The second highest graded 1915 Cracker Jack baseball set ever assembled is on the auction block. Heritage Auctions has broken the consignment into 176 individual lots which are being offered in a special auction open through next Thursday. The second of two sets issued through Cracker Jack more than a century ago, the 1915 issue is easier to find in high grade … [Read more...]
Mint Cracker Jack Cobb Sells for $432,000 in Premium Card Auction
One of the three 1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb cards graded PSA 9 (mint) sold for a record-setting $432,000 in Heritage Auctions' latest Premium Sports Card Catalog Auction early Friday morning. The Cobb card was the headliner in an auction that featured high-grade and rare cards from the 19th century to the modern era. The price, which included a 20% buyer's premium, … [Read more...]
Mint Cracker Jack Cobb Headlines High-End Heritage Card Auction
A PSA 9 1915 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb, a 1916 Famous & Barr Babe Ruth rookie card and a mint Hank Aaron rookie are among the vintage trading cards up for grabs in the Heritage Premium Sportscard Auction. The Cobb is one of only three Mint 9s in existence and carries a current high bid of $190,000 with 11 days left in the bidding. It's expected the card will sell … [Read more...]
Five Key 1915 Cracker Jack Cards Not Found In 1914 Set
The E145 Cracker Jack 1914 and 1915 sets are very similar and are two of the more iconic baseball card sets ever produced. A recent consignment of a previously unknown collection of 1914 cards put the focus back on these back-to-back sets. The '14 set was only available in boxes of Cracker Jack while the '15 set could be ordered through a mail-in offer. Both sets … [Read more...]
“Chicago Find” Brings Near Set of 1914 Cracker Jack Cards to Auction
America’s attics and closets continue to surrender long-lost baseball treasures. A nearly complete set of 1914 Cracker Jack cards, in the possession of the same family since they were pulled from boxes of the famous snack 103 years ago, are now on the auction block. On the advice of a friend, a third-generation family member from the Chicago area contacted Beckett … [Read more...]
Mint 1915 Cracker Jack Cobb Expected to Fetch Big Price
Unlike the first set issued in 1914 when the cards were only distributed one at a time inside boxes of the country’s new snack sensation, the 1915 Cracker Jack set could be ordered through a mail-in offer. Both sets are very popular today but most of the attractive, higher grade cards that survive today come from the 1915 set. One of the best of the best on the PSA … [Read more...]
Consignment of the Week: 1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
A complete set cost 25 cents and two box tops back in 1915. If only your ancestors had been fans of Cracker Jack and baseball. Those 102-year-old baseball cards are worth considerably more today and one of the true gems of the set is the image of Shoeless Joe Jackson, then in the glory of his prime with the Chicago White Sox. One of a small number of … [Read more...]
New Cracker Jack Find Has Family History
A new find of well-loved original Cracker Jack baseball cards is about to enter the hobby, a cache tucked away in the possessions of the same family since they were pulled from boxes more than a century ago. New Jersey-based Just Collect recently completed the purchase of the collection, which consists of 130 cards from Cracker Jack's famed 1914 and 1915 sets … [Read more...]
Big Price for Century-Old Cracker Jack Poster; Cobb, Mantle Shine
An ultra-rare 1915 Cracker Jack baseball card advertising poster discovered in a Wisconsin barn sold for $61,741 in Mile High Card Company’s Spring 2016 auction early Friday morning. The poster promoted Cracker Jack’s second set of cards and featured images of the game’s greatest stars including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Shoeless Joe Jackson. While clearly showing the … [Read more...]
Big Price for Century-Old Cracker Jack Poster; Cobb, Mantle Shine
An ultra-rare 1915 Cracker Jack baseball card advertising poster discovered in a Wisconsin barn sold for $61,741 in Mile High Card Company’s Spring 2016 auction early Friday morning. The poster promoted Cracker Jack’s second set of cards and featured images of the game’s greatest stars including Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner and Shoeless Joe Jackson. While clearly showing the effects … [Read more...]