1962 Jello?

[Baseballcrazy62]

Great pick-up!!

[Kenmarks]

Absolutely genuine. Wondered who bought that off eBay so quickly maybe last week. Congrats. Here are mine

[hoot-owl]

what's the big idea posting five of these when I am still looking for my first. thanks Ken, LOL!

[Kenmarks]

I’m sorry about that. I just been collecting these for a really long time. The interesting thing is that the author of this thread got his on eBay a couple weeks ago. 30 bucks I believe. Quite a deal. A couple years ago on eBay, I got one that a really good price. But nothing even close to $30. Many many many times more. Sometimes it’s just lucking out and being at the right place at the right time.

[nwobhm]

Originally Posted by Kenmarks

I’m sorry about that. I just been collecting these for a really long time. The interesting thing is that the author of this thread got his on eBay a couple weeks ago. 30 bucks I believe. Quite a deal. A couple years ago on eBay, I got one that a really good price. But nothing even close to $30. Many many many times more. Sometimes it’s just lucking out and being at the right place at the right time.

Actually $33.95 …. and the seller shipped in a stamped First Class envelope….:eek….. I figured if it arrived it was meant to be.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Kenmarks

I just been collecting these for a really long time.

Originally Posted by Kenmarks

Here are mine:

Cool! Who knows? Maybe in a year or three we'll meet at the National Show and swap stories if not cards.

[raulus]

Balticfox - those are some pretty cool sugar crisp complete panels.

Here's one of mine.

[skil55voy]

Here is my Sugar Crisp panel:

Post 62 Canadian Sugar Crisp Sheet.jpg

[Balticfox]

The Jim Bunning/Vada Pinson/Joey Jay panel is one I need!

[skil55voy]

The Bunning/Buzhardt sheet has special meaning for me. In 1962 when I was 6 years old I went to my first Detroit Tigers game. Tigers/White Sox. Starting pitchers: Jim Bunning and Johnny Buzhardt. Since I collect Post Cereal, I bought it to have as an example. Just luck for the 2 players on it.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by raulus

Balticfox - those are some pretty cool sugar crisp complete panels.

Here's one of mine.

Nice! And one I really need! What though didn't PSA like about it?

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Nice! And one I really need! What though didn't PSA like about it?

From your earlier posts, it seems like you're not much of a TPG acolyte, so I'm guessing your knowledge about how the PSA treats specific issues (especially the jumbo issues) may be a bit light. And from the sound of it, you prefer it that way!

But it's not uncommon to be a bit less knowledgeable here, even among TPG acolytes, since these jumbo issues don't get graded very often. For better or worse, I've graded a lot of jumbo issues with PSA, so have a bit more experience than most.

When it comes to jumbo issues, the grading tends to be very challenging, particularly with vintage stuff. There's just so much real estate, big long edges, etc. that the odds of imperfections is really high. I'd have to take a really close look at this one through the slab, but my guess is that the edges are imperfect with some dents and dings, the corners are a little soft, and the surface almost certainly has some added imperfections with potential scratches, abrasions, toning, and small marks/staining. So you add it all up, and they call it a 3.

As an added bonus, it was relatively recently graded, and many commentators feel that recent grading is more conservative than it used to be, to the tune of 1-2 grades. So this might have graded a 4 or a 5 in former times.

Obviously it's a nice looking copy. At the moment, it's the highest ever graded by PSA. It's certainly possible that they will grade nicer copies in the future, but I'm guessing that's unlikely. Even if there are nicer copies, it's unlikely that they'll grade much higher, just due to the factors I outlined above.

[Balticfox]

Well yours certainly looks nicer than the one I had in my collection two years ago:



Mine was nice and white but exhibited a lot of stress along the center perforation.

Incidentally, how do you define the master Willie Mays set which you say you're close to completing?