How many Joe Jackson cards do you own?

[Rhotchkiss]

The only mainstream sets Joe Jackson was in are e90-1 (and those are tougher to find), 1914-15 Cracker Jack, and M101-4/5+; and the 1917 sets but those are all so rare that you can’t call them mainstream. Even though he played in the majors in 1910 and beyond (and some a bit before that), he is not in t205, t206, t207, D304, T3, e93, e94, e98, e105, t201, e103, M116, t213-6, etc. Besides CJs, very little was made from 1913-15 and little was made from 1917–1919.

Thus, not very many issues were made over the course of his (shortened) career, he is in few of the mainstream issues of his time, and what Joe Jackson items exist are pretty darn expensive - because they are desirable. For all those reasons, it’s tough to collect Joe Jackson.

I agree he is not one of the most “collected” players, vintage or modern, not by a long shot. But he is one of the most coveted, and thanks to those who don’t want him, making it less people us collectors have to deal with.