Autographed Cracker Jacks

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Posted By: James Gallo

Any one seen or have any signed Cracker Jacks?

How rare are period signed pre war cards?

Are certain players very available?

I would love to see some signed CJ.


James Gallo


Looking for 1915 Cracker Jacks and 1909-11 American Caramel E90-1.

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Posted By: jeffdrum

I have an Amos Strunk. Send me your e-mail and I'll send you a scan. I am not to proficient at posting scans here.

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Posted By: James Gallo

Cool email sent.

Anyone else?

James

Looking for 1915 Cracker Jacks and 1909-11 American Caramel E90-1.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Signed Pre-WWI cards are rare. Most common are T206s. I've seen an E90-1 Ty Cobb. Goudeys and Play Balls are relatively plentiful.

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Posted By: James Feagin

Rarity is a subjective term, especially in Baseball Card-land. We must speak of pre-war autographs in comparative terms. Obviously, auto'd t206 and caramels are extremely rare in comparison to there pre-WWII counterparts. However, I just don't agree when folks state the auto'd pre-war sets like Goudey, Diamond Stars, or Play Ball are NOT rare. Of course they are! Especially in comparison to the numbers in which they are printed. For every few thousand Goudey commons that are sold, only a couple are probably autographed. Each is a unique piece. Since many of those players died decades ago, it's not as if many more are going to surface.

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I only meant that signed Goudeys are more plentiful compared signed Pre-WWI cards. I wasn't comparing them to anything else.

The Goudeys and Diamond stars are great cards signed. Not only are they nice looking cards by themselves, but the signatures show up well. For the autographed card collector, it doesn't matter how beautiful and rare the card if you can't see the signature against the dark printing. Below is a Goudey Waite Hoyt I once owned (signature authenticated by Mike Gutierrez/GAI).

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Posted By: fkw

I have seen large groups of Goudeys signed. There were a few collectors long ago that came close to completing the R319 Goudey set, all signed. I remember seeing large groups of these cards auctioned off in the past, In the late 80's I bought a Goudey Dizzy Dean, Cronin, Vance, Jackson, Rice, and Hubbell in the same auction all with vintage 30s-40s signatures.

I have only see a handful of T206 signed, and most were of players that lived well into the 60's (I think most were signed well after careers ended), I can remember a couple Cobbs, F.Chance and Marquard offhand. I think it wasnt as popular to have cards signed in the 1910 era, as it was in the 1930-40 era.

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Posted By: James Feagin

What's the oldest autograph card deemed "authentic" by JSA/PSA/GAI? Any Old Judge card? I know a board member owns a Hugh Duffy Mayo.

James

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Posted By: davidcycleback

That's the oldest that I can think of. There are signed CDVs and cabinet cards from earlier years, thoughs those aren't quite the same baseball-card wise.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

T206 Bresnahan Portrat autographed at the National one year. It looked vintage but wasn't authenticated by anyone reputable. But what does that really mean on a signature like that anyway?

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Posted By: Anonymous

I am going to assume the 1872 Red Stockings autographed Warren cabinets take the prize as the earliest autographed set of baseball cards...

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Posted By: davidcycleback

In the old days, one of the many uses for CDVs was as a person's business or visiting card (carte de visite translates into English as visiting card). Thus, it's not incongruent for a CDV to have the signature or note of the person pictured.

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Posted By: DJ

I have seen an n172 signed on the back by Connie Mack. I have never seen a CJ signed.

DJ

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Posted By: Greg

I actually have two autographed Cracker Jack cards -- Rube Marquard and Harry Hooper. I got the autographs myself in Coooperstown in the early 70s.
I also had a Marquard T206 with me to have autographed, but I had it and several other cards mounted with corner hinges on a hard scrapbook cover, figuring it woud make the cards easier for players to sign. When I handed it to Marquard, he started the signature on the card, but just kept right on going, writing most of his last name off the card and on the scrapbook. I still have it, but have never quite figured out a good way to display it.

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Posted By: Brett

Its weird how there isn't more autographed Rube Marquard t206s and cracker jacks, considering how long the guy lived for.

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Posted By: Tom Boblitt