CJ's - Do you collect either years or both?

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by terjung

I love the appearance of CJs, but they are just too common for my taste.

From a casual observer, for some reason there seems to be a number of 1914 CJs that are tougher to find than others. Except for #1 Knabe, the lower numbers - below, say, #75 - seem to easier than the higher numbers. Some of the #90s are close to impossible and if they appear for sale once a year you're lucky.

Rob

[btkpath]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

....there seems to be a number of 1914 CJs that are tougher to find than others. Except for #1 Knabe, the lower numbers - below, say, #75 - seem to easier than the higher numbers.

I know that population reports are characteristically inaccurate and change constantly, but the last time I ran the numbers (about a year ago), if one were to combine the totals for SGC and PSA, there are only 6 cards in the second half of the 1914 CJ set (cards #73-144) with cumulative populations of greater than 25 cards......and two of these cards are the Matthewson and the Joe Jackson!

[FrankWakefield]

Those cards of Mathewson and Jackson would be more likely to be graded...

[Bigb13]

I collect both but have mostly 14's. Rob

[obcmac]

I collect both. I much prefer the 1914's...but have many more 1915's. Being an ultra low grade collector helps a lot with these.

Mac

[Bigb13]

Yes in the 14's the Cobb, Matty and Jackson are very high in any grade when you see them. Rob

[yanks4]

Nice to see another post about CJ's..They to me are magic ...when I was young and saw them I was totally dazzled and now I've been able over the years to put together a 15 set.... But I still need a McInnis believe it or not..... There is a very nice PSA 6 on the bay but I just wont pay $400 for a $225 at most card......Almost every one of my cards have minor staining and were retrieved out of a box ...They (CJ's) are relatively common and perhaps that is why they don't get the press here?...But again so are T206's, 205's and others..... Some CJ commons though do come up very rarely and can be quite challenging.....It also seems as though winners of auction group lots rarely if ever offer cards on the BST here....

I would like to know thoughts on how many unregistered sets might be out there....also

Thanks for the CJ talk, Marty