80 Baseball Cards with a Food Connection, 1961-88 – Post, Kellogg’s, Hostess, Drake’s, Etc.
Lot 140. 80 Baseball Cards with a Food Connection, 1961-88 – Post, Kellogg’s, Hostess, Drake’s, Etc. Hall of Fame players are on 24 of these cards, including one that is uncommon: Pete Rose is on a 1971 Kellogg’s heavy-paper card that has not undergone the process to turn it into a “3-D” card. The back is blank, and the card vg. Here is the complete list of 80 cards – POST CEREAL: 1961 #114, vg-ex. 1962 #85 vg+, 90 vg and 155 g. And 1962 #75 (miscut) p-f and 115 Wills g+ to vg. KELLOGG’S: 1970 #6 Howard vg-ex, 16 g, 22 Aparicio (2) vg+ to ex and vg; 23 vg+ to ex, 30 g+, 36 g+ and 48 Flood f-g. These 1970 cards generally have ex fronts and creases on the backs. 1970 All-Time Baseball Greats, #2 Hornsby (2) p-f and vg, 9 Wagner p and 14 Ruth g+. 1971 #9 ex-m+, 25 ex-m+, 27 vg, 45 nm, 65 Rose (see above) and 68 Stargell g+. 1972, #32 ex-m+, 40 Clemente vg and 51 ex-m+. 1974 #40 nm-m. And 1975 #26 Ryan vg. HOSTESS: Single cards – 1976 #5 g-vg, 12 ex and 126 nm+. Panels – These panels of three cards were cut from the Hostess box so that the trim lines are complete around the cards. 1976, #124-126 with McCovey and Luzinski, nm, tiny printing defect on McCovey; 145-147 with Bowa, Reggie Jackson, nm-m. 1977, #37-39, nm. 1979, #52-54 with Dave Parker, nm-m; 64-66 with Seaver, g-vg; 91-93 with Sutton, nm-m; 94-96, nm-m; 97-99 with Horner, nm; and 106-`08 with Fisk, Foster and Hernandez, nm-m. DRAKE’S: 1980 #24 and 28, ex. 1984 #12 (2), 16 and 21 (2), ex to ex+. 1985 #20 Schmidt, ex. BURGER KING: 1980 #2 Carlton ex, 9 Ryan ex and 19 Parker vg-ex. NESTLE: 1988 Checklist-promo card, ex+. RALSTON PURINA: 1984 #20 Concepcion vg+ and 28 Lynn nm. TOPPS: Cereal Series, 1984 #9 Rice nm, 14 Ryan nm and 32 Hernandez vg. Circle K: 1976 #22 Bench vg-ex. KRAFT: Home Plate Heroes (two-card panels), 1987 #5-6 with Rice, nm-m; 17-18 with Garvey, nm-m; 29-30 with Mattingly and Schmidt, nm-m; and 47-48 vg with a vg+ to ex Ryan card. Winning Bid $50.
