What card type is ultra rare but not desirable?

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Originally Posted by brian1961

Many thanks, Nicolo, for the auction results info.

I extend to you heartiest congratulations upon winning the Willie Mays and Hank Aaron 1962 JELL-O unfolded boxes. Wow, what prize catches; way da go, bro!!!!

The prices for the Clemente and Aaron were relatively low, for what they are, though by no means chump change. I recall seeing a scan of the Clemente unfolded box, and it was a marvelous beauty! Really, all of them looked great, and have been well cared for since that fabulous find of 40 years ago.

I can relate to your joy. Way back in fall, 1988, at the massive Philadelphia show, on the opening night, reserved for members only of the local Philly collectors club, I was able to buy a pair of those 1 of 1 unfolded 1962 JELL-O boxes, one from Mr. Mint Alan Rosen, and one from his minion, Brian Morris. That pair of hobby stalwarts did not deal in undesirable merchandize. I was absolutely thrilled to find and buy them. My point is simply, your new pair of beautiful boxes, I'm rather certain, has put you on a "cardboard cloud 9", from which you will stay aloft for quite awhile. Again, I am so happy for you. Thanks again for sharing your joy with us.

I suppose the mainstream gum card rookie collectors would not understand our fascination and devotion to the non-mainstream regional / food items, but in the end, they are less competition for US, and we're less competition for THEM.

Continued happy hunting, my fellow collecting warrior. --- Brian Powell

Thanks Brian. These definitely fit into the White Whale category for serious player collectors. At the same time, these pieces obviously don't fit into the "value" part of this thread, even if they are exceptionally rare.

Although I have it on good authority that they were once relatively inexpensive. Attached is a copy of the price sheet for these boxes back when they were marketed in 1985 by Lew Lipset, provided to me courtesy of another hobby friend, Fred McKie. As I remarked to Fred, it probably would have been cheaper for me to build a time machine to acquire my collection...