When I go to shows out here in California, the Kellogg's cards from the 70's always look beautiful. No curls or cracks because of the dry climate. I haven't ever actually bought any (big fear of eventual east coast type cracking), but usually ask the sellers where his/her cards came from. Most of the time the answer is that they grabbed 'em out of cereal boxes they opened as a kid, or from a local collection they bought. That gives me hope to maybe start collecting them again. But buying off of ebay will still be very problematic. No matter how nice they look, it's always a ticking time bomb if you don't know whether or not the cards ever spent time in a New Jersey attic during the summertime.
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