1914 Cracker Jack Still Most Expensive Complete Baseball Card Set?

[Mikehealer]

I would think a Wagner(alone) would outsell a complete CJ set in similar condition.

[Griffins]

Didn't the Pirate back set won by a board member a few years ago sell for $1million? That alone would exceed the CJ set, along with the sets mentioned above.
Sean, try and remove money as the main issue in your life, you'll enjoy everything a whole lot more.

[Old-T206]

Originally Posted by Griffins

Didn't the Pirate back set won by a board member a few years ago sell for $1million? That alone would exceed the CJ set, along with the sets mentioned above.
Sean, try and remove money as the main issue in your life, you'll enjoy everything a whole lot more.

What is exactly this pirate back set you are talking about? I am not familiar with this set, please give some more details. Yes I realize that, it's just.. I want so many things in life, and when I'm a little older, I don't want to be paying bill to bill and not having extra money for my own personal desires and wants.

[glchen]

Here is the thread on the T215 Pirates set (and includes the link to the Legendary auction) that went for nearly 1 million: Linky

[Old-T206]

Originally Posted by glchen

Here is the thread on the T215 Pirates set (and includes the link to the Legendary auction) that went for nearly 1 million: Linky

He had 96 of the 97 cards in the set? Why wouldn't he just wait until he found the final and last 97th card? And why did he grade all the cards in SGC? Out of the big 4 in grading companies, SGC gets you the least amount of money. So imagine if the guy had the 97th card, and imagine if he had all of the cards graded by PSA. I think the complete set would have gone over 1 million then. Why is this set so valuable? I've never really heard it before. Is it just really scarce?

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by Old-T206

He had 96 of the 97 cards in the set? Why wouldn't he just wait until he found the final and last 97th card? And why did he grade all the cards in SGC? Out of the big 4 in grading companies, SGC gets you the least amount of money. So imagine if the guy had the 97th card, and imagine if he had all of the cards graded by PSA. I think the complete set would have gone over 1 million then. Why is this set so valuable? I've never really heard it before. Is it just really scarce?

all great points, bet the seller is really kicking himself.

[terjung]

Hey, Sean...

In case you don't remember... you asked this exact same thing about 3.5 years ago. The "Search" function works pretty well.

Remember this?
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=86479

I think Joann's response (#18) was probably the most appropriate for answering your question.

If there were a T206 set in the same condition as the CJ set that you so often ask about, you would see that it far outshines the CJs from a value standpoint. That one particular CJ set was exceptional due to the quality of each of the individual cards in that particular set... that is why it ended up commanding the big price. To say that CJ > T206 because of that is not a fair comparison.

[Matthew H]

Go ahead and try to collect the Pirate set. You will be able to buy what ever you want when your older because of all the money you saved not finding any cards to buy.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Old-T206

So imagine if the guy had the 97th card, and imagine if he had all of the cards graded by PSA.

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[philliesphan]

surely an N172 Old Judge set would be the most expensive.

If T206 includes all the "variations" -- then an N172 set with all the variations would be so expensive, so incomprehensible, that a specific value would be quite difficult to ascertain.

If you include some sort of arbitrary grading designation [e.g. 6.57 GPA], assuming that it actually takes image clarity into account and does not include NM/MT miscut, faded cards, and you are suddenly talking million(s) of dollars.

[CMIZ5290]

Hands down, t206 set. Not even close.