Baseball take me out to the ball game 1908 by myzeidi on youtube and while the tune remains unchanged, cracker jacks prizes have come a long way. During the mid1960s, cracker jack released over fifty series of these puttogether or snaptogether prizes in varying themes including trophies, animals, purses. Excellent condition, 2 tall, light blue color plastic, twosided, marked nosco. Unfollow vintage cracker jack to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The complete, unofficial guide for collectors has not been updated since 1997, white does have an updated version of his cracker jack guide book in pdf form and distributed via cdrom. The complete, unofficial guide for collectors, cracker jack expert larry white has these prizes classified as puttogether or snaptogether prizes. Best resources for researching cracker jack prizes the.
Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Cracker jack toys and prizes pretty large collection cjca. Buy a cheap copy of cracker jackr toys book by larry white. Trading is another great way to add to a collection. Encourage others to collect prizes and trade extras. Cracker jack toys and prizes pretty large collection post by cc4me. Of all the books about cracker jack, the best one for collectors is larry whites cracker jack toys. Best resources for researching cracker jack prizes the art. Larry white assists his wife, mary, in her fulltime antique business. The cracker jack name and slogan, the more you eat the more you want, were registered in 1896. See more ideas about cracker jacks, toys and gumball machine. For years, hes been cataloging and documenting cracker jack prizes on his website. 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. Vintage cracker jack prize toy serving tray pre 1910.
Locating prizes the easiest way to get prizes is to buy cracker jack. Cracker jack prizes, toys, banks, doll clothing, doll accessories larry white, 108 central street, rowley, ma 0196917 tel. Cjca cracker jack collectors association collecting. Cracker jack was promoted as the ideal wartime food that could be eaten as a breakfast cereal or as an afternoon tissuebuilding, musclemaking energizer. The now familiar red, white, and blue cracker jack box was introduced in 1918, as was the sailor jack logo. 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. Rueckheim and the cracker jack company are also displayed and discussed, along with the candycoated popcorn and peanut confections created by early competitors.
In previous years, cracker jack prizes have included everything from wagons to beer mugs to dice to trading cards and whistles. To understand the prize, you first have to understand the product. But the deluge of gumball machine prizes erroneously identified by others as cracker jack wont be. Cracker jack prizes by alex jaramillo outofprint, 96 pages, color photos, new york. Larry white, 108 central street, rowley, ma 0196917 tel.
Frederick fritz rueckheim, a german immigrant, began selling his molassescoated popcorn out of a cart on the streets of chicago in 1871. Cracker jack replaces beloved plastic toys with qr codes. Convention regular harriet joyce was called the queen of cracker. Larry white is the author of cracker jack toys and cracker jack. Collectors all over the country look for the red, white, and blue package with sailor jack and bingo on the front. Jul 19, 2001 larry white, with a collection of about 80,000 items, says people would think, im going to try and get every prize on page 27. Antique shows, toy shows and flea markets are great places to find cracker jack prizes and related items. This book is out of print, but from time to time i happen to see it on ebay an online auction, see starting a cracker jack collection. 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. Prices are included for these varied and fascinating toys. Todays fans appreciate the snacks rich history and its nostalgic prizes, advertisements and packages. The highest valued cracker jack prizes are the 1914 and 1915 baseball card prizes. There are a few items that are cracker jack lookalikes, because that is a part of my collection.
Unlike larry whites book, this website will never be a comprehensive list of cracker jack prizes. Cracker jack is a brand made famous by its prize inside marketing. This books lists the prizes by group, number of prizes in a set, approximate date of initial release, and best of all, an approximate value. Cracker jack advertisement shows drawings of 32 different prizes. Best resources for researching cracker jack prizes the art is. 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.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Together they have been actively collecting and dealing in cracker jack prizes for years. Tinlitho prizes, including a cracker jack bank, a thrift bank and a sundial. Cracker jack has replaced its beloved prize inside toys with a link to baseballthemed games for mobile devices, pepsicos frito lay division announced april 21, 2016. Comprehensive in scope, toys from the late nineteenth century on up to the 1990s are recorded. 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. The unauthorized guide to advertising collectibles. This book is out of print, but from time to time i happen to see it on ebay. I will be listing several vintage cracker jack toys and will be happy to combine shipping. Cracker jack r toys rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a cracker jack box in this wonderful guide 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. A world with prizeless cracker jack is not a world i want to live in, but i think im more upset about the loss of the box. Over 290 color photos depict the front and back of.
