1963 Topps peel offs

[deweyinthehall]

Hi - back again, this time with a couple questions on the 1963 insert set.

1) The Beckett card price guide indicates the stickers WITH instructions are rarer than those without; an article on Sports Collectors' Daily web-site says the opposite. Thoughts on which is the rarer variety, or whether either is truly rarer than the other? Thoughts on which version was issued first, and which came later - did they suddenly need to start printing instructions because kids were eating them??
2) The Beckett guide lists Jim Bunning as the most expensive - at $120, $20 more than even Mantle. Is there a scarcity associated with Bunning?

[raulus]

If you believe the PSA pop reports, without instructions appear to be about twice as rare as with instructions.

Of course, part of the fun is that PSA didn’t start recognizing these variations until after they had already graded a bunch. But I’m guessing that shouldn’t change the results dramatically.

Maybe the 60s is when instructions on everything proliferated. You know…this plastic bag is not a toy to be worn on your head sort of thing.

[mikemb]

I recently finished putting a complete set of these together.

About 2/3 of my set has instruction backs and the rest blank backs. I found the blank backs were in slightly less supply but not much price difference, at least among commons and minor stars.

I paid the most for the Mantle and it was the only one I got that was graded. My Bunning cost me $3.75 and that was just over a year ago.

Mike

[ALR-bishop]

Went through my set last night and I only have 7 blank backed