Once upon an "E" time....

[jimivintage]

Once upon an "E" time, we used Peter Calderon's site at http://www.caramel-cards.com/cards.html as a reference to help in our "E" card expeditions. For those who are too lazy to click the link or just want to see an overall chart, see below.

E90-1 The most commonly found.
E95 Commonly found.
E92 Dockman Commonly found.
E91 Commonly found.
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E96 Harder to find, not difficult.
E93 Harder to find, not difficult.
E101 A little harder to find, but not difficult.
E98 A little harder to find, borderline difficult.
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E92 Croft's & Allen Difficult.
E106 Difficult.
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The availability of the above sets as compared to the rest of the sets on this list is
rather pronounce. Even though E94 comes after E106 in this chart the
difference in availability between the 2 sets is quite dramatic.
E94 Very difficult.
E102 Very difficult.
E92 Croft's Cocoa Very difficult - almost as hard as Nadjas.
E92 Nadja Very difficult.
E103 Very difficult.
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E97 Extremely difficult.
E90-2 Extremely difficult.
E90-3 Extremely difficult.
E99 & E100 Extremely difficult.
E105 Extremely difficult.
E104 Extremely difficult.
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E107 Near Impossible - see one - BUY IT.
E97 Black & White Near Impossible - you don't buy it, I will.
E94 Overprints Near Impossible - you don't buy it, I will.

How accurate do we feel this list is now. Is it time for an update? I don't believe Peter has the time now-a-days, but maybe I'm wrong.

I can't speak for all of these sets, but I do see most of these available in either Auction Houses or in the BSTs. I can tell you that I put together an E98 set relatively quick last year (3-4 months, maybe?), but I didn't work on the master set. Tim Kindler can certainly tell you that it took YEARS to assemble the 120-card master set! ("Hey, Tim!")

Where are we at on this list? Thoughts? Are prices reflecting this list? Is it outdated?

Jimi