The official 1914/1915 Cracker Jack Thread

psa9man · January 27, 2008 1:41PM

Stormsurge

Finally got myself a Hippo! I have been looking for one of these for a while and finally I was able to get one in PSA 5 for now until I'm able to find a better one. This is one of the toughest card in the 1915 Cracker Jack Set.

stormsurge · January 28, 2008 5:47AM

Congratulations! - I struck out on the three I really wanted but managed to get two other cards one of which was a PSA 6 that I think I got a great price on.

Oh and here is a link to the Mastro auction that had the recent PSA 10 CJs for sale - you can click on the video link and it tells the story behind them. I thought it was fairly interesting.

Mastro Video

RipublicaninMass · January 28, 2008 6:43AM

I picked up 2 hippo's ONE the seller sold for more money! (he never shipped it but sent me my check back)Mine wa a 1.5 now a 3 I think

stormsurge · January 28, 2008 7:04AM

Wow that is one unethical seller! If you don't mind PM the name so I can avoid.

psa9man · January 28, 2008 10:59AM

RipublicaninMass

I saw your set at the registry, nice! Have you picked up any cards lately??

RipublicaninMass · January 31, 2008 2:33PM

I was watching the three tonight from Storm. Since I got back the last batch from PSA was my last addition. There has been too many t3's on ebay! I found this pic online WOW

stormsurge · January 31, 2008 8:37PM

Did you win any Rip (wish I had a better scanner!) or are the T3s proving to be to much of a distraction?

Wow that is one heck of a card, a beauty!

I'll post later what cards from the new ebay batch i'm interested in to prevent conflicts

RipublicaninMass · January 31, 2008 11:43PM

Storm I am too much of a bottom feeder! Seems like you good some good prices! I just jumped to 28% on the t3's, but I think I need to rest those for a few months.

stormsurge · January 31, 2008 11:53PM

Rip (or anyone else if he passes) - I have a #165 Murphy SGC 30 if you're interested - not a high end card but nice and wow 28% on t3 is a nice accomplishment!

psa9man · February 7, 2008 12:01PM

Stormsurge

Have you picked up any 15' Cracker Jack lately?? Tonight I was lucky enough to win , one of my favorite card of the 1915 Cracker Jack set. Here is a scan of it.

Take care!

stormsurge · February 7, 2008 1:46PM

Very nice Andy!!

Nope I've hit a dry spell atm (as in funds have dried up lol)

packman · February 12, 2008 1:57PM

Here is a recent addition for my 1915 CJs.

MajorDanby · February 12, 2008 3:18PM

anyone see those 1915 CJs that ended Sunday night? All of them had paper loss on the back...but they had fantastic fronts.

Although i jumped the 1915 ship, I picked up this 1914 just because i like the image:

stormsurge · February 12, 2008 7:52PM

wow packman sweet cobb!

Major Danby, I did see those cards and your right all the fronts did look very nice and congrats on your pickup, looks great!

RipublicaninMass · February 14, 2008 2:55AM

lost out on EVERY '15 Cj last night! Dam I need to up the ante! Diggin through the crate, I noticed how nice this set really is, and I believe 176 cards will fit nicely in an MJ Roop box! Any PSA 1-3's hanging out collecting dust?

fandango · February 14, 2008 3:25AM

RipMass, have you heard from your friend Jgarci lately?

RipublicaninMass · February 14, 2008 4:52AM

no, I guess he went broke buying Josh''s trimmed refractors

stormsurge · February 14, 2008 5:44AM

We must have been the underbidders last night Rip as I got outbid on all 3 that I put bids on as well

psa9man · February 14, 2008 9:57AM

Stormsurge

Here are the two I was able to win from the latest auction. One was an upgrade and the other was a new addition to my 1915 set.

Did anyone else win??

stormsurge · February 14, 2008 10:06AM

Wow Andy those are some great cards!

psa9man · February 14, 2008 11:01AM

Stormsurge

Thanks!!!

stormsurge · February 21, 2008 6:53AM

Look at this awesome scan!

Nice Scan!

stormsurge · February 22, 2008 1:21AM

Cards off to Feebay.

stormsurge · February 22, 2008 9:30AM

The new SMR has an article about two collectors who built a 1914 and 1915 CJ set (and are now going to sell it).

stormsurge · February 24, 2008 9:35PM

Anybody win anything last night - looks to me like some people got some pretty nice prices.

I won the:

Breshanan

psa9man · February 25, 2008 11:21AM

Stormsurge

That is a very nice card at a very good price. Great Job!

stormsurge · February 28, 2008 11:10AM

Wanted to thank Rip and Psa9man for two excellent trades! Would recommend both of them.

