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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Any reason that the 1914 Cracker Jack set is so much scarcer than the 1915?

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Posted By: <b>Greg Ecklund</b><p>The 1914's only came in boxes of Cracker Jack, while the 1915's could be ordered as a complete set directly from the company.

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Were the 1914 cards directly put into the boxes without any covering? Does that account for the stains?

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Both appear stained, but if you ordered the 15's from the factory they would be spotless, hence more clean ones survived. All 14's were in contact with the caramel.

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Posted By: <b>HW</b><p>The fact that factory sets were available to the consurmer in 1915 allows for a good number of high grade specimens from that year.<br /><br />It also seems as though there have been a couple of factory 1914 sets to hit the market, one very recently that supposedly sold for $800,000 or some insane number. I would presume that these pristine 1914 cards were leftovers from the year before and never made it into the packs.

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>The main reason for the large number of high grade 15s is due to a huge find of these cards in the late 80s that were in very high grade. <br /><br />Jay<br><br>I like to sit outside drink beer and yell at people. If I did this at home I would be arrested, so I go to baseball games and fit right in.