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Offline JailOJohn

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Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« on: July 14, 2022, 11:52:12 AM »
I did a search here and only found the odd post, no full thread on the OS posters. There is some basic information on Greg’s site about the posters. I am wondering how many of you collect the posters and how rare they are. My only clue as to market value is that individual blue sealed packs seem to go for around $30 on Flea-bay and a box for $750-900…..
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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2022, 12:26:50 PM »
I've got a full set of both test posters (slightly larger) and the 1974 official release, stored in those large artwork binders. I've got a full box, multiples of Cheapios, Weakies and Toadal. Definitely one of my favorite Wacky side projects ever!

Note that there's unfolded posters out there that Topps offered on eBay years ago. I have an unfolded Toadal with a slight rip.

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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2022, 12:39:17 PM »
I have a full set of the 74s and the three rare ones from the 73 test set.  I store mine in the large artwork binder too.  It's a 13" x 19" art preservation book with 24 pages. 

I bought the 74s in the mid-late 80s when they were about $5-10 each.  I don't think they've gone up much in price since then. I also bought a full blue box for $175 in the late 80s.  The $30 for a pack and $750-900 for a box is probably close to the value these days.  The packs don't stay sealed well, so a lot of them get opened.

The three rare 73s I picked up within the last 10-15 years and paid about $100 for each.  I bought one of the yellow test packs back in the 80s at either the Philly or Parsippany show.  I think I paid maybe $25 for it, but I rarely see those anymore.

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2022, 01:07:32 PM »
Only in unopened form…


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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2022, 04:52:34 AM »
You have three sealed packs???  If you ever want to sell one, LMK.

I have a complete set of the posters, mixed between the 73 and 74 sets, plus the three rare titles.  And, I have them stored in the art portfolio mentioned here.


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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2022, 06:33:32 AM »
You have three sealed packs???  If you ever want to sell one, LMK.

I have a complete set of the posters, mixed between the 73 and 74 sets, plus the three rare titles.  And, I have them stored in the art portfolio mentioned here.

I have all the ad variations for all packs. Keeping for now, but if I decide to thin the herd I will let you know. 👍

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2022, 08:22:47 AM »
I have a complete set of the posters including the three rare titles.  I have them stored in the art portfolio mentioned previously. Also have a yellow unopened pack, a blue pack or two...and the salesman sleeve.

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2022, 10:36:16 AM »
What’s the going rate these days on the yellow wrapper alone?  I think that plus the rare Weakies box are the high points of the Posters.

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2022, 10:48:02 AM »
So the 1973 series was a test set and the 1974 one (minus the three cereals) was official?
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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2022, 10:58:55 AM »
So the 1973 series was a test set and the 1974 one (minus the three cereals) was offcial?

I don’t think “test set” is the right term for it. A true test set has a test style wrapper and a wrapper code starting with T, like the 1979 test set.

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2022, 10:59:24 AM »
About half of my set, including two of the cereal titles, are from my childhood.

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« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2022, 11:34:04 AM »
About half of my set, including two of the cereal titles, are from my childhood.

I never saw them growing up.  I purchased all of mine after Mr. Gore was kind enough to take the initiative in creating the Internet.

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2022, 11:50:18 AM »
... the rare Weakies box ...
Oh, yeah...have both display boxes, too.

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2022, 06:14:29 PM »
I never thought about combining the 73 and 74 together - a Hybrid Set!?!?!?

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2022, 04:01:11 PM »
I never thought about combining the 73 and 74 together - a Hybrid Set!?!?!?

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Aren't almost all sets that include the big 3 hybrid sets ie the commons are the "short version" and the big 3 are the long version?  I never had any interest in collecting each version because anything I need a micrometer to see the difference isn't worth collecting.
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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2022, 09:05:27 AM »
I bought my test set from you, Ernie, so I sure hope it's not a hybrid!

