Antique shows, toy shows and flea markets are great places to find cracker jack prizes. Since cracker jack began including a prize in every box in 1912, there have been thousands of different prizes, and independent collector jim davis has most of them. Hobbizine vintage baseball card value guides list prices in five grades from good to mint. Our wide selection is eligible for free shipping and free returns. The first prizes were baseball cards and metal charms. Looks like it was made to fit into a boys sic pocket buttonhole. Most of the more valuable prizes and even vintage boxes arent worth more than a fewhundred dollars each, but the cracker jack baseball cards from 1914 and 1915 can go for thousands of dollars each. Cracker jack watchesthe ultimate prize inside the box. On ebay today, there are frequent auctions that include cracker jack prizes from the 1930s. Best resources for researching cracker jack prizes the art. Rings, watches, toy autos and toy airplanes, trains,tiny tools, dolls and. As an avid collector of cracker jack prizes, people are often amazed that the company would actually place a glass colored cat with a metal collar. The official cracker jack logo and the prize inside is engraved on the back of the watch.
The cracker jack collectors association cjca says its finding other people who have fun finding those cj prizes and related items. The 1914 and 1915 cracker jack sets are perhaps the most popular of the caramel candy issues released prior to 1920. See more ideas about cracker jacks, vintage and toys. Get the best deals on antique cracker jack toys when you shop the largest online selection at. Unfollow vintage cracker jack to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The cracker jack presidential coins and metals are popular with cj prize collectors as well as coin and political item collectors. May 17, 2016 there is a new surprise at the bottom of a cracker jack box no more physical prizes. Vintage cracker jack toy prize bookcracker jack toy encyclopediacracker jack game book 1960s cracker jack prizecracker jack paper books. Cracker jack prize 1930s tin lithographed railroad train freight car superb cond. Cracker jack andor metal gumball machine charms toy prizes.
Get the best deals on vintage cracker jack prizes when you shop the largest online selection at. Frederick fritz rueckheim, a german immigrant, began selling his molassescoated popcorn out of a cart on the streets of chicago in 1871. Many are photos of items from my collection from ebay and instagram. Cracker jack is a brand made famous by its prize inside marketing tactic and its connection with baseball. Buy rare vintage cracker jack 100th anniversary limited edition collectible watch comes in a replica cracker jack box with the watch as the prize inside and other wrist watches at. The most valuable items are the baseball cards of 191415 dec 10, 20. Locating prizes the easiest way to get prizes is to buy cracker jack. Reminds me of little boys from the 60s playing cops and robbers, only older, i think.
New listing vintage cracker jack toys prizes set of 14. Get the best deals on antique cracker jack toys when you shop the. Later charms made of celluloid of animals and cartoon characters were popular. Cracker jack became part of americas favorite pastime of baseball when the song take me out to the ballgame was written with the words buy me some peanuts and cracker jack. Some food historians consider it the first junk food cracker jack is famous for its.
New listing vintage cracker jack prize toy, dog sled mush team, charm,premium, rare. The announcement that cracker jack will replace the riddles, stickers and trinkets with a qr code that can. Learn about cracker jack prizes history the art is. Cracker jack, the caramelcoated popcorn and peanut treat, has been around for. Vintage cracker jack toy premium prize whistle up for auction is a vintage cracker jack toy premium prize.
The easiest way to get prizes is to buy cracker jack. The uncanny valleyization of sailor jack and his dog bingo in the. Some food historians consider it the first junk food. The country enjoyed the roaring 20s and cracker jack prizes reflected the prosperity with palm puzzles, paint books, sailor jack at the circus books, metal clickers, and many other prizes including a paper hat that came folded to 2 by 3. But the deluge of gumball machine prizes erroneously identified by others as cracker jack. When my dad was a boy, born in 1917 he said that a big prize they put inside cracker jack was a nickle. Unfollow vintage cracker jack prizes to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Vintage cracker jack gumball prize plastic silver red eye. Todays fans appreciate the snacks rich history and its nostalgic prizes, advertisements and packages. See more ideas about cracker jacks, vintage toys and crackers. A world with prize less cracker jack is not a world i want to live in, but i think im more upset about the loss of the box. Still, there are many collectors of cracker jack prizes willing to plunk down a dollar or two, on up to several thousand dollars, for prizes ranging from 1930s made in japan lithographed tin whistles and 1950s polyethylene spacemen to 1970s coin holders and 1990s metallic stickers. If i remember right, in the 60s we had pinon badges.
They also have useful information on baseball card collecting, factors that drive card. Thats how long kids have been eating cracker jacks. Its roughly the size of a silver dollar, maybe smaller. See more ideas about cracker jacks, vintage and gumball machine. The cracker jack mystery club was started in may of 1933, offering persons who joined first with ten president coins found in boxes of cracker jack or checkers, dropping the.
Trinket surprises were replaced a while back by paper prizes with riddles and jokes. Cracker jack collecting vintage charms toys and prizes for. I have been collecting these toys for over twenty years, mostly from the 1910s 1950s when they were treasures, ebay is full of these toys, and the value of some are incredible. Lot 4 vintage cracker jack prizes antique metal toys 1920s key. A prize collection thats a treat for the ages antique. The highest valued cracker jack prizes are the 1914 and 1915 baseball card prizes. Cracker jack fans, let go of the past and embrace the future. To this day, cracker jack mystery prizes are as popular as the. Cracker jack premium prizes for christmas 2018 youtube.
