1915 Cracker Jacks

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by VintageVinnie

I'm new here, so forgive me if this has been discussed in the past..I have always been curious..On the reverse of the '15 CJ's, it states you can receive the full set of cards for something silly like 1 coupon and 25 cents. You could also receive the "handsome album" for 1 coupon and 10 cents to hold the cards. Has anybody ever seen one of these original albums with a complete set of CJ's?...or even better have a picture of one? What an attic find that would be!!

Here is an example of a set in an album. As you can see, the album is very crude. Basically construction paper. This one has corner slots for the cards to be inserted, but I have also seen albums that do not have these and the cards needed to be pasted or taped in. This set sold for over $150K in 2008 by Sotheby's.

[rainier2004]

heres mine, string still intact. This and my matty are all I have left from my set.

[rainier2004]

Its just construction paper like kevin said, I haven't seen one w/o the pockets for the cards but kevin has seen a lot more than I have. You used to see them for sale once or twice a year then they dried up and this one has been the only one one ive seen seen for about 5 years now.

[jp1216]

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...34/lot.86.html

Great write-up by Sotheby's along with larger pictures. That is a beautiful set!

[luciobar1980]

Wow, that's amazing.

Originally Posted by jp1216

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/...34/lot.86.html

Great write-up by Sotheby's along with larger pictures. That is a beautiful set!

[PSACJ]

Here is my Album which is the best that I have ever seen. The previous owner before me was Anthony Nex who had several of them over the years and this was by far his best. I have never seen any other better than this one in any collection.

This Album is part of my Master 1915 Cracker Jack Collection which includes the 176 Cards in PSA 7 or higher, the 176 GPC or Index Cards in PSA 9 or better and the 176 Charles Conlon Type 1 Photos.

I don't have them all yet but I have been collecting this trio for almost 15 years.

[sphere and ash]

Originally Posted by PSACJ

Here is my Album which is the best that I have ever seen. The previous owner before me was Anthony Nex who had several of them over the years and this was by far his best. I have never seen any other better than this one in any collection.

This Album is part of my Master 1915 Cracker Jack Collection which includes the 176 Cards in PSA 7 or higher, the 176 GPC or Index Cards in PSA 9 or better and the 176 Charles Conlon Type 1 Photos.

I don't have them all yet but I have been collecting this trio for almost 15 years.

Can you please explain how the 176 Charles Conlon photos relate to the Cracker Jack cards? Are they the same subjects or the same poses? Can you please post some, either here or in the Conlon thread?