Is there any possible way to know how many complete 1914 CJ Sets exist?

[Bicem]

relatively easy to complete if you have the $$$.

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by Bicem

relatively easy to complete if you have the $$$.

I think many/most sets are "easy" to complete if you have the $$$. But relative to other sets, I'd guess this one is slightly more difficult. The 1914 Cracker Jacks are more rare and condition sensitive than their 1915 counterparts. 144 cards isn't ridiculous but its larger than most other Candy sets of the time. There are a lot of big name HOFers like Cobb, Wagner, W Johnson, and Matty (not to mention Jax) that any of those 5 cards are sometimes the centerpiece of a collection, so it minimizes the number of sets out there.

SGC only has one set completed on their registry, and PSA has 3. I'd guess somewhere around 20 sets are complete? Just a total guess, feel free to tear that apart!

Rob

[rainier2004]

I'd take the under on 20 sets. 3 were completely dismantled in the 4 years or so and another 3 were completed in 2012...I'm pretty sure Tom is aware of this. What's your guess Mr thread starter?

[btkpath]

I agree with Steve. I would probably put the number of complete sets out there as 10-12. I would be very surprised if there were as many as 20. As was mentioned, there are 3 complete sets on PSA and 1 on SGC. I know of at least three other complete sets that are combinations of the two registries. Given the rarity of many of the cards in the set, I have a hard time believing that there are more than 5 other raw or combination sets that are flying below the radar.

[sniffy5]

Believe me, you guys would be far more authoritative on this topic than me. I don't even know the Sgc pop reports for the cards. But I guess the only way to truly figure it out would be to figure out the lowest pop card overall, which is probably Cady - again I don't know the Sgc pop - and then theorize from there how many Cady's are sitting along side the other 143 cards. Is the total pop of Cady less than 20? There are 9 psa's...

[rainier2004]

Too bad SGCs website sucks and is a complete mess every time you go there for a pop report. PSA takes less than 30 seconds to get all the 1914s displayed and after 10 minutes trying to look up the SGC Cady I gave up...PSA makes SGC look very bad when comparing websites.

Back on topic, that is one way to do it Tom but I always thought the community was quite small though. I'm with Barry at 10-12 sets and I do not think most people understand the difficulty of finishing this set even if you have large wads of cash. When cards only come up f/s once in 5-6 years it makes it tough. There are those that "toy" with the set and I just think most of these collectors do not fully understand the difficulty involved.

Barry, you set took 5 years to complete?

[albrshbr]

Took me less than a minute to look up. SGC has 7 Cady's graded