1915 Federal League Cracker Jacks

[FrankWakefield]

Thank you, Bruce. Seems you and I think Suggs is slightly tougher than the others. Anyone else have thoughts on Suggs or any of the others?

I know not of Randy or his set. But getting the cards before they were jammed into candy boxes, that would have been the way to get them. The 1915 cards feel pretty flimsy, until you pick up a 1914 card...

And I agree about subsequent CJ issues. Would it not have been grand if CJ issued about 96 or 120 cards each year, on up to WW II ? Sisler on a Cracker Jack, Hornsby, Dean???

[Kawika]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Would it not have been grand if CJ issued about 96 or 120 cards each year, on up to WW II ?

Indeed.

[calvindog]

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[FrankWakefield]

Nice card, Cdog, about perfect condition. Great pose, Jim. I like the cards that display those Federal League uniforms well.

Anyone know or think anything about some cards being less plentiful than others? I think Suggs is slightly tougher to locate, and Bruce seems to agree with that. Not a peep outa the rest of you, though.

I think that some of the CJ collections were found with the cards jumbled together, some kids cared not whether a card was 1914 or 1915. In later times collectors sorted them by year, but some of the original kid collectors didn't. That might put a bit of a premium on cards numbered 145 and above from the 1915 set. The Standard Catalog shows a price difference for NM and EX cards 145 and up, but no price difference for lesser condition cards.

[cfc1909]

Suggs is available-each time I have seen the card come up for sale or auction it is in higher grade than what I collect. My collection is mostly vg-vg-ex.
The last one I saw on ebay was a 6, if it was raw I probably would have bid.