How would you rank these top key Pre-War Cards?

[Harford20]

For me, it is really only the Matty and the Ruth. The others fall in much farther down the list of interest/importance.

1914 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson
1921 E121 Babe Ruth
......
1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb
1909 E90-1 American Caramel Joe Jackson

[notfast]

E90-1 Jackson
CJ Matthewson
CJ Cobb
CJ Jackson
Ruth

[Rhotchkiss]

1914 CJ Matty - this is a top 10 card, period
1914 CJ Joe Jackson
E90-1 Joe Jackson
E121 Ruth (Great card, but not an “early” one and there are other variations of the same pose, including his 1917 card)
1914 CJ Cobb

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

1914 CJ Matty - this is a top 10 card, period
1914 CJ Joe Jackson
E90-1 Joe Jackson
E121 Ruth (Great card, but not an “early” one and there are other variations of the same pose, including his 1917 card)
1914 CJ Cobb

Great visual samples of these classic cards. Love all of them. And cannot go wrong with any of them. My goal is to get 1 of each but lower grades then the great ones Ryan has.
Thanks for sharing

[Kidnapped18]

Cant go wrong with any of them

1914 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson
1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
1909 E90-1 American Carmel Joe Jackson
1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb
1921 E121 Babe Ruth

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by Kidnapped18

Cant go wrong with any of them

1914 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson
1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
1909 E90-1 American Carmel Joe Jackson
1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb
1921 E121 Babe Ruth

I agree with this list based upon the fact that the only one from this list that I own is the Ruth. I search for bargains on these all the time. e90-1 Jackson has really gone up in price over the years.

[yanksfan09]

Just my personal preference, not really what I feel are most significant:

1. Joe Jackson Cracker Jack
2. E121-80 Ruth
3. Ty Cobb Cracker Jack
4. Christy Mathewson Cracker Jack
5. E90-1 Jackson , great rookie card but not my favorite image

[obcbobd]

1921 E121 Babe Ruth
1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb
1914 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson
1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
1909 E90-1 American Caramel Joe Jackson

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

1914 CJ Matty - this is a top 10 card, period
1914 CJ Joe Jackson
E90-1 Joe Jackson
E121 Ruth (Great card, but not an “early” one and there are other variations of the same pose, including his 1917 card)
1914 CJ Cobb

I think this order is probably mine.

CJ Mathewson
CJ Cobb
CJ Joe Jackson
E121 Ruth
E90-1 Jackson (probably deserves to be higher, I just never liked the look of it)

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

I love that on a board filled with vintage collectors, everyone has different opinions. For the record, here's mine:


1921 E121 Babe Ruth
1914 Cracker Jack Ty Cobb
1914 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
1914 Cracker Jack Christy Mathewson
1909 E90-1 American Carmel Joe Jackson

Any time I'm asked to rank a list of cards that has Babe Ruth, I'm going to put Babe at #1 Not only is he arguably the best of all time, he truly defined sports celebrity and tabloid fame as we currently know it.

I'd be fine with mixing the Cracker Jacks in any order...great names from a great set. I went with what I thought would be "household name" order.

And lastly, I've never cared for the E90-1 Jackson image. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't turn one down if it was offered to me...but it's my least favorite on this list.

Good thread.

[investinrookies]

Thanks for all the great input everyone, I enjoy reading your thoughts and suggestions. Im honestly a little surprised the CJ Matty is so high on most every list, but I guess it does make since being its the highest value and rarest of them all. Great group of cards for sure, would be nice to own them all!

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by investinrookies

Thanks for all the great input everyone, I enjoy reading your thoughts and suggestions. Im honestly a little surprised the CJ Matty is so high on most every list, but I guess it does make since being its the highest value and rarest of them all. Great group of cards for sure, would be nice to own them all!

I assumed that you already do own examples of each of the 5 cards. Is my assumption wrong?