RipublicaninMass · February 28, 2008 2:53PM

thank you too Storm, very nice!

psa9man · February 29, 2008 11:02AM

Stormsurge

Thank you as well for the trade. Also, ckeck out my latest 1915 beauty.

stormsurge · February 29, 2008 11:17AM

Very nice!

RipublicaninMass · February 29, 2008 11:17AM

wow a BLAZER!!!!

I lost out on the three psa 3's the other night, they sold waaay over VCP's prices. I had to take a break from my 55 set, now I might have to take a break from this one GEEEZ. Picked up 4 more 54 red man's with tabs and the toughest t9 in the past few weeks. Also, I won 2 lots of t9's from leland's and an auto on my 55 dodgers set...Wait why am I complaining...I sold over 2k worth of stuff...only reason I went kinda nuts. Sometimes you dont realize what you did with the week until you think about it!

psa9man · March 28, 2008 1:55AM

Stormsurge,

Here is the latest 1915 card that I've added to my set.

stormsurge · March 28, 2008 2:24AM

Very nice eye appeal on that one! Congrats!

Griffins · April 6, 2008 9:48AM

After laying off CJ's for a while to work on other stuff I've picked up a few lately. I never cease to be amazed by the shear beauty of such a simple design. Check out the cool uni of the Federal League Baltimore Terrapins in the last card.

stormsurge · April 6, 2008 10:00AM

Super nice! Thanks for sharing!

Oh, I have a beater SGC 10 163 Bert Whaling I'm looking to sell for $35 postage paid.

fandango · April 6, 2008 12:08PM

big auctions for the 1914 CJs tonight on the BAY....some PSA 1s went for $140, psa 2 $160, psa3 $180, psa4 $200 psa 5 $300......they seem to be gaining momentum...

Griffins · April 6, 2008 1:06PM

seems like a small increment between 2's and 3's and 4's. '14's are so much tougher in 4's and 5's it's like 7's and 8's in '15. I would've expected more of an exponential jump in levels.

TheCARDKid · April 6, 2008 3:55PM

Those are some powerful Cracker Jacks. Did you buy any from the set breakup Mastro auctioned last year...the Maranville was a 10, and there was a bunch of HOF 9's and 8's.

Theres also a set of them in the original album from Sothebys/SCP coming up...

1915 Cracker Jack set in album

Griffins · April 6, 2008 4:23PM

Nope, these came from a variety of sources, none of them auction houses.

fandango · June 9, 2008 11:38AM

storm, griffs,

Have you noticed how few of these have been for sale via Auction on EBAY lately......this really stinks! the BIN and Ebay Store Prices are OUTRAGEOUS!!!

Griffins · June 9, 2008 12:22PM

There have been lots of mastro lots broken up on ebay- I think in some ways it's more of a wholesale auction.
I guess the flippers are trying their hand at landing a whale thru bin prices. If they get stuck with them they'll lose, but based on the T200 and E90-2 sets it would seem that buying and quick flipping can make a substantial profit.

stormsurge · June 11, 2008 12:47PM

I have noticed

psa9man · June 22, 2008 2:49AM

Show your latest 1915 CJ's that you have added lately to your set. Here are some of mine!

stormsurge · June 24, 2008 11:00AM

Nice pickup Andy!

psa9man · June 25, 2008 8:46AM

Stormsurge,

Any new Cracker Jacks?? Show us pictures!

Has anyone bought any new CJ's lately?? Show us the pictures of the cards!!

I also, just picked this up.

RipublicaninMass · June 26, 2008 1:58AM

None for me, there has been a boatload of Turkey reds I have been bidding on. I am doing the set in PSA 1-4 and there has been nothing but an overpriced Mtty on ebay

fandango · July 1, 2008 7:28AM

WOW!

not one 1914 CJ up for auction in ebay!!!

was has happened here....all BIN's WAY over SMR!!

not a good trend for us buyers, or for ebay....

they better think of something fast, because the "auction" is dying fast

TheCARDKid · July 6, 2008 4:41PM

Some gorgeous '14 Cracker Jacks in the SCP Auction. These are the kind of cards you wait years to find.
Love the color and the image clarity.

fandango · July 7, 2008 4:53AM

amazing cards! i guess i should take out a new mortgage to pay for those beauts!

RipublicaninMass · July 8, 2008 9:26AM

A few nice lots of 1915 cj's over at huggins and scott, anyone interested in splitting a lot of thse or one of the t205 lots?

Ted

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