Show your jacks
 

Love this pose

One of my favorite sets, I like em' a little dirty with caramel stains.
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I don't have any CJ cards, but I have an embossed side panel to a shipping carton used to ship Cracker Jacks. I have dated it to between 1912 and 1922 based upon the writing content, so right in the timeframe for the 1914-15 CJ issues.

Cool item Jim.

Stunning cards casey

Thanks!

Here is my only possible contribution to this thread

Outstanding Jeff!

Wingo
 

M

Austin, with a tiny portion of Lord's caption showing

Some great cards posted above. Here are a couple of mine:

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One of the prettiest sets ever made!

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...5-cracker-jack

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...5-cracker-jack

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...5-cracker-jack

And some related memorabilia too boot!

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...es-circa-1900s

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...2/cracker-jack

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...ker-jack-stand

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...ker-jack-stand

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...3/cracker-jack

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...delivery-truck

https://www.collectorfocus.com/image...delivery-truck

Erick, that's a helluva Thanksgiving table.
Tony, your CJ collection is one of a kind, those photos put the era in context.

I'm amazed considering how paper thin these cards are that any of them survived over 100 years without a crease.

My 1 & only
 

It’s the red background

Some favorite CJ cards:

https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...y%20Hooper.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...CJ%20Smith.jpg

https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...J%20Miller.jpg

CJ Miscellany:

!914 Ruth Cracker Jack as rendered by Arthur K Miller. Seen at a Chicago National about ten or so years back.

https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...e/DSC05580.JPG

Snap of my wife at the BB Hall of Fame

https://photos.imageevent.com/kawika...e/DSC05189.JPG

Tony, it makes me smile every time I see your PSA 4 Cobb.
Just one of the most perfect cards I've ever seen, period!

Here are a few '15's, with the Cobb from a fellow board member:

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Shellacked on a wooden plaque doesn't diminish the Cracker Jack appeal. If not shellacked on a wooden plaque, then no bio could have been engraved on the back. So shellack all Cracker Jacks on wooden plaques.

Brian

box and crate

My two.

Speaker, McGraw, and Brown.
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Jacks
 

Great set.....

Wow, I have nothing to contribute but just to say amazing cards. This thread makes me want to sell everything I have and just buy Cracker Jacks! I've been after a Cobb for awhile and just can't find one. Again, congrats on these stunning Jacks!

wow and wow

so many great looking cards and those pictures and other collectibles are over the top

Keep them coming

Your contribution is not too shabby.

Easily one of my favorite cards I've ever owned... and my avatar :)

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This Meyers shows evidence of a failure to shellac my Jack on a wooden plaque. But somewhat seriously, Cracker Jacks can still be quite interesting, even if in knockaround shape and not featuring a Hall of Famer. I like the serious burnt candy popcorn confection stains on this bad boy, and the peekaboo gaping holes in his chest.

Nicer cards have much inferior interior gaps.

Brian

Crawford
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My three WaJos:

Mr. Griffith's Senators won the 1925 A.L. pennant, and his shortstop, Mr. Peckinpaugh, was named the A.L. MVP for 1925.

Here's my lone CJ. I like to think that's a caramel stain rather than something else big Ed encountered during his 100 year journey to my collection.

Coming in hot...

https://i.imgur.com/za2aeXIh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/b8wQxENh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2lzy3f0h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/J983YfYh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XDZDMcGh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wAgkTEph.jpg

Top of the heap Jamie, great cards.

Here are some of the cards from my 1915 Cracker Jack Collection!

Well before he could drink rum, Jobu bought this one as a youngster. It was a card I had only seen in price guides and catalogs and it was one of those poses that always really spoke to me. I remember being astounded that I actually found one in person (not a ton of pre-war made it to the local shows in Milwaukee in the late 80s-early 90s) and the condition made it obtainable for a kid.

Terrific cards this is why net 54 is special

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Only have an edited version of this photo on me, but if you're wondering the grade, my Smoky Joe example is a 3.

More Jacks
 

Hof

Signed CJ
 

Especially like the Phila. A's portraits
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Wow, those are really cool!! Even though I just joined per a suggestion from someone related to some stamps I found, I may have to just get into this hobby!! Can I assume that these are originals which Cracker Jack actually placed in their candy boxes back in the day?
Nicki

Welcome aboard! 1914's were exclusively distributed in boxes of Cracker Jacks, 1915's were distributed in boxes but you could also send away for the set. That's why you see condition issues between the years with more caramel staining on the 14's. And yes, all cards posted are original and member owned unless otherwise noted.

Only 2 here

:eek::eek::eek:
Someone new to the set viewing this thread might think Cobb, Johnson, and Jackson were double printed :)

Cracker Jack
 

Display shelf at home

some of my best CJ's

Here are my two…Attachment 520163
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I would guess the members here have a fair overall population percentage of those names mentioned.

Jamie, how in the name of God is your Cobby a SGC 2!! Is there some technical reason ,not visible on the scan, for the grader to commit such an injustice to your gorgeous card? If this is now the new grading standard there, then I might just have to go raw in the future (cards not body).

My one and only. Like so many other cards, I sure wish I had picked up a few more when they were more reasonably priced.

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=10111

very nice card and we all wished we picked up more when things were more reasonable.

Here are my Jack's...all 1915. Have had these since I was stationed in Charleston (1993 to 1995).

Thanks Jeff. And a big amen too! :)

Still the only 2 I own. Not in the greatest condition, but they are still two of my favorites

If you're going to own two Jessie, that's a good pair to have.

Hey John

It is a really high eye appeal 2. There is a staple hole in the top of the card barely noticeable. But it’s there. Located on the top portion portion in the white border. The card presents like a 5 in my opinion.


Jeff/Phil. Great 1914 CJs. I enjoyed looking at them

Even a jacked up Jack can be wonderful in its own way. I don't have many C-Jacks, but this 1914 Tesreau is one of my favorite designs in the set, and I made sure it became part of the collection.

Brian

Damn staplers.

Thanks, I will probably stop at 3 as soon as I find a Cobb.

Just thought I would contribute my two cents to the amazing Cracker Jack porn that is being posted…..

https://www.flickr.com/gp/155315612@N05/yB62T3

Beautiful set Barry.

Barry, great Set!! thanks for sharing.. I enjoying looking through them.. the PSA 5 WaJo is amazing! also thank you for the guidance as i was completing mine... here is a link to the set I just put together

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzTYCg

Here are the ones I have. Maybe five years ago I picked these up at our local show. The dealer had some nice ones that I couldn't afford, so I bought all the low grade ones he had, including HOFer Ed Roush. I can't remember exactly what I paid but it was like $15 each.
Larry


https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=33468https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=33469
https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=33470https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=33471

my one and only. I learned he was traded to Cleveland with the help of the previous owner. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e0cc584147.jpg

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Great cards everyone. Thanks to all who have shared.

Love this thread…..

My kind of cards Larry...I love their look. Based upon the sleeves shown, it looks like you paid either $14 or $15 per card.

Brian

I second that

+1 Agree great cards

and I know this forum has more so keep showing them

The '14 and '15 seem to designate the year of the CJ ie 1914 or 1915 not the price paid...

Brian: Or it could be reminding me which ones were 1914 and which were 1915 :)
Larry

Oy vey! That possibility eluded me. Perhaps the ultimate reminder would have been, on the 1915 cards, to write the '15' upside down.

Brian

1915 Cracker jacks
 

I so love the Frank Smith pose!!!

Agreed

honus
 

wags

My only CJ is a 1915.