<< <i>I just pulled down my Kraft Home Plate Heroes binder - I have 30 Mattingly/Schmidts and you're right. I don't think I have a 10 in the bunch. I pulled boxes out of cases before they even hit the shelves, but if they held the mac, there's probably a bend to the card somewhere. >>
You can probably soak out bends/creases - but surface scratches, etc. will remain forevermore!
I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
yes from the batch I got from you. THANKS....a nice edition to my set.
As I have commented before, there are a lot of these around as complete boxes, but......look at the left hand card which sits on the exterior of the box..... nearly all of these have bends on the top or bottom corner. I tested one of these and it was graded "authentic"
<< <i>are the Drakes panels as numerous as the Kraft panels? >>
They generally are rarer. And please note that the Kraft panels, although somewhat more common, have regional rarities. For example, with the five Schmidt panels, the Mattingly/Schmidt panel is exceedingly easy to find, probably 5, 10 or 25x more numerous than some of the other Schmidt panels.
~ms
I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
DRAKES vs KRAFT - my take is that the Drakes are rarer since they are more regional. Kraft was sold in every grocery store and Wallmart in the USA. However - as I have stated, Kraft in PSA 8 or better are more difficult than Drakes which were more centered on the boxes. In terms of PSA sets the Drakes will be impossible since each year has two panels that contain 4 cards for which there are currently no PSA holders. I'm working on PSA Drake sets also, but will run up against this roadblock very soon.
Rarity of 5 panel Kraft sets - without question the sets numbered numerically ( i.e 1-2, 3-4 ect. ) are the most common (Mattingly / Schmidt) and the other 4 are at least 5X more difficult to find - so I agree with MArc but these are not regional rarities since I found the complete 120 panel set in the same region during 1987.
Thanks for the clarification, Phil. You are the resident [and perhaps world-wide] expert!
I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
I got a fabulous run of Panels back from PSA, if you are willing to trade some of the Schmidt items I need. I will send you an e-mail shortly.
I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
<< <i>Whoooa! Nice job on the sub! Which technique did you use to cut the panels?! I'm trying to get brave and try this myself... >>
One of those doohickeys I bought at Staples a few years ago. A circle blade and an edge for making straight cuts. The key with the Kraft Panels is half the cuts and half having good product to start with. Unsurprisingly, anything that made it to supermarket shelves probably has surface flaws and/or creases
I am actively buying MIKE SCHMIDT gem mint baseball cards. Also looking for any 19th century cabinets of Philadephia Nationals. Please PM with additional details.
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<< <i>I just pulled down my Kraft Home Plate Heroes binder - I have 30 Mattingly/Schmidts and you're right. I don't think I have a 10 in the bunch. I pulled boxes out of cases before they even hit the shelves, but if they held the mac, there's probably a bend to the card somewhere. >>
You can probably soak out bends/creases - but surface scratches, etc. will remain forevermore!
...and that is a very nice puckett/schmidt.
Thanks,
David (LD_Ferg)
1985 Topps Football (starting in psa 8) - #9 - started 05/21/06
<< <i>thought those of you with Kraft interest might like to see this gem dandy
AGuy,
Niiiice! Is that gem panel from the lot pictured above?? If so, I'm glad to see the cards upgrading your Set Registry!
I've got another proof set of the panels. I'm going to have to think about selling that one, too. They look great slabbed with a PSA10 attached!
yes from the batch I got from you. THANKS....a nice edition to my set.
As I have commented before, there are a lot of these around as complete boxes, but......look at the left hand card which sits on the exterior of the box..... nearly all of these have bends on the top or bottom corner. I tested one of these and it was graded "authentic"
<< <i>are the Drakes panels as numerous as the Kraft panels? >>
I am not sure, they are both not allowed on the Atkins diet and thus make them rare. However Atkins was not really a fad back then!
<< <i>are the Drakes panels as numerous as the Kraft panels? >>
They generally are rarer. And please note that the Kraft panels, although somewhat more common, have regional rarities. For example, with the five Schmidt panels, the Mattingly/Schmidt panel is exceedingly easy to find, probably 5, 10 or 25x more numerous than some of the other Schmidt panels.
~ms
DRAKES vs KRAFT - my take is that the Drakes are rarer since they are more regional. Kraft was sold in every grocery store and Wallmart in the USA. However - as I have stated, Kraft in PSA 8 or better are more difficult than Drakes which were more centered on the boxes. In terms of PSA sets the Drakes will be impossible since each year has two panels that contain 4 cards for which there are currently no PSA holders. I'm working on PSA Drake sets also, but will run up against this roadblock very soon.
