1914 Cracker Jack Pratt SP
 

I have a friend that has a massive vintage collection and I often buy from him. My latest purchase was 5 Cracker Jack cards that were all heavily trimmed. I purchased 1 from 1914 and the other 4 were from 1915. He also had 2 other trimmed 1914's (as well as maybe 30 trimmed 1915 Cracker Jacks) and one of them happened to be a short print Pratt. He looked it up in his old price guide and saw a value of something like $14,000 in VG condition. Obviously these are heavily trimmed, but knowing that it is a short print from a tough set and obviously 14 rather than the 15 makes it intriguing.

What might you guess would be a fair price for both us and is there anyone in the group that might want to trade with me if I were to pick it up.

This guy has an unbelievable collection and I am pretty sure these are real although this is not a set either of us has a lot of first hand experience with. (yes we know what separates the 1914 and 1915's on the back. I will include a few pictures of some of the cards that I did pick up which would give you an idea about the Pratt.

The most expensive was the 1915 Alexander at $80. I don't know what was fair. Obviously it is massively trimmed, but still an iconic card. Share your thoughts with me.

Rick Johnson

There are quite a few '14 CJ collectors that probably need Pratt, but it's heavily trimmed so that rules quite a few out. There will be a market but it's hard to put a value on it, for me. Others, especially CJ collectors, might have more of an idea.
Good luck.

Thanks Leon, I'm not super familiar with the set so all of the help I can get is always appreciated.

Keep those CJ's coming! Always nice to look at. I have 9, all 1915. I got them in a brown paper grocery sack of all kinds of desirable old cards from a collector/seller who became a good friend as I came to know him. When he decided to sell off his massive collection at a local Charleston auction house (Ramouillat), he gave me a sack of great cards. Along with some I bought from him and others I got at card shows, and from nephews and other relatives getting out of the hobby, this is really how I built my second time around collection.