Jell-O, My Name is...

[Note: I don't ever participate in the various end of the year blog voting things, but after coming up with today's title, I'm now wondering if it's too late/too early to write myself in for worst post title of the year 😆]

Posts about 1960's Post cards don't seem to be overly popular with the blog crowd, so I'm guessing that a post featuring a couple of 1963 Jell-O's won't be floating too many boats either.

From what I've been able to gather, in terms of price and scarcity, the 1963 Jell-O set seems to be on par with the 1963 Post set. For the most part, it appears that they shared similar production numbers, and prices in 2023 for commons and short prints are very comparable. Going by available lots on eBay, one might be inclined to say that the Jell-O set was a bit rarer, as lots don't come up as often, but I don't know if that would be a fair assessment as it's not uncommon at all to find '63 Jell-O's mixed in with lots that are advertised as '63 Post's.

Despite the similarities in price, and availability, I've had even less luck acquiring new '63 Jell-O's than I've had with '63 Post's. Maybe the Jell-O's are more popular at the moment, thus making them harder for someone like myself to get. I don't know. Or maybe I just haven't been looking for them with the same fervor as the Post's. That being said, a few have trickled down into the land of Sleeve's in recent months.

Card #1 doesn't carry the same premium with the Jell-O and Post sets like it does with some of their counterparts from Topps. I still think it's kind of neat to get #1 out of the way though. I enjoy being able to open a binder and see a card sitting in the first slot of set's first page. To me at least, it legitimizes the set build just a little bit more.

As mentioned above, you'll often find 1963 Jell-O's mixed in with lots of '63 Post. Such was the case with Vada here. I can understand how a person with just one Jell-O might confuse it for a Post, especially if they don't know about the shorter red line after the stats, but with their smaller size as well, one should be able to tell them apart from Post's if you have one of each side-by-side. Of course, I'm sure some sellers just don't care enough to list them separately either. I spotted this one in a small lot of six Post's a few months ago, and since I needed the other five Post's, this was just an extra bit of icing on the cake that was that purchase.

[Note #2: Apparently my scanner can't tell the Jell-O's and Post's apart either. Both scan just as shittily.]

It's always fun to get one of the players from the Telstar broadcast. I kind of started a mini collection a few years ago that focused on things that appeared in that broadcast, but gave up before I got too far with it.

Obviously Duke is the biggie amongst this quartet. I don't know the date of Duke's sale to the Mets, but it must've occurred after this card was produced; as he's clearly not a Met here, nor is there any mention of his leaving L.A. for green-less pastures.

With these four, I'm down to needing just 187 more to complete the set. Sigh...