then later opened causing paper loss and remnants of paper on those areas. The beautiful photography and rich color of 1960 Post Cereal cards make this issue one of the most striking and distinctive of all 1960s cards. This is a strong complete set of one of the most substantial and rarest all 1960s sets. Total: 9 cards. Reserve $1,000. Estimate (open).