1916 M101-4 Sporting News #87 Joe Jackson PSA EX-MT 6

Sold For:

$34,800

Year:

1916

Auction:

2022 Summer

Lot #:

668

Category:

Prewar Baseball - 1910s and 1920s Cards

Graded EX-MT 6 by PSA. Presented is a stunning example of Joe Jackson's classic 1916 M101-4 Sporting News card. This example boasts outstanding image clarity, strong corners, and centering slightly toward the right. The blank reverse is clean, showing only a few small surface abrasions. Despite playing for thirteen years before his banishment, very few cards of Joe Jackson were issued during his playing days. He was not a regular in 1910 and therefore was not included in the tobacco issues of that time. He was banned from baseball following the 1920 season, so he did not make it into the popular American Caramel and related issues of 1921. Besides a few strip-card issues, there are just not many cards that feature Jackson with his infamous team, the White Sox. The Sporting News and associated sets are by far the most popular of all his White Sox cards as they picture him in a classic Conlon batting pose. This is, in fact, the same picture that is used for his Cracker Jack card. This is a striking example in all respects of one of the most significant and highly prized of all Joe Jackson baseball cards. Reserve $10,000.