[Rob D.]

I can speak only to Lajoie in the E98 set. The blue background was by far the toughest for me to find -- as evidenced by its condition compared to my other three. During my search for the blue I exchanged e-mails with a number of veteran collectors of caramel cards, and each could remember seeing very few over the years.

I'm wondering whether a more appropriate angle would be designating which player/color combos are toughest rather than just the background itself. But again, I defer to the experts on this set, of which I certainly am not.