Start Date

November 2021
Updated: Sept. 24, 2022

Set Size

7 / 176

Cards Cost

USD $1,809
Ave. $258 / card

Cards Graded

4
PSA Set Rank: 24

Grading Costs

$72

Set Cost

USD$1,881
Ave. $268 / card

A budget-minded build of the most exciting baseball card set ever made.

I’m kicking myself for not having started this set earlier. I remember dismissing the set thinking that I’d get farther ahead as a collector and investor if I worked on other more affordable sets. But now that I’ve dabbled a little, I’m hooked, and now the hunt is even more difficult.

This is an exciting set for a number of reasons. The set was built during world war one, it includes some of the most prized examples of rare editions of player cards, and since a bulk of the production run was inserted into boxes of molasses-covered popcorn, clean examples are hard to come-by. The hunt for low-mid range quality cards is tough enough due to the age and the rampant staining from the molasses from the cracker jack candy plaguing almost half the available offerings. I don’t mind (mild) staining, it provides tons of character and an imbued pedigree.

Acceptable quality cards are still USD$250 and up, ungraded, and starting at USD$450 minimum for PSA graded examples. There are a few cards that will be a potential barrier for completion due the incredible cost; Ty Cobb, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Christy Methewson, Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson and a few others, with low grade cards ranging from USD$5,000 to USD$20,000.

Gulp.

1915 Cracker Jack
Chief Meyers #71
PSA 2.5

PSA Cert.#: 51874460
Paid: $300 (2022)
Graded:
Cost: $300
Sold:

1915 Cracker Jack
Frank Owens #74
PSA 2.5

PSA Cert.#: 63696913
Paid: $275 (2022)
Graded:
Cost: $275
Sold:

1915 Cracker Jack
Larry Cheney #89
PSA 4

PSA Cert.#: 66257970
Paid: $250 (2022)
Graded: $18
Cost: $268
Sold:

1915 Crack Jack
Ted Easterly #117
PSA 2

PSA Cert.#: 66257971
Paid: $140 (2022)
Graded: $18
Cost: $158
Sold:

1915 Cracker Jack
George Perring #119
PSA 1.5

PSA Cert.#: 64342665
Paid: $130 (2022)
Graded: $18
Cost: $148
Sold:

1915 Cracker Jack
Elmer Baumgardner #131
PSA 6

PSA Cert.#: 54932749
Paid: $384 (2022)
Graded:
Cost: $384
Sold:

1915 Cracker Jack
Fritz Maisel #158
PSA 4.5

PSA Cert.#: 64342666
Paid: $330 (2022)
Graded: $18
Cost: $348
Sold: