1936 Kroger Bread: Does this look like a 1 to you?

[Brent G.]

This is the 5th example of this set to surface since 2003, which I was thrilled to pick up from a fellow member recently.

I'm pretty new to this era of cards, especially scrapbook pulls, but I thought it'd get a 2 or a 1.5 at the lowest. I guess that paper loss on the back really made the difference.

The four graded examples with SGC are all 1s -- the other three had tape on the front on all four corners.

Win some, lose some with grading — still more than happy to own it!

[Leon]

Cool card. I miss those from my last collection. It could have gotten a 1.5 but a 1 is appropriate too, imo. The grade has no bearing on the desireability, to me.

My current type from the set...maybe Riddle was a double print!

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by Leon

Cool card. I miss those from my last collection. It could have gotten a 1.5 but a 1 is appropriate too, imo. The grade has no bearing on the desireability, to me.

My current type from the set...maybe Riddle was a double print!

I wondered if you had that other Riddle, Leon! I'd love to find the one with the free admission offer that you had back in the day (I found the old threads on here through a search -- it's how I learned these even existed) -- hoping it'll surface sometime!

[NiceDocter]

Hey Brent great card!!! Don’t worry about the number on the holder, the card speaks for itself and most advanced collectors will look at the front and centering as well as overall eye appeal…… setting aside the number. So it’s a beauty to me and to lots of others I’m sure!!!!

[Brent G.]

Appreciate that, Rocky — it definitely has that EYE APPEAL. I also picked this 1937 Sporting News clipping up on eBay for $8 as a companion piece —behold, the JACKED throwing arm of John Riddle!

[Vintagedeputy]

Yes it’s a 1, but on some cards like this one the coolness factor overrides the numeric grade.

[darwinbulldog]

Great card, but I think these have to be a 1 if the hole is torn through to the border. I believe they had a string tied through them at one point, but if the person just pulled the card until it tore instead of untying or cutting the string off, the top border damage knocks the technical grade down to a 1 every time.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Great card, but I think these have to be a 1 if the hole is torn through to the border. I believe they had a string tied through them at one point, but if the person just pulled the card until it tore instead of untying or cutting the string off, the top border damage knocks the technical grade down to a 1 every time.

Makes a lot sense, Glenn — I appreciate the insight.

[Leon]

From my last collection. I guess I have only seen this one ad card which doesn't have any hole, or a hole that isn't damaged by ripping it off the bread.

[Brent G.]

As was theorized on the thread on these from 2013, it'd seem that free-entry version must've gone inside the packaging, since it had an actual cash value.