Along with collecting and dealing in cracker jack prizes, larry and mary also deal in small early american primatives, doll clothing and accessories, cast iron banks. The thorough categorization of prizes assists in easy cataloging. Excellent condition, 2 tall,wagon with tree is yellow color plastic, twosided, marked nosco. Only the toys retrieved directly from cracker jack boxes are excluded here, covered by the author in a separate volume. And while the tune remains unchanged, cracker jacks prizes have come a long way. Larry white, who wrote two collectors guides to the books, has many. Larry white is still a dealer of cracker jack prizes and other antique and vintage items. The book lists over 10,000 prizes all arranged by groups and by decade of release. A prize collection thats a treat for the ages antique. The uncanny valleyization of sailor jack and his dog bingo in the. Sure cracker jack was fun to eat, but only after one had the prize in their. Over 250 pages and 350 photographs cover the issuance of cracker jack prizes from the early years before 1900 to the late 1990s.
Lastly, check out the rest of the art is cracker jack website. The cracker jack price and collectors guide by larry. The 1914 and 1915 cracker jack sets are perhaps the most popular of the caramel candy issues released prior to 1920. We are larry and mary white of rowley, massachusetts a little town north of boston and between newbury and ipswich. Vintage retro cracker jack prize hand painted duck ceramic bisque. In addition, unlike the original cracker jack, cracker jack d has not featured prizes in its packages.
The company didnt include prizes right from the beginning, however. Marges little lulu comic book, volume 1, number 98, august 1956. Cracker jack book metal toys prizes bakelite charms ebay. Unfollow cracker jack prizes to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Prize toys found in the cracker jack candy box from the late 19th century to the 1990s are shown and identified. Cracker jack book metal toys prizes bakelite charms. 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. Cracker jackr toys rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a cracker jack box in this wonderful guide 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. The complete, unofficial guide for collectors by larry white. Rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a cracker jack box.
Again, not everyone that sells cracker jack prizes on ebay are experts, but if you look you can find some really good ones. Sep 22, 2012 what a find a collection of the finest pieces. Jan 21, 2020 here are vintage prizes found in packages of cracker jack through the years, most of which are well documented. We do a lot of buying and selling all over new england as well as the. The cracker jack price and collectors guide by larry white. Schiffer publishing cracker jack toys rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a cracker jack box in this wonderful guide. Along with collecting and dealing in cracker jack prizes, larry and mary also deal in small early american primatives, doll clothing and accessories, cast iron banks, american glass cup plates, early lighting, quilts, and toys.
The complete, unofficial guide for collectors with prices by. Many are photos of items from my collection from ebay and instagram. After those metal figurines of early years, lucky kids later began to extract toys like tops, whistles and pins. Comprehensive in scope, toys from the late nineteenth century on up to the 1990s are recorded, representing a major contribution to. Relatively speaking, cracker jacks original 1914 and 1915 baseball card prizes carry astronomical values. Best resources for researching cracker jack prizes we complied a list of resources to help you research cracker jack prizes. We strive for a wide variety of items, mainly of things we like. Cracker jack is a brand made famous by its prize inside marketing tactic and its connection with baseball. Because of the vast number of toys and items distributed in cracker jack boxes and packages, there is not a complete list of every type of every color and variation of cracker jack prizes. The categories of prizes assist in easy cataloging. Over 290 color photographs, depicting both the front and back. As if this were not enough, other product lines produced by f.
Larry white and his wife mary have been in the antiques business for over 15 years. Larry white, with a collection of about 80,000 items, says people would think, im going to try and get every prize on page 27. Rediscover every toy and prize you ever pulled out of a cracker jack box in this wonderful guide. Larry white, who wrote two collectors guides to the books, has many toys for viewing and sale on his website, with his most valuable cracker jack prize. Abbeville press, 1989 this book tells the history of cracker jack and talks about the more popular toys. Doll clothing l toys l cracker jack prizes l american glass cup plates l doll house miniatures. Cracker jack toy book guide for collectors larry white 1997. Some food historians consider it the first junk food.
Cracker jack prizes, cracker jack toys larry white. Inserted individually inside boxes of the familiar caramelcoated popcorn and peanut. Unfollow cracker jack prize to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. But now there really are no more prizes because cracker jack announced. Picture of cracker jack box, blue border, red and blue package.