Cracker Jack Sets

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Any reason that the 1914 Cracker Jack set is so much scarcer than the 1915?

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Posted By: Greg Ecklund

The 1914's only came in boxes of Cracker Jack, while the 1915's could be ordered as a complete set directly from the company.

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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Were the 1914 cards directly put into the boxes without any covering? Does that account for the stains?

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Posted By: barrysloate

Both appear stained, but if you ordered the 15's from the factory they would be spotless, hence more clean ones survived. All 14's were in contact with the caramel.

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Posted By: HW

The fact that factory sets were available to the consurmer in 1915 allows for a good number of high grade specimens from that year.

It also seems as though there have been a couple of factory 1914 sets to hit the market, one very recently that supposedly sold for $800,000 or some insane number. I would presume that these pristine 1914 cards were leftovers from the year before and never made it into the packs.

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Posted By: jay behrens

The main reason for the large number of high grade 15s is due to a huge find of these cards in the late 80s that were in very high grade.

Jay

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