Legendary Auction Corn Flakes Set ??

[fkw]

everything looks like the cards were cut from the poster to me...

The narrow or nonexisting top border, and bottom border cut so close, the Mays shows the same exact ghost image of his name above the caption, the Clemente name is offcenter, etc.

plus like others said the backs dont look like cereal box card stock.

[packs]

n/m

[drc]

I had (and still have) a bunch of 1968 Sports Illustrated posters still sealed in their original cello wrap. Inside some of the cello sealed, rolled up posters was a small checklist/advertising poster-- black and picturing all of the SI posters one could order. I believe the mini ad posters included an order form or oder address or such. I don't have the posters on hand (they're stored elsewhere-- but can get at them tomorrow), but can see if there's still one of the ad posters inside one of them.

I sold some of the insert ad posters individually on eBay, as they were pretty neat in and of themselves.

One thing is the SI ad posters are double sided. Black and picturing posters on both sides. They aren't blank/white on one side.

[jcmtiger]

DRC, cards on both sides, that is the key. But I have never heard of this cereal. But, new issues are always appearing.

Joe

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

DRC, cards on both sides, that is the key. But I have never heard of this cereal. But, new issues are always appearing.

Joe

I've read/heard that Champion Corn Flakes is a non-U.S. brand - perhaps from India? There's an article somewhere on the 'net that discusses efforts by Kellogg's to market their corn flakes in countries like India, but failing to compete with local favorites (Champion being one of them)... I can't imagine, however, that many other countries in the 1960s would have been interested in American baseball or football. FWIW.

[slidekellyslide]

Why would the cereal company use those catalog numbers on the cards? This doesn't make sense...it's obvious these are cut from the SI advertising piece. I've asked some of my veteran cereal box collecting friends and none have heard of this cereal...I also don't buy that it was a foreign brand...why put baseball and football cards on a foreign cereal box?? We need some answers from PSA and Bob Lemke...and perhaps Columbia City Collectibles.

[GoldenAge50s]

Some more info & explaination from Legendary is in order also!

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Why would the cereal company use those catalog numbers on the cards? This doesn't make sense...it's obvious these are cut from the SI advertising piece. I've asked some of my veteran cereal box collecting friends and none have heard of this cereal...I also don't buy that it was a foreign brand...why put baseball and football cards on a foreign cereal box?? We need some answers from PSA and Bob Lemke...and perhaps Columbia City Collectibles.

Oh, I agree it doesn't seem to make sense - I just wanted to offer that Champion Corn Flakes does exist (in India). I just did a quick surf, and apparently it's been around for ages, and the box backs often included premium cut-outs such as masks.

I also noticed that the Champion football cards offered on eBay and elsewhere apparently all have perforations (just 1 or 2 on each edge) - Mike Mossier describes them as "approx 2.1" x 3.2" - issued on boxes of Champion Corn Flakes – perforated card, one "perf" in each corner & middle of each side - as issued." Do the football issues use SI catalog numbers? If so, would the perforations be consistent with SI football advertising pieces?

[bh3443]

Hi Jeff,
Way back in 1981 I had tons of the SI posters in my Framingham store and the display box had a poster with miniature pictures of the posters on the front. It's been decades, but it looks like the "cards" you showed.
When I first read your post, I thought these may be the Nabisco cards, but they don't look like the ones I've had.
Your key is the numbering system for filing the posters. Every poster I had was sealed with an end having a sticker saying the player name/stock number.
It will be interesting to follow this auction to see what happens.
Hoping all is well with you, Jeff. All our best wishes from the Hedin Family to your family and my Mom sends you a big hello!
Your Friend,
Bill Hedin
ps: Mike Mosier from Columbia City is on the net and ebay. I googled it a while ago and it came up under his name/Columbia City and his ebay name was something like "thecityneartheriver" He's always been most helpful.