T206 v Cracker Jack pricing

[mattjc1983]

Question that I'll try to make brief. I've only recently started to pick up some vintage cards (memorabilia/autographs before that), and am casually browsing what's out there for Cracker Jacks. Am I correct that on average, Cracker Jacks commons are more expensive to pick up than T206? If so, anyone know why? Are they just more desirable cards, or are they actually more scarce than the T206? Or put another way, I know the set itself is smaller than T206, but is the assumption that less were distributed as well?

Thanks in advance.


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[ullmandds]

Cj's, in general, are dramatically tougher than t206. 1914 cj were only issued in cj boxes whereas 1915's were available also by mail...so 14' cj's are tougher and more condition sensitive than 15's.

Both sets have scarcities which are exceptions.

[mattjc1983]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Cj's, in general, are dramatically tougher than t206. 1914 cj were only issued in cj boxes whereas 1915's were available also by mail...so 14' cj's are tougher and more condition sensitive than 15's.



Both sets have scarcities which are exceptions.

Thanks for the reply. And I suppose the assumption is that a lot more cigarettes were sold to distribute 206's than Cracker Jacks were sold?


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[glynparson]

a regular t206 is produced in far greater numbers than an average CJ. Like has been mentioned 1914 harder than 1915. Now if you are concerned on which T206 back the card should have some of these are rarer than any CJ.

[rainier2004]

1914 CJs range from 20 - 100 examples of any given card, leaning on the former
1915 cjs range from 60 - 200 of any given card, leaning on the latter

A common no name in 1915 CJ psa 3 will run yeah $125-$150, maybe a little less. The tougher ones will be $200+. Other than the big 4 in the t206 set, the Jax, Cobb, 1914 Matty and Pratt and possibly Wagner will all be much more than any t206 HOFer. But in the end, CJs are just much cooler.

[Bruinsfan94]

Originally Posted by rainier2004

1914 CJs range from 20 - 100 examples of any given card, leaning on the former
1915 cjs range from 60 - 200 of any given card, leaning on the latter

A common no name in 1915 CJ psa 3 will run yeah $125-$150, maybe a little less. The tougher ones will be $200+. Other than the big 4 in the t206 set, the Jax, Cobb, 1914 Matty and Pratt and possibly Wagner will all be much more than any t206 HOFer. But in the end, CJs are just much cooler.

Wow do you really think that there is as low as around 20 of a lot of 1914 cj's? That seems very low. I never realized how rare Cracker Jacks were.