are they worth buying, cut out cards of historical Americans?

[CoinandRelicMan]

Saw some cards that were all like famous early Americans, looked to be cut out of some old cereal boxes, anyone know what these were cut out of and if they are worth buying ??

 

[diggummup]

I found some graded ones that sold, are these like yours- Post Bran Flakes Famous North Americans | eBay

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Yep exactly have a whole or most of a set it looks like , thanks diggumup !! They look to be in very nice shape. Probably need to get them graded etc like in that sales site ?

 

[diggummup]

I don't think it would be cost effective to have them graded myself. I know it isn't cheap.

 

[gino22]

PSA charges $15 per graded card and overcharges for return shipping. If you become a member (a great deal if you have a LOT of cards you need to get through), you get a voucher for 15 free gradings but the membership is something like $130. Once you are a member you can take advantage of bulk grading prices, (something like $10/card and 30 business day turnaround per order for 15-50 cards, then something like $7/card and 60 days for 50+ cards).

I would want to average at least $30 per card to even consider this, so I'd stay away unless you get a phenomenal deal on all the cards and sell them off as a naked lot. As an aside, I've noticed a good deal of chance involved in the grade your cards end up getting... I've had cards I thought would be a 9 end up being a 4-5 (basically worthless), and cards I thought would be a 6 end up being 9s (a nice payday if what you have is remotely uncommon).

Seeing slabbed cards going for $9-10 is a big red flag no matter what. Caveat emptor...