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« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2022, 06:58:31 PM »
I bought my test set from you, Ernie, so I sure hope it's not a hybrid!
LOL, well you would have noticed right away since the 3 premium titles would have been larger than the others.  I had complete set of the large and small and sold them all including some non folded ones I obtained outside of Toppsvault.  I guess you got my large set.
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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2022, 07:53:48 AM »
Did the unfolded ones fetch a super premium price? There was an unfolded Glutton poster on e-bay i really wanted, certified from Topps, but is listed at $400. Too rich for my blood…

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« Reply #18 on: July 20, 2022, 12:18:02 PM »
Did the unfolded ones fetch a super premium price? There was an unfolded Glutton poster on e-bay i really wanted, certified from Topps, but is listed at $400. Too rich for my blood…
Yes i think most have sold for in the hundreds.
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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #19 on: July 20, 2022, 12:47:05 PM »
There's a yellow wrapper on eBay currently with a BIN for $150.  It's one that I need, but I won't pay that price for it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234609565957

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« Reply #20 on: July 20, 2022, 09:08:20 PM »
There's a yellow wrapper on eBay currently with a BIN for $150.  It's one that I need, but I won't pay that price for it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234609565957
I saw that too, when I put it in Watched Items I got a seller offer of $140, but agree it seems very steep for just a wrapper.  Also can’t count on just one solitary auction as a reliable indicator of a price point.

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2022, 07:17:47 AM »
That sounds mighty steep. I know the posters are somewhat rare, i guess even fewer people saved wrappers…..

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« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2022, 09:53:39 AM »
I don't have just a yellow wrapper, but I do have an unopened pack. They go for $200-$300 in good shape. I would agree that $150 for just the wrapper is a bit high, but I wouldn't call it "steep". Maybe $75-$100? Dave?

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« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2022, 10:02:51 AM »
I had very little trouble finding all three ad variations of yellow poster wrappers in high grade 15-20 years ago. I think what we’re seeing here is a hobby that has lost a lot of steam from its heyday. It’s sad to admit that, but very few fresh collections of vintage material surface anymore, and the overall level of energy — from both sellers and buyers — is way off from peaks of the past.

Another factor - eBay has become a lot less useful in general due to years of sellers overpricing items, watching them sit, and everyone losing interest as a result.

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« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2022, 10:04:10 AM »
I don't have just a yellow wrapper, but I do have an unopened pack. They go for $200-$300 in good shape. I would agree that $150 for just the wrapper is a bit high, but I wouldn't call it "steep". Maybe $75-$100? Dave?

My pricing knowledge is all way out of date. But I would have thought they were worth $75-100 in 2005.

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« Reply #25 on: July 21, 2022, 10:14:15 AM »
The Gallery has them at around half the value of a die cut wrapper. So I think $75-100 is pretty accurate if that ratio holds.

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« Reply #26 on: July 21, 2022, 07:15:10 PM »
Another factor - eBay has become a lot less useful in general due to years of sellers overpricing items, watching them sit, and everyone losing interest as a result.
That’s an excellent point, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen items, listed at grossly inflated prices, that just stagnate.  Price never comes down, no one ever buys it or bids on it if an auction, and it just stays there, sometimes for years.  Not even talking about Wackys; I see this in many different types of collectibles.  Then there’s the sellers who include a Best Offer option and you find out there’s like 50 cents of leeway in what they’ll accept.  Don’t get me started...

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« Reply #27 on: July 22, 2022, 03:45:31 AM »
There's a yellow wrapper on eBay currently with a BIN for $150.  It's one that I need, but I won't pay that price for it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234609565957
For the hell of it  i offered $75 and it was devlined, he didnt even counter offer back.  I inly have one yellow wrapper version as chasing the ad variations at inflated prices was never of interest to me.
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« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2022, 08:11:46 AM »
Then there’s the sellers who include a Best Offer option and you find out there’s like 50 cents of leeway in what they’ll accept.

