E98 - Set of 30 - Question, comparative rarity

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Posted By: Dan Mathewson 

Anyone have any idea if blue backs are most rare in the E98's, or are the red backs more uncommon? I have a red back...

Here's an example of a blue.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1583474106

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Posted By: runscott

...while browsing through old auction catalogs - what a beauty!

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Posted By: petecld

In my experience this is my breakdown on availability:

Orange (most common)
Green
Blue
Red (least common)

NOTE: All 4 seem to be pretty evenly available. The difference between orange/red is small and in my opinion not enough to warrent any premium value just because of the color. I think the red backgrounds are seen slightly less often because most E98 collector's I've talked to like the red the most (myself included) and less willing to sell those.

An E98 in high grade with a red background is just a sight to behold. Especially when they are in SGC holders.

(sorry, couldn't resist the last remark.)

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Posted By: runscott

...maybe that PSA e93 red background Matty I saw was really an e98 in a mis-labeled holder! Sorry, I don't remember.

I too couldn't resist

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Posted By: Dan Mathewson

...I can see this grading thing is gonna die hard....

Well, I have never seen the other two variations. I have a red back now, and it looks great (in my office photo which Scott was kind enough to post it is in the far right photo on the far right). The blue one on eBay looks really nice, too. I didn't even know there were two others. LOL... Cuz calls my red back the commie variation and the blue back Matty's TB card.

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Posted By: Ben

off topic, sorry, but Dan, did you get my email? I sent it to dan@LoanRanger.com

Ben

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Posted By: TBob

The E93 Matty is the glove to chest picture, the E98 is the hands over head picture. If you saw a red Matty, it was probably the E98, I don't recall ever seeing a red E93 Matty. My E93 is a dark orange, but not red.

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Posted By: Dan Mathewson

I'll probably get it on Monday. That's my office e-mail.

If you want to try again for weekend delivery, my laptop is at LoanRanger98121@aol.com

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Posted By: Dan Mathewson

...my E93 is not quite as high-grade condition as my E98. The 93 is also a neat looking card...

...(no matter WHAT holder it's in! LOL...)

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Posted By: runscott

it looks like red and orange - what a beauty!

Someone on the board said they'd never seen a T5 Jackson - lot #187 in the March, 1991 Sotheby's.

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Posted By: ty_cobb

I've only seen Old Put overprint stamps on the
red background, do they exist on the others as well?

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Posted By: Dan Mathewson

...an Old Put overprint?

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Posted By: Mike Williams

overprint is found on the E98 issue only. It's purple in color and is the advertised name of a 5 cent cigar. Here's a link to Pete's site that shows the back - http://www.caramel-cards.com/e98.html

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Posted By: TBob

I'll be darned if I can remember the color though! (A mind is a terrible thing to waste). It isn't red or orange but I can't remember if it is blue or green...

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Posted By: TBob

Oooops, my Clarke DOES have a red background, sorry about that...