Rarity of 5 panel Kraft sets - without question the sets numbered numerically ( i.e 1-2, 3-4 ect. ) are the most common (Mattingly / Schmidt) and the other 4 are at least 5X more difficult to find - so I agree with MArc but these are not regional rarities since I found the complete 120 panel set in the same region during 1987.
I hope to get all five (was it?) different ones of Kirby that are available...
Here's the second type of five:
I got a fabulous run of Panels back from PSA, if you are willing to trade some of the Schmidt items I need. I will send you an e-mail shortly.
LINE # CERT # CARD CARD CO. CARD # CARD NAME VARIETY GRADE
1 06548526 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE O.GUILLEN/P.ROSE HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
2 06548527 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE W.BOGGS/M.SCHMIDT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
3 06548528 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE RIPKEN/STRAWBERRY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
4 06548529 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE R.CLEMENS/S.GARVEY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
5 06548530 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.HRBEK/N.RYAN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
6 06548531 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.PUCKETT/D.MURPHY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
7 06548532 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE D.MATTINGLY/M.SCOTT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
8 06548533 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE G.BRETT/T.GWYNN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
9 06548534 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE E.MURRAY/N.RYAN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 7
10 06548535 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.PUCKETT/M.SCHMIDT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 8
14 06548542 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE J.BARFIELD/O.SMITH HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
15 06548543 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE E.MURRAY/V.HAYES HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
16 06548544 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE WINFIELD/SANDBERG HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 8
17 06548545 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE R.YOUNT/C.DAVIS HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
18 06548546 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE J.RICE/R.DARLING HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
<< <i>PSA Order Status for Submission # 601492
LINE # CERT # CARD CARD CO. CARD # CARD NAME VARIETY GRADE
1 06548526 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE O.GUILLEN/P.ROSE HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
2 06548527 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE W.BOGGS/M.SCHMIDT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
3 06548528 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE RIPKEN/STRAWBERRY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
4 06548529 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE R.CLEMENS/S.GARVEY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
5 06548530 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.HRBEK/N.RYAN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
6 06548531 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.PUCKETT/D.MURPHY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
7 06548532 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE D.MATTINGLY/M.SCOTT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
8 06548533 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE G.BRETT/T.GWYNN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
9 06548534 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE E.MURRAY/N.RYAN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 7
10 06548535 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.PUCKETT/M.SCHMIDT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 8
14 06548542 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE J.BARFIELD/O.SMITH HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
15 06548543 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE E.MURRAY/V.HAYES HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
16 06548544 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE WINFIELD/SANDBERG HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 8
17 06548545 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE R.YOUNT/C.DAVIS HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
18 06548546 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE J.RICE/R.DARLING HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9 >>
Whoooa! Nice job on the sub! Which technique did you use to cut the panels?! I'm trying to get brave and try this myself...
<< <i>Whoooa! Nice job on the sub! Which technique did you use to cut the panels?! I'm trying to get brave and try this myself... >>
One of those doohickeys I bought at Staples a few years ago. A circle blade and an edge for making straight cuts. The key with the Kraft Panels is half the cuts and half having good product to start with. Unsurprisingly, anything that made it to supermarket shelves probably has surface flaws and/or creases
<< <i>PSA Order Status for Submission # 601492
LINE # CERT # CARD CARD CO. CARD # CARD NAME VARIETY GRADE
1 06548526 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE O.GUILLEN/P.ROSE HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
2 06548527 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE W.BOGGS/M.SCHMIDT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
3 06548528 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE RIPKEN/STRAWBERRY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
4 06548529 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE R.CLEMENS/S.GARVEY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
5 06548530 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.HRBEK/N.RYAN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
6 06548531 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.PUCKETT/D.MURPHY HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
7 06548532 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE D.MATTINGLY/M.SCOTT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
8 06548533 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE G.BRETT/T.GWYNN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9
9 06548534 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE E.MURRAY/N.RYAN HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 7
10 06548535 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE K.PUCKETT/M.SCHMIDT HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 8
14 06548542 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE J.BARFIELD/O.SMITH HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
15 06548543 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE E.MURRAY/V.HAYES HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
16 06548544 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE WINFIELD/SANDBERG HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 8
17 06548545 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE R.YOUNT/C.DAVIS HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 10
18 06548546 1987 KRAFT HOME PLATE J.RICE/R.DARLING HERO PANEL-HAND CUT 9 >>
I actually own the Ripken/Strawberry from this sub. Bought it a few years ago. It's still the only graded PSA 10!