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Originally Posted by Yoda
With the "hot money" now sniffing around pre-war and the perennial popularity of the Cracker Jack sets, I was still taken aback by a current Ebay listing; a 1915 Cracker Jack Joe Wood, PSA 2.5 with a current price of $4,400. To me, this is a $1,000 card, regardless of the fact that it is a CJ, featuring the ever-popular Joe Wood.
This does not feel normal. The speed of these massive rise in values is not a good thing for the hobby. We are racing towards a bubble. I can see panic selling of intrinsically worthless pieces of cardboard. Hope I am wrong.
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One of my hobby regrets is that I didn't pursue lower condition Cracker Jack cards years ago when they were somewhat reasonably priced. In my experience they were always at an elevated price in comparison to cards from the most commonly encountered prewar sets.
As far as owning a Cracker Jack Wood, this will be as close as I am likely to ever get (or for that matter the same is true about the very popular Cracker Jack Wagner).
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Brian