I was only able to get to the National today even though it is 20 miles from my house.  Next year I will hope to get to the show during the last two days when it is five hours away from home. I stayed 4 1/2 hours and this is what I saw.  Sure, I missed out on some good stuff since the show had been going on since Wednesday. It seemed like many of the dealers who I see at the National, as well as at the other big Chicago shows, have the same Kellogg's cards as they had in the past.   I picked up a partial set of 1976 Kellogg's cards.  It is only missing Carter a ..read more

 I mentioned these cards before but I had more questions about them.   Summary - I picked up a lot that contained 1975 Kellogg's, one of the most likely of their sets to have cracked cards.  These two PSA 10 cards are severely cracked. Here are the questions. 1.  Do people just take these cards out of the case since they are not looking too good? 2.  If someone takes the card out of the case, do you notify the grading company that it has been removed from the case? I wonder about this because I've read comments from people online about their Kellogg's cards cra ..read more

https://thiscardiscool.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-look-at-and-checklists-for-kelloggs.html  I've been looking for any example of Kellogg's cards from Japan issued in 2009.  I have yet to see any.  I have some from each of the other years, but none from 2009.  Does anyone have any information about this set? I see a listing on ebay for one, but it doesn't seem to be anything other than an SP Authentic card.   ..read more

 As I work on completing some sets, of course I need Mays, Clemente, Ryan, etc.  But in 1975 I need Bench and Matlack  Oh, I probably have at least five of each, but they are all cracked immensely. As a Kellogg's card hoarder, I promise to give them a good home if you can find a way to trade them to me. Since I am only attending the National on Sunday, I doubt that I will find these cards. I don't mind cracked cards, but I do need some un-cracked ones for sets I am working on this year. Do I have stuff to trade?  Yes.  Obviously nothing from my want list as seen o ..read more

 I see a few cards on COMC.com and sometimes on ebay that are from the Benanti Collection.  When Beckett graded them they were labeled as such.  I picked up a bunch of these when Beckett Auctions was working with the Benanti family to sell the items. A Beckett employee let me know that the family had more items for sale, but they didn't continue with Beckett Auctions.  Has anyone seen more of these cards anywhere? I liked that they offered cards that were one-of-a-king proof cards.  Here are a few that I own. Here are the mainstream cards of the two proofs from ..read more

 Another set that I bought recently that was not sealed.  So, I decided to look through it today.  Many of the cards were still connected, but most of them loosely. Here is what I saw when pulling the cards out.  It was obvious that the cards were not disturbed much by whoever opened the set.  Sadly, the Parker and Carlton were both badly cracked.  The bright colors on the cards were nice to see. I kept a few of them together because they were firmly connected.  Only the Bruce Sutter was cracked. Add these nine cards to the list of those cracked in th ..read more

If I get a factory set that is sealed I keep it that way.  If I get one that is opened, it is really just a set in the original wrapper and/or box.  I keep the original packaging, but there really is now way to call it a factory set. I am trying to collect a factory set from each year.  I don't expect to be able to get any of them before 1976 since (a) I rarely see them and (b) the price would be well beyond what I'd be able to afford.   A few weeks ago I picked up two sets that were being sold as opened sets.  I don't know if I've ever seen a 1975 Kellogg's set ..read more

 I stumbled onto the 1992 Canadian version of these Kellogg's cards before finding their USA counterparts.  Since then, I've seen the USA version of the set more than any other Kellogg's cards of any kind.   The USA version was included in Corn Flakes boxes and it states that on the cards and the display.  The Canadian version was tossed into Froster Flakes boxes and the display shown above reflects that.   I would still never choose to buy Corn Flakes over Frosted Flakes unless the prize was really good in the Corn Flakes box ..read more

In the past I had gotten a Kellogg's basketball card from Canada.  Now I have the whole set of five.  The 1996 cards were produced by Kellogg's.  I rarely see them available online.  That doesn't mean that they are rare or valuable.  Since they are so cheap, maybe no one bothers to sell them online. Here are the Toronto Raptors issued with this set - 1 - Wille Anderson 2 - Damon Stoudamire 3 - Alvin Robertson 4 - Tony Massenburg 5 - Tracy Murray Most of these guys didn't have long stays in Toronto although all had long NBA careers. Back to baseball next time with a ..read more

 This is a new one for me.  I made an offer on a card recently and a counter offer was made.  Before I could accept it the fair offer, someone else bought the card.  Has it happened to you? It would not be a big deal, except for the fact that it was a one-of-a-kind card.   After a look at this sheet I feel a bit better.  I have no idea how to bid on stuff like these sheets or other unique items.  Most go beyond my budget.   ..read more