Origin of a possible E107 find

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Posted By: Bill K@sel

I have seen many E107's with similar writing (in pencil) to the one I own. All have had M103 and Cincinnati written on them. Granted mine is nearly impossible to detect! Was there a known find that these came from, or was it one likely owner that had his collection dispersed over the years since 1903? Just curious....I saw several on Ebay earlier this winter.



Bill K@sel

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Posted By: robert a

Here's one of mine with writing from the same group. I have a couple more with writing marks, but this one and the others appear to have different writing than yours.

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Posted By: jay behrens

It really is amazing how few of the cards survived in anything better than Good. There are other sets just as rare, but the general overall condition seems to better for those. High grade examples are rarer than hens teeth. Anyone have any theories as to why this might be. The card stock is not the flimsy.

I thought I settled for a pretty brutal example for a type card, but after seeing a lot of examples, I think I got a pretty nice, even though it too is only a SGC10.

Jay

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Posted By: scott brockelman

E107's being very scarce are fairly easy to track. Many of the cards in the major E107 holdings came from several of the same sources, bearing marked characteristics.

group 1 has 2 tiny spots of paper loss at the top, some with remnants of pink paper. these were someones collection many years ago apparently all neatly mounted.

group 2 has lite toning marks on one upper and the opposite lower corner, all being "tipped" in an album at some point.

group 3 has penciled writing of team changes from the 1906-1911 era, i believe these were from the "Haber collection"

group 4 has either erasure marks in the upper left rear corner or the remnants of a small penciled number there. many of these can be found in SGC holders. they were from a group sold by Mastro a few years back, from a collector/dealer.

group 5 are all blank backed and show signs of glue residue or paper missing on the back

these are just 4 original collections that can be identified in addition to the previous one shown. also groups 1 & 2 are pretty highgrade from a front standpoint. group 3 are generally g/vg. group 4 & 5 VG/EX or so.

please feel free to ask any other questions in regards to the above. or share photos if you happen to have one you think is from the above groups.

Scott