The set consisted of 176 baseball cards and each card from the 1915 cracker jack e145 baseball card set is listed below. An extraordinary list of unique, rare and vintage baseball memorabilia highlights the auction with the dade thieriot philadelphia phillies collection. Awesome vintage style cracker jack 1915 baseball card wooden sign wow. Louis federal 1915 e1452 cracker jack baseball cards 47 josh devore philadelphia national 1915 e1452 cracker jack baseball. In 1914 the cracker jack company of brooklyn and chicago began inserting baseball cards into its boxes of popcorn and peanut candy. A find like this is a rare occurrence, said auction director al crisafulli. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks is the famous line from take me out to the ball game. The cracker jack cards sometimes known by the e1451 designation for the 1914 set and e1452 for 1915, with caramel cards having an e set designation rather than t for tobacco are a wonderful window into the deadball era in the middle of its second decade. Find rookie cards, memorabilia, autographed cards, vintage, modern, and more on comc. Find great deals on ebay for cracker jack baseball cards and cracker jack baseball cards 1915. This set has become more popular, primarily due to greater availability. I just read through the free book cardboard gems that you get when you join the collectors club.
Buy 1915 cracker jack baseball cards, sell 1915 cracker. While only a few can afford to build a set, below is a list of five underrated 1915 cracker jack cards to consider if youve always wanted a few meaningful cards from the second of their two famous sets. Those lyrics forever linked baseball and the treat with a prize in every box. New listing beautiful antique style 1915 cracker jack baseball card ad ty cobb matty johnson. Shop comcs extensive selection of 1993 cracker jack 1915 base baseball cards. We have a limited number of cards from 1914 and 1915 including a few of the tough rare ones. Cracker jack 1915 season baseball cards for sale ebay.
Order from multiple sellers, but pay shipping one time. The accessibility of the deadball era derives, in part, from the many existing images of players from the period. The two sets appear very similar and in fact have numerous near duplicate cards. The 1915 cracker jack reprint set includes 176 cards and measure 2. In the eyes of many collectors and baseball aficionados, the 1915 cracker jack set is one of the greatest card sets ever produced. Composition the 1915 cracker jack set of 176 cards constitute a gallery that many enthusiasts of the dead ball era regard as fundamentally unimprovable. The 1915 cracker jack cards e1452 are identical to the previous years cards in design, with many of the card featuring the same player pose and card number. Due to the high prices and scarcity of the original cards, these reprint cards provide an affordable option to the average collector. In additional to a larger checklist, the 1915 cracker jack baseball set also offered collectors image variations that were different than those found in the 1914 set.
They were printed on thick paper instead of cardboard. Buy 1915 cracker jack reprint cards, sell 1915 cracker. The cracker jack cards sometimes known by the e1451 designation for the. Prices pop apr facts registry shop description card number pr 1 good 2 vg 3 vgex 4 ex 5 exmt 6 nm 7 nmmt 8 mt 9.
This page has 1914 and you will find the 1915 cracker jacks here. A 1993 lot of 14 borden cracker jacks 1915 reprint baseball cards. This page has 1915 and you will find the 1914 cracker jacks here. The 1915 cracker jack baseball set consists of 176 subjects, each card measuring 214. An easy way to distinguish the sets is to look at the reverse.
The cracker jack e145 baseball card set was released in 1915. Having a group of cards with such as high survival rate in high condition proves how much easier the 1915 set is. A great grandson inherited cracker jack baseball cards from the early 1900s stored in an old tobacco tin which he didnt know existed. Shop 1915 cracker jack baseball card reprint set 176 cards ty cobb, christy mathewson, honus wagner and more authentic, autographed and gameused items at amazons sports collectibles store. Images shown are the actual scans of the cards you will be receiving. However, if you view the two releases as a single set, then there are numerous traded cards. The set consisted of 144 baseball cards and each card from the 1914 cracker jack e145 baseball card set is listed below. Cracker jack baseball cards from 1914 will mention 144 cards on the reverse, while 1915 card reverses will say 176 cards. During that year, not only did cracker jack put an individual card in the candy box but they also made the. These cards are a bit larger than the card shown above, but still smaller than. Since cracker jack cards from 1915 were available directly from the company, as well as in the candy boxes, more can be found in higher grades. Cards included in this set would sell for if purchased separately. Still, many collectors prefer the 19141915 cracker jack cards even if these cards are more expensive and difficult to locate, as they likely are the most impressive baseball cards issued during the deadball era. Cracker jack sabrs baseball cards research committee.
Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. The 1914 and 1915 cracker jack sets are perhaps the most popular of the caramel candy issues released prior to 1920. Inserted individually inside boxes of the familiar caramelcoated popcorn and peanut confection, 1914 cracker jack baseball is among the few sets that featured players from the federal league, a third major league that played for only. Bob feller brooks robinson 1982 topps cracker jack baseball signed uncut cards. There are more than 10,000 total 1915 cracker jack cards listed in the psa pop report with nearly 4,200 of those cards garnering the psa 7 near mint or better grade without qualifiers. In 1914 and 1915, cracker jack included baseball cards as the prize inside each box. There is a separate section for buying, selling and trading the bst area. The distinguishable difference of the 1915 cracker jack cards is that they have an advertisement for a complete set of 176 pictures, and the bio on. For 1915, a full set of cards included 176 players. Home cards sport baseball cards prewwii 1910 1919 1915 cracker jack. Featuring virtually the same design and many of the same images as the cards in the 1914 cracker jack set, 1915 cracker jack baseball has all the charm of the previous release.
The 1915 cracker jack reprint baseball card set was reprinted in 1993 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the cracker jack company. Also, if the image and card backs are reversed upsidedown, the card is from 1915. Home cards sport baseball cards modern 1990 1999 1993 cracker jack cracker jack 1915 reprints. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment.
This article recently appeared in the wonderful committee newsletter. Rare cracker jack baseball cards found, to be auctioned. Collectors of vintage cards are well aware of them, though, and today, theyre among the most valuable and popular issues ever made. The cracker jack e145 baseball card set was released in 1914. Get the best deals on cracker jack 1915 season baseball cards when you shop the largest online selection at. Bmw sportscards 1915 e1452 cracker jack baseball cards.
The 1914 and 1915 cracker jack cards are significant in several ways, not the least of which is the fact that they are the only cards which feature players from the shortlived federal league. John mcmurray is the chairman of sabrs deadball era committee. The 1915 cracker jack baseball card set features 176 cards, measuring 2 14 x 3. Have supplied a picture, border is not as white as the pic shows and back is browner than shown, any ideas. If you view the 1914 and 1915 cracker jack sets as two different sets that happen to have a gigantic number of nearly identical cards, then there are no traded cards. Some of those vintage baseball cards are incredible, particularly the 19141915 cracker jack and 1911 turkey red cards. These forums are devoted to both pre and post war baseball cards and vintage memorabilia, as well as other sports. The 2 14 x 3 cards feature fullcolor photographs on a red background with a white border on the front while the numbered backs feature a short biography plus an advertisement. This set and the one that followed, in 1915 have become one of the iconic sets of the pre ww1 era, and one of.
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