E121 Card Stock

[old-baseball]

I recently purchase a small group of cards that contained one E121-80 card (that I needed for my collection) and tw0 E121-120 cards (which I don't collect and are shown below). As I was looking a bit closer today I noticed that the card stock on the E121-120 is much thinner that anything that I have in my E121-80 collection. Are all E121-120 cards on thinner stock? Do these look good?

http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=2835
http://www.net54baseball.com/picture.php?albumid=16&pictureid=2834

[rhettyeakley]

Kevin, you are absolutely correct. E121 Series of 120 cards were printed on a much thinner card stock (as were the Lou Gertenrich cards which share the same checklist). The 120 cards are paper thin whereas the 80 cards are more like regular cardstock thickness. From my experience the 80 series is a bit easier to find in higher grade b/c of the card stock but the 120 series is a bit more common overall so it is a bit of a wash.
-Rhett

[old-baseball]

Thanks Rhett. I kind of figured you'd be the one to know. Appreciate the insight.

[ethicsprof]

hurry and finish writing the article for Old Cardboard.
we're eager as can be to see the questions answered in one top drawer publication!!!!
and obviously, you're the man!

best,
barry