e105 Mello Mint Question

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Posted By: Colt McClelland

I was wondering if anyone could provide some insight into to the scarcity of the cards in this set. It is obviously a tough set, and very few cards ever seem to come up for sale. However, it seems like some of the same cards tend to be seen over and over, while there must obviously be other cards in the set that are almost never seen. Does anyone know which cards are tough or easy? Also, is anyone working to build a complete set? Anyone already have a complete set?

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Posted By: jay behrens

I know that the Young and Lajoie cards are very common. Beyond that, I don't know much.

Jay

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Posted By: zach

Lajoie, Young, and Bescher seem to be the ones that are seen over and over again. I don't know any working on the set as of right now but am positive it has been done. They are the same images from various caramel issues, E92, E101, and E102 but they are a tiny bit smaller and are on a thinner stock making them tough to find in decent condition, not creased.

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Posted By: B.C.Daniels

http://www.psacard.com/set_registry/display_cards.chtml?rsetid=16197&alltime=yes&requesttimeout=9999&rank=none&tied=0

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Posted By: barrysloate

They were also a regional issue, so they were certainly produced in a smaller quantity than a nationally distributed set.

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Posted By: scott brockelman

several of the E105's are markedly easier to find due to a small group i purchased out of North Carolina(no idea why they were there, about 4 years ago. there were 7 different players in the group of 58 cards. included were a large number of Bescher & Knight, along with 6 Cy Youngs and a few other misc players in quantities of 1-3 each. many were graded by SGC & PSA, most receiving 6 & 7's or 60-84's, the Youngs graded from 3-6. to date all have been resold except for the sole 88 i got from SGC on a Bescher, making it the highest graded card from either service.

Scot

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Posted By: barrysloate

To find only seven different players in a group of 58 is a terribly skewed distribution; there had to be some double prints on the sheet or something like that. And that is a very big find, no doubt about it.

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Posted By: jay behrens

I forget the details of the Mello-Mint find around 1990, but it was basically the same thing, except that most of the cards were Lajoie and Young. Mark Macrae would know more details of that find.

Jay

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Posted By: Mark Macrae

As Jay eluded to, I was involved in two finds back around 15 years ago. Both finds came within a few months of each other and both were from outside the hobby. One family was from Shreveport Louisiana, the other from outside St Louis. Each batch contained erratic distibution and heavy duplication. Between both batches there were around 200 total cards, including heavy duplication of Casey,Hartsel,Lajoie,Murphy, Shean & Young. Hartsel & Lajoie were the heaviest as there were several of each included in both batches....Another unusual trait with both groups was that only a small portion had the typically encountered center crease. In talking with both of these families, the Shreveport family suggested that it was a local relative that had originally collected the cards. The St Louis batch had no provenance. It was thought that these were acquired in a paper box lot at an estate liquidation. With regards to product distribution in 1910, it would make sense that most of the material would be marketed within a 250 mile radius of the company's hometown of Temple Texas. Most of the issues in that timeframe, especially food issues, were marketed in a limited geographic area. I've never seen a complete set offered, or heard of any one collector assembling it. I need less than ten for my set to be complete.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Mark- which Mello Mint do you think is most difficult?

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Posted By: Dan Koteles

I had 37 w NO CREASE in the center like some have said
that is what the majority come like !....these were sold to John Billingsley in 1998.

I have had 21 different recently and now have 16
due to constant begging within. It doesnt matter that
Knight and Bescher are more rampant then others, they
too are still rare regardless ! MELLO MINTS ARE TOUGH !!!