Kelloggs cards?

[GrewUpWithJunkWax]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Stopped collecting Kellogg's. Tired of buying PSA 9's and 10's and then having them crack the next time I looked at them. The 1975 cards are the worst, but also had a lot of trouble with the 1971's.

I was curious if slabbing them would save them - guess not

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by GrewUpWithJunkWax

I was curious if slabbing them would save them - guess not

This slabbed 1974 Wilbur Wood had ZERO cracks when I bought it six or seven years ago, it did this within a month or two once I got ahold of it.

[Casey2296]

The key to collecting Kellogg's 3-D is to keep them in a consistent environment, such as a dark 300 year old wine cellar, when viewing your collection never stare directly at the card always a sideways glance, always approach from a respectful distance, genuflecting is encouraged. If the card collecting gods choose to smile on you your card will be fine, otherwise you will see it age faster than a picture of Dorian Grey...

[jchcollins]

The idea of cracking bugs me, but it hasn't happened to me yet. I have two graded Kellogg's, a 1970 Carew and a '74 Reggie Jackson, both PSA 8's. Not sure what specifically leads it to happen, but I know they can crack in the slab. They seem fine so far. They usually live in a box in the AC, 75 degrees or so on average in NC. Nothing seems extreme, but who knows.

[GasHouseGang]

I love this set. It hasn't cracked at all since I bought it.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

I love this set. It hasn't cracked at all since I bought it.

I think the cracking has less to do with where graded cards are stored now than it does how they were stored before they were graded. The Kellogg cards had a tendency to curl badly if they were not stored flat. So if they were curled for decades and then suddenly put into PSA slabs, those are the ones more apt to crack.

At least this is my working theory. I don't have enough of a collection to really try to prove it. I will say I am working on the '73 Kellogg's set, which is the one that doesn't have this problem.

[Cliff Bowman]

High humidity causes the plastic covering to shrink in size but does not affect the cardboard part of the card under the plastic coating, this is what causes the cards to curl up if they’re not slabbed or in a rigid holder, and to crack if they are slabbed or in a rigid holder.