1935 Wheaties

[BabyRuth]

Here's a few - they seem like bargains in today's collecting landscape!

[Keith H. Thompson]

and are simply cut from cereal boxes. I'm guessing that TPAs do not want anything to do with them unless there is more profit to it. I was born in 1930 and never had access to the 1935 issue, but the later years featuring the players with yellow and orange backgrounds were beautiful on the grocery shelf. My family went shopping on Saturday night, and I would beg my mother to get me the Charlie Gehringer, Tommy Bridges or even Joe Dimaggio, but no and never, she would get Corn Flakes or some other cheaper product. Worse, the radio broadcast of Detroit Tiger games featured heavy advertising with Ty Tyson telling us that "Wheaties, the Breakfast of Champions" could do the same for me constantly reminded me of my bad choice of parents.

In 1939 Wheaties had a special Centennial run of about 8 different boxes. I couldn't even persuade my mother to get these. Since, however, I have collected all of the Gehringer backs. Most desirable (at least for me) is a full back panel. A full box (not Gehringer) recently went on eBay for several hundred dollars, and there are auction records of huge lots.

[cliffyb]

Here is my 1935 Wheaties. My first one, just bought it the other day. It's a little beaten up but I think that gives it character.

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

Here's a few - they seem like bargains in today's collecting landscape!

Those Gehrigs are really nice.

[Hankphenom]

To my eyes, all the Wheaties issues are cool, I can't imagine why they wouldn't be sought after, "cards" or not cards. As a very tangential aside, on the broadcast of a Senators/Cleveland game in 1939 with Walter Johnson doing the play-by-play, it is mentioned that he would be at Miller's Market in D.C. that night signing boxes of Wheaties, who sponsored the broadcasts. That's always been one of my holy grails, to come across one of those boxes signed by him, but I've never seen one. Assuming he did that throughout the season, there must be some out there somewhere.
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[Leon]

Originally Posted by BabyRuth

Here's a few - they seem like bargains in today's collecting landscape!

Great looking Wheaties!!
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[BabyRuth]

Thanks Leon!!! That '36 Gehrig Series 4 with full borders is pretty tough.

[brianp-beme]

I have always been drawn to some of the 1937 Series 9 artwork...30 years ahead of its time for far out and grooviness!

Brian

[27 Championships]

For anyone interested, there is a 1936 Wheaties Series 4 Gehrig with full borders graded SGC 1.5 currently for auction on Sterling Sports Auctions lot #165

[GeoPoto]

Here's a 1937 Series 7 (I think). Notice how the shoe (and glove) are "in front of" the border and the James Bond style gun bore back-drop.

Cecil H. Travis. Infielder for the Washington Senators in 1933-1941 and 1945-1947. 1,544 hits and 27 home runs over 12 MLB seasons. 3-time All-Star. One of two to get 5 hits in first game. Led American League in hits in 1941 despite DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak and Ted Williams hitting .406. His best season was 1941 as he posted a .410 OBP with 101 RBIs in 663 plate appearances. In Army during 1942-45, wound up a frostbite victim in Battle of Bulge and Bronze Star recipient. Return to MLB after war surgery was not the same.

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