Please explain Cracker Jack price increases

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Arguably the best player selection of any set ever.

Cobb Jackson Speaker Lajoie Collins Wagner Johnson Mathewson Alexander Plank

T206 has Young but no Jackson or Alexander, and Wagner and Plank are extreme rarities.

M116 has Young but no Jackson or Alexander.

I’ll take the players in the M101-4/5 sets over these any day, or E135 type cards for that matter.

[Rhotchkiss]

I acquired these in the last year, and none was cheap. But they don’t come up often, and when they do it seems they just keep going for more money. So I bought mine (all 1914) betting that if I didn’t get them now, they would cost more later. Maybe I am right, maybe I take a loss in the long run (although I don’t know you can ever lose with these if you are able to hold).

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

I’ll take the players in the M101-4/5 sets over these any day, or E135 type cards for that matter.

I hate those pinhead cards but yes I'll give you that the addition of Ruth trumps the loss of Mathewson and Speaker.

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I hate those pinhead cards but yes I'll give you that the addition of Ruth trumps the loss of Mathewson and Speaker.

Addition of Sisler too

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I hate those pinhead cards but yes I'll give you that the addition of Ruth trumps the loss of Mathewson and Speaker.

Peter, Joe Jax is also in the M101 set.

I see the M101 set being to real-photo, black-&-white card lovers (like me) as being what the T206 set is to collectors who prefer the colorful, artist-created cards. Both sets have lots of HOFers and lots of different advertising backs.

[Peter_Spaeth]

For a set that gets no love 52 Berk Ross has an incredible selection of all time great players -- Williams Musial Mays Mantle DiMaggio Jackie Robinson Berra Campanella Mize Snider -- but no Spahn or Ford so pitching is a bit weak with Feller and Roberts.

[BobbyVCP]

I think this set is looks much better in a tomb. Having them raw it does not feel very good in your hands since they are so flimsy.

[oldjudge]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

For a set that gets no love 52 Berk Ross has an incredible selection of all time great players -- Williams Musial Mays Mantle DiMaggio Jackie Robinson Berra Campanella Mize Snider -- but no Spahn or Ford so pitching is a bit weak with Feller and Roberts.

But these are ugly cards

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

But these are ugly cards

So are M101s IMO.

[oldjudge]

LOL, obviously your son gets his artistic talents from his mother’s side.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

LOL, obviously your son gets his artistic talents from his mother’s side.

Indeed.

The cards are aesthetically appealing. Great checklist and no other “candy” is more linked to baseball. Can’t ask for much more from a pre-war set