Prices at the National--what's hot?

[GregMitch34]

Wonder what folks found...surprises?

[glynparson]

as far as what i sold a number of (or was asked for many times if i did not have the items):

T206 Rare Backs and higher condition
T5 Pinkertons : Had priced hi still sold a number of them
Cracker Jacks: was asked for many times
Cabinet Cards in General
1952 Mantle's
1955 Clemente
1960s SP hi #'s: 1966 Grant Jackson, Choo Choo Coleman, Cardinals Rookies, Perranoski, 1967: Shellenback/Willis, Belanger, Hegan, Shaw/Sutherland

Hi Grade Hall of fame rookies from both Football ( Especially Starr, Brown, Namath)and Baseball ( especially Seaver, Carew, and Stargell also Rose who is not a hall of famer but certainly is their peer on the field)

[tbob]

Can someone please tell me why the 1914 Cracker Jacks are suddenly so hot? Yes I know they are much tougher than the 1915s because of the method of distribution but it seems like it is akin to what happened with the 1911 Zeenuts about 6-7 years ago when 5 or 6 collectors were determined to pay whatever price necessary to try and accumulate the set and the prices skyrocketed.
I've owned some 14 CJ's I acquired through the years, they are tough, but I am amazed at the set getting so hot.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by tbob

Can someone please tell me why the 1914 Cracker Jacks are suddenly so hot? Yes I know they are much tougher than the 1915s because of the method of distribution but it seems like it is akin to what happened with the 1911 Zeenuts about 6-7 years ago when 5 or 6 collectors were determined to pay whatever price necessary to try and accumulate the set and the prices skyrocketed.
I've owned some 14 CJ's I acquired through the years, they are tough, but I am amazed at the set getting so hot.

I never understood why cards do this. What's changed? They've been around for 100 years and to change so drastically seemingly overnight out of the blue makes no sense to me. I've always loved Cracker Jack's but I just don't understand this kind of phenomenon.

[ullmandds]

It makes perfect sense to me... Similar to the phenomenon when Kim Burns came out with the Jack Johnson documentary... All of a sudden anything Jack Johnson increased dramatically in value. The crackerjacks of always been some of the most beautiful cards out there... In addition to them just being crackerjack! I am sure that the recent book stimulated interest as well. Add the handful of aggressive buyers to a thin market and there you have it.

[rainier2004]

You have several new set collectors starting from square one and that's in addition to another group that's been in the CJ game for years. Its a serious set, very different than the 1915s.