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Old 08-05-2005, 12:30 AM
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Posted By: tbob

Is anyone else out there actively collecting the following sets: D311s, M116s, E94s P-2 Sweet Caporal pins?
The reason I ask is that the D311s and E94s rarely come up for sale on ebay or at shows. The M116 Sporting Lifes attract bidding interest for HOFers and the occasional tough back card but from what I can tell from my inquiries of collectors for the M116 article Tim N. and I are preparing, not very many collectors are pursuing the set. P-2 pins seem to also be in a set that is collected only by team collectors for some reason.
Any thoughts?
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Old 08-05-2005, 05:37 AM
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Surely, I don't collect e94s!

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Old 08-05-2005, 06:08 AM
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Posted By: Tom Boblitt

P2's from that list. Have about 120 or so........used to collect E94's but unfortunately sold my 200+ E-cards about 2 years too early! Kind of like everything else...........

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Posted By: Richard Lloyd

I have 7 or 8 D311's in good shape... but I do not see them that often..

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Old 08-05-2005, 07:42 AM
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Posted By: ockday

I started collecting m116's a few years ago but really haven't pursued them actively. I currenly have about 70 including all the blue backgrounds and all the black backs.

Alan

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Old 08-05-2005, 10:06 AM
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IF I was going to give my player set I'd working on the m116 set along with the Colgans.

I've finally come up with a realistic and obtainable version of the player set. If I eliminate all major leaguers that appear only on minor league cards, that means I get toss out almost every single tough card from my pursuit such as Tarzan Bread, t210 series 8, t209 and Zeenuts. Now I just need to rework my database, but I am pretty sure the total number of cards needed will be below 2000 instead of the current total of 2389 since the Zeenut and t210 sets each have over 100 players I need.

Jay

My place is full of valuable, worthless junk.

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Bob,

I'm not really collecting them but I have a few m116 cards with blue backgrounds. I don't think any of them would be of any interest to you though. As for d311s, you just got done wrestling my only one away from me

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Bob

I am mainly a set collector. After 26 years of completing the
major sets (1887 - 1978), I decided to try the M116 set. Back
in 1995, I had 17 of the BLUE variations from this set, so why
not start. Well, by 1997 I had accumulated 265 different cards,
or over 90% of the set.

That year I took it to the Philly Show and displayed it on my
table. Still hoping to acquire the two dozen (or so) cards to
to have a complete set. It didn't happen. Several dealers made
me offers I found very hard to resist; so, I sold the near com-
plete set (I kept the Blue variations) to the dealer with the
highest offer.

I don't even want to imagine what I would be offered currently
for these cards.

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Old 08-05-2005, 12:28 PM
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Posted By: Eric

..not to get off topic, but I'm working on the 1923 V117 maple Crispette set. I only know one other attempting to do the same.

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Posted By: JimCrandell

I am collecting the M116s and currently have 69 psa 8s, 9 psa 9s and 18 others(mostly psa 7s). My set has been dormant for awhile as I have been focusing on other sets. It is currently #3 on the PSA Registry. Interesting is that I have had an offer by two collectors on the Registry to buy some or in one case all of the M116s in the past 3 months. I am pricing them at only a small discount to T206s, however, and noone has hit my price yet.

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As anyone who has collected the M116 set knows, there are about 30-35 cards which are downright impossible and are never seen at shows or on ebay. I think Cicotte and Smokey Joe Wood would be the two most difficult. If anyone has either in ANY condition, let me know, I'd be glad to trade or buy them.
The other thing which is worth noting is that a lot of collectors seem to think that the black backs are worth more than the blue backs. In the one series in which both backs were issued, the blues are far rarer and more valuable, yet you continue to see ads for the "rare black backs." Now that I have examples of both of each card in that series, I can share that info
Finally, one of the reasons the "toughies" are so expensive is that because the way M116s were distributed, you see a much, much higher number in great shape than, for instance, tobacco or caramel card sets of the same era. When you do spot a scarce card, it is usually in an 8 or 9 holder and you find yourself bidding against not only fellow Sporting Life collectors but a lot of collectors who pay high dollar for highly graded cards.

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Old 08-06-2005, 07:05 AM
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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Bob

As I've said in above post, having almost completed this set, I
must agree with you on most of your observations. And, include
some additional comments.

Cicotte was not that tough for me, and I attribute this to the
fact I started on this set before the "Black-Sox" phenomena.
He was one of the very first cards I acquired. Smokey Joe is
tough. I am surprised you did not include McQuillen (Cinc.) in
your list of tough ones. I did not acquire him till I almost
completed this set.

Another observation you made I totally agree with is that the
"black" backgrounds are not as tough as some make them out to
be. I first went after the BLUE backgound variations because a
veteran collector told me they would be tough. When I acquired
most of them I thought it would be "easy cruising" for the rest
of the set. By no means was this true.

Your final note on the condition of most M116 cards, I concur
with. I had no trouble putting together an Ex to Ex/Mt set. Of
couse this was mostly before ebay and graded cards came into
popularity. So, this set was not too expensive at that time.
McQuillen was the most expensive for me. I paid $600 for a VgEx
card of him.

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Here are some D311's I found but not easy to find...

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