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WesleySome of you may recall that early in 2005, there was an impressive number of lowgrade E90-1 and E106 American Caramel cards on ebay sold by a seller from Ohio. In addition to the baseball cards, there were also a group of E77 which is a set of very rare boxing cards. The E77, like the E90-1 and E106, was distributed by American Caramel. Apparently, the cards belonged to the seller’s wife's grandfather and he really like American Caramel products.
Originally the seller did not even know what the cards were and listed them on ebay without the ACC designations. As you might imagine, many collectors contacted the seller in hopes of buying cards offline. When the seller found out how rare the E77s in particular were, he pulled all the cards from ebay.
Someone offered $15,000 for the group of baseball and boxing cards and the seller actually accepted that offer. He later reneged on the sale and decided to keep the balance of the cards for his grandkids to have a nest egg for the future.
Adam contacted the seller of the cards for information for his book, but the seller made it clear that he was a private person and did not want to disclose the information. Before talks broke down, this was the information that I gathered about that hoard of cards: there were approximately 125 E90-1s, 100 E77s, 100 106s, and a handful of strip cards. Adam bought a few boxing cards and I bought a few and they were all pretty lowgrade.