Legendary Auction Corn Flakes Set ??

[NATCARD]

It has been very interesting to hear the responses this thread has created. My response is they had glue 40 years ago and no one has come up with a Champion box or the fact any cereal box has a white interior panel. The digging continues.......

[bh3443]

Hi Jeff!
Great thread. It was nice to see Doug Allen chime in, too. Jeff, are you going to the local Net54 meeting in late Aug/early Sept? The guys are shooting for the Paparazzi's off the Mass Pike in Newton/Watertown. It would be AWESOME if you went!
As for this SI card set, it's a neat collectible, but can you call it a card based on the issues posted?
Jeff, I'll email you for my new cell # that kicks in on 8/1. Thank you!
Your friend,
Bill Hedin

Originally Posted by NATCARD

It has been very interesting to hear the responses this thread has created. My response is they had glue 40 years ago and no one has come up with a Champion box or the fact any cereal box has a white interior panel. The digging continues.......

[paul]

I've got a Tom Seaver from this "set". It has a blank, white back. It is slightly smaller than a regular Topps card and much larger than a Nabisco Team Flakes card. I've always assumed it was cut from an advertising poster that promoted the Sports Illustrated posters.

Also, mine is on stock consistent with a poster. It is not card stock.

[fkw]

Does anyone have an image of the actual display that held the rolled up posters? There might have been a point of sale display poster that was different than the duel sided insert poster.

I remember the posters as a kid but not well enough to remember what the display looked like.

[CowboysGuide]

Originally Posted by paul

I've got a Tom Seaver from this "set". It has a blank, white back. It is slightly smaller than a regular Topps card and much larger than a Nabisco Team Flakes card. I've always assumed it was cut from an advertising poster that promoted the Sports Illustrated posters.

Also, mine is on stock consistent with a poster. It is not card stock.

Sounds like yours was cut from a display poster, which I've never seen for the football promos. The 'cards' all should have tabs from whatever they were attached to. Sort of like the 1977 Topps Mexican set.

[Bob Lemke]

I exchanged emails a couple of months ago, and again more recently, with the folks at Legendary about these items. They offered to send examples for my inspection, which I declined since the deadline for the 2012 book had passed.

When first presented with these "cards," I knew the images looked familiar, but couldn't place them. Last week I was contacted by a reader who brought up the SI Posters connection. I shared that information with Legendary.

My current position on including the set in the Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards is that the set will not be listed without some sort of contemporary confirmation of a connection with the purported Champion Corn Flakes, i.e., surviving packaging, 1968-era advertising.

[slidekellyslide]

Good call Bob...now we need to hear from PSA on what kind of provenance led them to slab those football cards.

[sflayank]

hi
its my understanding that psa will grade once a card is listed
so we actually need to hear from beckett what they used to determine authenticity and list in their book