Start: 3/18/2025 12:00 AM EST End: 4/5/2025 9:00 PM EST
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Category: 1900-1948
Starting Bid: $500.00
Bids: 18 (Bid History)
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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.Notable about the Cracker Jack issue is the generous representation of players from the ill-fated Federal League of 1914 and 1915. Collectors wishing to assemble subsets featuring players from the Federal League need look no further than Cracker Jacks. The Federal League an upstart "outlaw" league that lured away many American and National League players with the promise of higher salaries and the ability to avoid the restrictive reserve clause of the major leagues. Today relics from the league are highly sought after by prewar collectors looking to preserve the history of the game.Presented here is a collection of 25 cards of Federal League players (24 from 1915 and one from 1914) assembled from the Full Count Find. Each card was a part of the original owner collection assembled in 1915 and passed down through the same family prior to being consigned to Love of the Game. Each card has been graded by PSA. The collection includes the following:PSA VG+ 3.5 (9 cards): #9 Hoffman #20 Falkenberg #67 Crandall #116 Zeider #126 Blair #135 Marsans #139 Oakes #160 Kauff #168 Campbell. PSA VG 3 (10 cards): #24 Mullen #25 Simon #40 Austin #59 Gessler #81 Delehanty #100 Seaton #115 Brennan #140