UPDATED: My Combined PSA/SGC Cracker Jack 1914 Pop Report

[wolterse]

It's real interesting to look at this from top to bottom. A few questions immediately come to mind:

1) Why is doc gessler's population so high? He was the manger of a sub par Pittsburgh rebels team in 1914. He hardly did anything noteworthy that year to merit collectors hoarding his card.

2) Why is Wagner so low? This is really shocking. All the elite players are right up there in population, yet Wags is near the bottom of HOFers by population. I wonder if fans and kids interests had shifted by that time to the newer stars like Cobb, Johnson and speaker. Certainly seems that way. Wagner was deep into the back nine of his career by 1914 whereas the others were getting started.

I pointed this out on the other thread and will say it again here. 31 cards or 21% of the set have a combined pop at or below 25. These cards will reach astronomical levels in the next year+ due to the influx of new 14 CJ collectors in the market. In fact, most of the cards that have been commented upon in recent posts as having inexplicably high prices paid on them all fall into this 21%.

Many current 1914 Cracker Jack collectors I talk to are upgrading their sets. This, along with the fact that many have started the set in the past year, is driving costs to record highs.