A Card Hoarder Comes Clean (1962 Post Cereal baseball)

[LuckyLarry]

I’m a big fan of 1962 Post baseball cards, and as a nine year old cut the cards off the boxes myself. I still have a few from my original collection. There are a couple of Post Cereal experts out there, and I learned a lot about this set over the years, including information that some of the cards are tougher to find than the others. Sometimes based on what kind of cereal box they came on. One of the cards that I learned was tougher than the others was #10 Yankee Ralph Terry.

There are two photo color versions of #10. The “black” photo color version of #10 came from 10oz Sugar Coated Corn Flakes. The “blue” photo color version of #10 came from 16oz Grape Nut Flakes. Reported the “blue” version is tougher to find because who ever ate Grape Nut Flakes?

For many years I have scoured binders and bargain bins seeking examples of this card, willing to pay the sticker price of $1 or $2. Last week I acquired my 50th example (via Ebay) cost $2.80 after taxes and shipping. Fifty examples should be enough, but I’ll admit whenever I come across a box of beat up 1962 Post Cereal cards, I’ll always look for #10.

I have 34 “blue” versions and 16 “black” versions, even though “blue” are reported to be tougher. I also have an uncut box back with the “black” photo color version cut from the back of a 10oz Sugar Coated Corn Flakes box.

Current eBay search reveals four listed examples: $16.99, $35, $35, $58.04

RIP Ralph Terry 3/16/22

crossposted: OBC/Net54/Secret Board