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Old 02-24-2020, 04:28 PM
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Default I like my 1914 Cracker Jacks Stained

I am considering trying to assemble a 1914 Cracker Jack set, and over the past few weeks I have been looking at examples for sale on ebay and at auction houses. With all these doctoring scandals, I am hyper-aware of potential alterations, and it seems to me that the #1 offender for 1914 Cracker Jacks is bleaching and/or some chemical stain that removes the caramel stains. I look at some examples and see a spotless, super-white back with no staining, and fronts equally devoid of caramel stains and they scream of bleaching to me. Perhaps some 1914 CJs made it through with no-to-nominal staining. But for me, I like my 1914 Cracker Jacks stained!

What are you thoughts and lets see those stained 1914 Cracker Jacks
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File Type: jpg 1914 CJ Jackson -- Front.jpg (48.0 KB, 1522 views)
File Type: jpg 1914 CJ Jackson -- Back.jpg (54.0 KB, 1516 views)
File Type: jpg 1914 CJ Mathewson - Front.jpg (32.9 KB, 1523 views)
File Type: jpg 1914 CJ Mathewson - Back.jpg (36.3 KB, 1515 views)
File Type: jpg 1914 CJ Wagner - Front.jpg (75.1 KB, 1515 views)
File Type: jpg 1914 CJ Wagner - Back.jpg (75.4 KB, 1512 views)
File Type: jpg 1914 CJ Cobb - Front.jpg (38.4 KB, 1503 views)
File Type: jpg 1914 CJ Cobb - Back.jpg (42.7 KB, 1507 views)
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