Hi Ben,
Not sure if you missed the "Black Swamp Find" in your absence...the most significant event in terms of E98 ever. Many hundreds of practically mint, uncirculated E98 cards found in one place.
I think for any card collector considering E98 you need to study and understand the ramifications of this enormous find of cards on the values of this set.
There are many, many published write-ups on this...here is a short one:
http://www.psacard.com/Articles/Arti...baseball-cards
Cheers,
Blair