Story behind 1914 CJ Del Pratt?

[cjackson70]

Sorry for the solicitation. But this thread developed into a conversation showing interest in the auction value of this card. I provided a link and pictures of a current auction that seemed to flow with the interest shown by the people having the conversation on this thread. Your reply indicates that I was wrong. I apologize. Won't happen again.

I collect cards and cars.

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by cjackson70

Sorry for the solicitation...

Apology accepted.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Apology accepted.

Agreed, not a big deal. Good luck with the sale
And we still haven't seen a good explanation why Pratt is so scarce, only that he is?

[cjackson70]

Are other cards on the same printing sheet also rare? Probably not.
Maybe it was pulled from circulation because Del was an anti-Cracker Jack zealot like Honus Wagner was with smoking. He didn't want the kids eating all that delicious caramel.

[btkpath]

Originally Posted by cjackson70

Are other cards on the same printing sheet also rare? Probably not.

The population reports at PSA and SGC have exploded recently with rising populations, with many more raw cards coming out of the woodwork and getting graded, as well as cards being switched over from one grading company to another. About a year ago, when I last ran the numbers, there were 15 cards in the 1914 Cracker Jack set that had a COMBINED SGC AND PSA population of 15 cards or fewer. In fact, at that time, the combined population of the Del Pratt was 11 and the combined population of the Frank Owens card from the set was only 10! The picture below was taken during a brief period of time when I had 3 of the 10 graded Frank Owens cards in my possession!

Many of the cards in the set with ultra low populations (15 or fewer graded examples) are in the "second half" of the set (along with the Pratt) and certainly may have been on the same sheet.