Posted By:
Marc S.Dan:
Here's the thing: The 1915 Cracker Jack Mathewson card can pretty much be had if you have enough money. There are enough authentic examples floating around that you should be able to locate one within 2-3 months (at most) if you have the time to look and the money to pay fair value.
As for the 1914 Cracker Jack Mathewson, join the line. There has not been any examples sold as a single in at least 3 years (though it is probably longer than that). There have been one or perchance two examples that have been sold as part of Cracker Jack collections -- and even those were beat up.
The 1914 Cracker Jack Mathewson card is one of the top cards on many advanced collectors want lists. If one would ever hit the auction circuit, even in Good condition, it would most likely be a feeding frenzy, with bidding in the thousands and many bidders.
Good luck in finding both of those cards. The 1914 is an absolutely beautiful card. For now, you can at least look at the scan Peter Garcia has up -- and that is probably the closest you will get for a while.
MS