Lot # 228: 1915 Cracker Jack #39 Chick Gandil PSA PR 1

Category: 1900-1948

Starting Bid: $50.00

Bids: 4 (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.Chick Gandil is a widely-collected prewar player less because of his ability and more because of his role as a ringleader of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. As a result all his cards are in demand particularly his Cracker Jack examples which depict him in fielding position preparing to catch a ball. The card itself is graded POOR 1 by PSA due to heavy wear but also significant staining and paper loss on the reverse.Population DataPSA Population: 70 total graded 2 at this level 67 higherSGC Population: 34 total graded 1 at this level 31 higher