toughest 1962 Jello

[Kenmarks]

Recently Dan unearthed his old floppy disks from the turn of this century that contained his book material. He is now going thru and working on being able to recover the book material to be able to reissue his books. Floppy disks are not easy to work with in these days. As a result it sounds like it is a bit of an uphill battle, but he also seems pretty committed. These books are going to be the same as the past and will not be updated for any new stuff unearthed since. That really is not a problem since there is only a miniscule amount of changes that could be made to the books today. They are classics and so many of us learned the basics of Post Cereal card collecting from Dan and his books. No timetable for completion that I have hard of.

[cannonballsun]

Originally Posted by Kenmarks

Recently Dan unearthed his old floppy disks from the turn of this century that contained his book material. He is now going thru and working on being able to recover the book material to be able to reissue his books. Floppy disks are not easy to work with in these days. As a result it sounds like it is a bit of an uphill battle, but he also seems pretty committed. These books are going to be the same as the past and will not be updated for any new stuff unearthed since. That really is not a problem since there is only a miniscule amount of changes that could be made to the books today. They are classics and so many of us learned the basics of Post Cereal card collecting from Dan and his books. No timetable for completion that I have hard of.

That is great news for collectors.

[Exhibitman]

You can get a USB-compatible external drive on Amazon for $11.99 and up.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by Kenmarks

Recently Dan unearthed his old floppy disks from the turn of this century that contained his book material. He is now going thru and working on being able to recover the book material to be able to reissue his books. Floppy disks are not easy to work with in these days. As a result it sounds like it is a bit of an uphill battle, but he also seems pretty committed. These books are going to be the same as the past and will not be updated for any new stuff unearthed since. That really is not a problem since there is only a miniscule amount of changes that could be made to the books today. They are classics and so many of us learned the basics of Post Cereal card collecting from Dan and his books. No timetable for completion that I have hard of.

Good news! And updates could just be posted here.

[hoot-owl]

I can't believe I started this thread nearly 13-years ago. In that 13-year period--I reduced my want list to 12 1962 Jellos. All of them are on the list that Ken posted.

I also don't think I have picked up a needed Jello over the last three years--and prices seem to have doubled when you even see them.

Good luck--what a great set!

[ALBB]

In another 13 yrs... youll be a " little closer ! LOL

[savedfrommyspokes]

A rarely seen Tasby ended last evening on ebay at $1325 with 4 bidders bidding over $1k. Hopefully for the buyer, this card passes "authenticity".

[Promethius88]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

A rarely seen Tasby ended last evening on ebay at $1325 with 4 bidders bidding over $1k. Hopefully for the buyer, this card passes "authenticity".

Although I'm pretty much out of the 62 Jell-O game, I was a little surprised, but not that surprised that the Tasby brought that much. Basically due to the condition. But as we know with this set, when you've been waiting to fill one of those last few holes, it doesn't really matter what it looks like.

What is surprising is what some of the other "not that difficult" cards have been selling for. While you don't see the Woodie Held come up every day, I wouldn't call it difficult. Shocked to see the one in that condition sell for $239. I thought the seller was nuts when he had the BIN up so high but sold it just under his asking price.

I might have do dig out the few extras I have left and list them!!

[Kenmarks]

Agree with you. Did you see the lot of 29 cards lot that sold maybe a week ago. 28 of the cards are pretty findable. But the 29th was the super tough Gene Stephens. Perhaps the second toughest of the entire set. That lot went for a bit over $1600, and totally driven by the one card. I had the same thoughts you did for Tasby on this Stephens card. Certainly expensive, but less that what the market has brough for the toughies the last 3 or 4 years. Prices might be softening on those super-SPs.