Lot 5 vintage cracker jack prizes antique metal toys 1920s shovel hatchet dog. What was the price of a box of cracker jack in 1920 answers. We are very fortunate to have many terrific collectors throughout the usa. The cracker jack cards, you had to take the panel off the side of the box and send it in, and they would send you the 16 cards. Preserving the value of the prize and being able to enjoy the collection are two considerations. In the 1920s, the cracker jack prizes were mainly pot metal trinkets. Marketing department implemented the idea of putting a prize in every box. Members gather to buy, sell and trade at the annual conventions. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. In 1914 and 1915, cracker jack included baseball cards as the prize inside each box. The cracker jack collectors association cjca is an organization dedicated to collecting cracker jack prizes and related items. The first cracker jack box with a toy surprise inside appeared in 1912. The most valuable of all cracker jack prizes are two sets of baseball cards together worth more. Jan 21, 2020 here are vintage prizes found in packages of cracker jack through the years, most of which are well documented.
Feb 10, 2017 a great grandson inherited cracker jack baseball cards from the early 1900s stored in an old tobacco tin which he didnt know existed. Cracker jack is an american brand of snack consisting of molassesflavored, caramelcoated popcorn and peanuts, well known for being packaged with a prize of trivial value inside. Well, cracker jack has been around since about 1890. For cracker jack collectors, the baseball cards are in a league of their own with prices outvaluing almost all other cracker jack prizes. Starting in 1910, cracker jack premiums which included such items as silverware, sporting goods, toys, games and other useful household goods were sent to distributors to dispense to cracker jack buyers who would turn in coupons that were randomly inserted in some of the packages. May, 2016 most of the more valuable prizes and even vintage boxes arent worth more than a few hundred dollars each, but the cracker jack baseball cards from 1914 and 1915 can go for thousands of dollars each. Best resources for researching cracker jack prizes the. According to legend, in 1893 a unique popcorn, peanuts and molasses confection that was the forerunner to cracker jack caramel coated popcorn and peanuts is introduced by f.
A sixpointed star with the words crackerjack police on it. Since then, more than 23 billion trinkets, cards and other prizes have been given out. Trading is another great way to add to a collection. Jan 06, 2010 its roughly the size of a silver dollar, maybe smaller. Cracker jack collectors keep their eyes on the prize. Collectors all over the country look for the red, white, and blue package with sailor jack and bingo on the front. They also have useful information on baseball card collecting, factors that drive card values, and understanding baseball card grading terms. The prizes attained popcultural fusion with the term, came in a cracker jack box, referring to an object of limited value. In 1871, frederick william rueckheim and a partner opened a street stand in downtown chicago to sell popcorn. Wondering what your 1915 cracker jack baseball cards are worth. The cracker jack name and slogan, the more you eat the more you want, were registered in 1896.
Inserted individually inside boxes of the familiar caramelcoated popcorn and peanut confection, 1914 cracker jack baseball is among the few sets that featured players from the federal league, a third major league that played for only. Cracker jack collectors think inside the box, keep eyes on. Cracker jack train for sale vintage advertising collectibles. For years, hes been cataloging and documenting cracker jack prizes on his website. The early years of cracker jack the story of cracker jack is a story of the american dream. Aug 23, 2011 since cracker jack began including a prize in every box in 1912, there have been thousands of different prizes, and independent collector jim davis has most of them. Cracker jack snack was introduced by fw rueckheim of chicago illinois when he combined popcorn with peanuts and covered them with molasses.
There were some paper items but most of those are very hard to find today. Most of the more valuable prizes and even vintage boxes arent worth more than a few hundred dollars each, but the cracker jack baseball cards from 1914 and 1915 can go for thousands of dollars each. Vintage cracker jack checkers soda squirt advertising. After all, one of cracker jack s key claims to immortality is that the brand is namechecked in the 1908 song take me out to the ball game. Over 290 color photographs, depicting both the front and back of many prizes, aid in the identification of both individual toys and sets of prizes. Many members of the cub will sell their extra prizes by mail. Cracker jack can deliver greater prize value for each person who redeems their prize, instead of providing mediocre prize value to. Cjca cracker jack collectors association collecting.
Encourage others to collect prizes and trade extras. Comprehensive in scope, toys from the late nineteenth century on up to the 1990s are recorded, representing a major contribution to the expanding cracker jack collecting field. I have an antique crackerjack toy prize i cant find the. The company didnt include prizes right from the beginning, however. What is the most valuable cracker jack prize mar 22, 20. Circus lion sitting on a stand vintage, stand on own, orange plastic, loads of detail.
Inserted individually inside boxes of the familiar caramelcoated popcorn and peanut confection, 1914 cracker jack baseball is among the few sets that featured players from the federal league, a third major league that. Cracker jack is an american brand of snack food consisting of molassesflavored, caramelcoated popcorn and peanuts, well known for being packaged with a prize of trivial value inside. And in 1912, they put in the first toy but the very first lithographpaper toy prize. Rare cracker jack baseball cards found, to be auctioned. Cracker jack in the original box tastes just as good as. Chapeldreamer, 9 years ago there are people that collect the old cracker jack toys.