A question about 1914 Cracker Jacks

[btkpath]

Originally Posted by Leon

Hi Barry
Nice summation . Maybe the Pratt card has been a self fulfilling prophecy? Do you think the cards of those three players, which are still raw, mirror the numbers of these graded ones vis a vis each player?

Leon,

Your point is well taken, and obviously I have no idea. I guess my assumption was that as the population of graded CJ's increased by 25% over the past several years, it was due to grading of all players' cards (not just select players) in relatively equal proportions. There would be no reason for 10 Frank Owens cards to get graded over the past several years (as there were) and to have only 2 Hick Cady cards graded. Both are reasonably uncommon cards and I wonder whether it just speaks to their relative rarity?


Ted,

As you know, it is a great accomplishment to have any 1914 CJ Pratt. Yours just shows years of love!

[Theo_450]

Originally Posted by btkpath

Leon,

Your point is well taken, and obviously I have no idea. I guess my assumption was that as the population of graded CJ's increased by 25% over the past several years, it was due to grading of all players' cards (not just select players) in relatively equal proportions. There would be no reason for 10 Frank Owens cards to get graded over the past several years (as there were) and to have only 2 Hick Cady cards graded. Both are reasonably uncommon cards and I wonder whether it just speaks to their relative rarity?


Ted,

As you know, it is a great accomplishment to have any 1914 CJ Pratt. Yours just shows years of love!

Thanks, but I am just lucky. My Grandpa's brother pulled that out of a box of Cracker Jacks 99 years ago, and my Dad rescued it from a shoebox in the attic when he was 11. I'm just lucky!!!