E92 backs: whats the order of difficulty

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Posted By: David Poses

For some reason, I've always assumed that the Nadja E92s are the toughest to find, but I've hard a much harder time finding a Croft's cocoa than anything else.

What has your experience been? Which of the backs have you found to be the toughest?

Thanks,
David

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Posted By: leon

There is a good thread in our archives about this subject and here is Colt's view, which I agree with...from most (1) to least (7) difficult...I think the blue back and the cocoa back could be interchanged as they are fairly close...Nice subject about what this forum is for...
regards


1. Croft's Candy Red
2. Nadja (non-STL)
3. Croft's Cocoa
4. Croft's Candy Blue
5. Croft's Candy Black
6. Nadja (STL only)
7. Dockman

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Posted By: Bob Shannon

Leon, I know it's considered printers scrap but where would you put the menagerie back on your list?

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Posted By: leon

I can only base my answer on what I have seen, heard, and read about...which is a fair amount. I have seen far fewer Managerie and Boxing misprint backs as even the red backs. As they are misprints they don't garner the prices of the E92 red backs. I guess I have seen about 5 E92 menagerie backs and about 3-4 E92 boxing ones...I am sure there a lot more out there but this is at least a relativity from 12-13 yrs of avid collecting, in the internet age. Would be curious of others' opinions.

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Posted By: bigfish

I agree but would put crofts blue above cocoa. Just my opinion. I have found alot more cocoa cards. The Cy Young crofts cocoa seems to be all over the place.

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Posted By: Bob Shannon

My Mcgraw with a Managerie back




Sorry for the small scans...My first time with photobucket.

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Posted By: Matt

Toby - I concur; I've seen an abundance of Cocoa in the past year +. I follow pop's of the e92 Matty and there are equal numbers of Cocoa and Candy.

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Posted By: david Poses

Thanks for the responses.

Any idea why the St. Louis Nadja's are easier than the rest? This set is fascinating to me- I set out to find an E92 Chase a few years ago- the pop reports list about half as many as the E102 Chase, yet the card is less expensive, I'm assuming due to the overall relative scarcity between the two sets. In many instances, there are less E92s (even Dockman) than the same card in E102. Interesting.

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Posted By: david Poses

I received an email last night from a board member who said that the Nadja St. Louis players are easier to find due to a "find" which flooded the market a while back. He also said that some of the players who were "found" weren't known to exist with Nadja backs before the find. Obviously this affected the price- I'm wondering if anyone has any information about the find- also- how did that impact the price of the St. Louis players and other Nadja players from the set. Interesting stuff.
Thanks.

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

David, that is the story of the St. Louis Nadja's. It is interesting that previous to the "find" the St. Louis guys were considered the tough ones to locate. I believe (& I could be wrong as I am at work & don't have the book with me) in Lipset's Encyclopedia he talks about the rarity of the St. Louis guys and in the "price guide" section of the book has a fairly high price for the St. Louis guys compared to others in the set.

Of course today the exact opposite is true.

-Rhett