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Lot # 3: 1914-1915 Cracker Jack Complete Set (176) From the Barry Halper Collection

Starting Bid: $10,000.00

Bids: 45 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "2023 Spring Classic",
which ran from 4/2/2023 7:00 PM to
4/22/2023 10:00 PM



1914-1915 Cracker Jack Baseball complete set of (176) cards from the Barry Halper Collection from Sotheby's Auction. Most of the cards are housed (glued) in their original 1915 Cracker Jack "Ball Players" album with the exception of the last 17 cards which have come undone. The title in the Sotheby’s sale states the set is 1915, but we have identified two 1914 examples. One by examining the back of a common card with a corner lifted from its page, and the second by the presence of (2) Hub Perdue cards. One Perdue card shows "Boston" and the other shows "St. Louis" on the front. His 1914 card is Boston, and 1915 is St. Louis. While it is impossible to determine how many are from 1914, us locating two 1914 examples leads us to believe there are other examples scattered. The original top loader with a Barry Halper Auction sticker upon it is also included. Card grades are based on card fronts only. The set consists of: #1 Knabe FR; #2 Baker GD; #3 Tinker VG; #6 Plank VG; #7 E Collins VG; #12 Mack GD; #14 Crawford VG; #17 Bresnahan FR; #18 Evers PR; #19 Bender FR; #22 Wood G-VG; #23 Comiskey FR; #30 Cobb VG; #32 M Brown PR; #35 Hooper GD; #36 Walsh PR; #37 Alexander G-VG; #39 Gandil PR; #43 Marquard VG; #52 Wheat VG-EX; #57 Johnson G-VG; #61 Schalk VG; #65 Speaker GD; #66 Lajoie GD; #68 Wagner VG; #69 McGraw G-VG; #70 Clarke G-VG; #73 Carey GD; #75 Huggins GD; #77 Jennings GD; #88 Mathewson PR; #93 Pratt GD; #94 Cicotte FR; #99 Chase PR; #103 J Jackson G-VG; #121 1915 Perdue St Louis GD; #121 1914 Perdue Boston PR; #133 Rickey GD; #136 Maranville FR; #161 Roush PR; #167 Griffith FR; #176 Vaughn GD. Overall condition breakdown is 20% PR; 30% FR; 35% GD; 15% VG.

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