I agree with that.  A collectible - especially a one of a kind - is really only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.  It has no true "comparable" item for its value.  I've seen a few things I would like to have on eBay and have been sitting for years with only me watching them.  In my opinion, they're way overpriced, and when I made what I thought was a fair offer (albeit around 40% of asking price), I was declined.  One seller wrote me an entire diatribe about how he would give it away before selling to me at that price but made no counter offer in the process.  Obviously it had special meaning to him, and he really never intends to sell it.  So I politely wrote back that his description made it sound more like he'd picked it up at a yard sale rather than its being a prized item from his personal collection.  So I figured he got it at a price much lower than I was offering and was merely flipping it.  That only offended him more and he responded with another harangue about his being an experienced negotiator, etc. - albeit one who never made a counter offer to me!  I guess we often fail to see ourselves in someone else's description of us.

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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2022, 11:22:12 AM »
For the hell of it  i offered $75 and it was devlined, he didnt even counter offer back.  I inly have one yellow wrapper version as chasing the ad variations at inflated prices was never of interest to me.

And the one currently on eBay has a major tear, so I don’t think it’s even worth $75. Maybe more like $40….

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« Reply #30 on: July 22, 2022, 12:43:01 PM »
And the one currently on eBay has a major tear, so I don’t think it’s even worth $75. Maybe more like $40….
Quote from: bigtomi
I would agree that $150 for just the wrapper is a bit high, but I wouldn't call it "steep".
OK, I didn't notice the tear. $150 is steep.  :)

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« Reply #31 on: July 22, 2022, 12:57:31 PM »
And the one currently on eBay has a major tear, so I don’t think it’s even worth $75. Maybe more like $40….
Crap, I didnt even know the tear, glad he declined me!
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« Reply #32 on: July 22, 2022, 12:58:31 PM »
I agree with that.  A collectible - especially a one of a kind - is really only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.  It has no true "comparable" item for its value.  I've seen a few things I would like to have on eBay and have been sitting for years with only me watching them.  In my opinion, they're way overpriced, and when I made what I thought was a fair offer (albeit around 40% of asking price), I was declined.  One seller wrote me an entire diatribe about how he would give it away before selling to me at that price but made no counter offer in the process.  Obviously it had special meaning to him, and he really never intends to sell it.  So I politely wrote back that his description made it sound more like he'd picked it up at a yard sale rather than its being a prized item from his personal collection.  So I figured he got it at a price much lower than I was offering and was merely flipping it.  That only offended him more and he responded with another harangue about his being an experienced negotiator, etc. - albeit one who never made a counter offer to me!  I guess we often fail to see ourselves in someone else's description of us.
Sounds like the guy who has been systematically raising his asking price for a mail in poster that has been listed for years.
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Re: Who collects the 1973/1974 posters?
« Reply #33 on: July 22, 2022, 04:39:38 PM »
I agree with that.  A collectible - especially a one of a kind - is really only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.  It has no true "comparable" item for its value.  I've seen a few things I would like to have on eBay and have been sitting for years with only me watching them.  In my opinion, they're way overpriced, and when I made what I thought was a fair offer (albeit around 40% of asking price), I was declined.  One seller wrote me an entire diatribe about how he would give it away before selling to me at that price but made no counter offer in the process.  Obviously it had special meaning to him, and he really never intends to sell it.  So I politely wrote back that his description made it sound more like he'd picked it up at a yard sale rather than its being a prized item from his personal collection.  So I figured he got it at a price much lower than I was offering and was merely flipping it.  That only offended him more and he responded with another harangue about his being an experienced negotiator, etc. - albeit one who never made a counter offer to me!  I guess we often fail to see ourselves in someone else's description of us.
I’ve had experiences like that too.  They would much rather never see it sell than relent on their asking price.  Sometimes I’m left wondering if some of these sellers are hoping for offers ABOVE the BIN price, even though a buyer would need to have a major brain fart to make a mistake like that.

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« Reply #34 on: July 23, 2022, 05:23:04 AM »
I’ve had experiences like that too.  They would much rather never see it sell than relent on their asking price.  Sometimes I’m left wondering if some of these sellers are hoping for offers ABOVE the BIN price, even though a buyer would need to have a major brain fart to make a mistake like that.
I do high BIN with offers hoping to do off ebay deals.  I just sold a pile of ans unopened boxes that way. 
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