Thoughts on these '62 post cereal card I found today.

[DeanH3]

I stumbled across these '62 post cereal cards today in an antique mall. I paid $5.70 for all four. It seemed like a great deal but I don't know much about these. But at that price I figured it was worth the gamble. Any thoughts? Would it be worth getting them graded? Thanks in advance.

[DBesse27]

You got a steal. Both Mantles will probably only grade authentic, but still worth it. There is enough extra cardboard on the Maris cards that you (or somebody) could cut closer to the borders (but still leaving full borders visible) and get some nice grades. Congrats!

Did the seller have any others? I'm looking for a near mint Yaz.

[DeanH3]

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately these were the only baseball cards he had.

[KCRfan1]

Almost EVERY encounter I have had with searching for cards at antique shops ended with cards over priced.

People who sell at antique shops tend to know what they have and price accordingly and most cases overprice. So before you pay to have the cards graded, be certain you don't have reprints.

I tend to be in the camp of " if it's too good to be true, it probably is. "

Worse case scenario, you have fun reprints that were only five bucks.

[DeanH3]

I completely agree Lou. And I had the same exact thought but figured for $5.70 it was worth a shot. Is there any sure way to tell if they are reprints?

[swarmee]

Show a picture of the backs. The color should be a brown cardboard which may have glue patterns.