Lot # 233: 1915 E145 Cracker Jack #65 Tris Speaker (HOF) - PSA VG 3

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $150.00

Bids: 15 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed
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Item was in Auction "Summer, 2013 Auction",
which ran from 7/31/2013 3:31 PM to
8/25/2013 7:55 AM



The "Full Count Find" is a multigenerational collection of cards the prewar component of which was assembled by a boy growing up in California in the early 1900s. While the collection"s prewar component included a variety of tobacco and caramel issues the most beautiful and interesting group within the collection were the 1915 Cracker Jacks. With nearly 140 different cards the set was almost 75% complete when it arrived at our offices on consignment from the family of the original owner. In fact when pulling the cards together and registering them as a set on the PSA Registry we were surprised to discover that the cards were collectively enough to land the set at #25 on PSA"s All Time Finest list and #17 on the Current Finest list. After considerable soul-searching however we decided that the best way to offer this outstanding collection would be to break it into lots and sell the components in smaller groups with most Hall of Famers listed individually and commons broken into a variety of smaller groups. Presented here is one of those lots from the "Full Count Find " an original owner collection of fantastic cards fresh to the hobby.Baseball glove in his back pocket Hall of Fame outfielder Tris Speaker stares out at an unknown opponent the intensity in his gaze an indicator of the type of player he could be. One of the all-time greats Speaker retired with a .345 lifetime batting average one of the greatest center fielders in baseball history.Population DataPSA Population: 89 total graded 10 at this level 61 higherSGC Population: 33 total graded 6 at this level 18 higher