1911 - E94 George Close Candy Cards
 

This is my only one for now but there will probably be more in the future. Anyone else like the Close cards?

https://luckeycards.com/e94doolan.jpg

Phil?



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George Close's card offering of 1911 is one of my favorite sets, the imagery, quality of the cardstock, and printing puts the set well above many sets of the era. And you can't beat the color saturation. A Candy card set should look like a bowl of lifesavers and with 7 different background colors the E94 hits all the marks.

Here's some Reds.

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that lajoie is off the chain!!!!!! I TOO love e94...used to have a set...now just have my murray run.

Anyone have an orange??

red
 

grant

Love that color run Pete, the Orange Murray would be the cherry on top.
Some additional color backgrounds.
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I’m an e93 collector and that’s mostly because I can’t afford e94. E94 are the best looking cards in the hobby in my humble opinion.

The "floating ball" Laj is such a unique image and one of my favorites, there were some floating ball images pre 1900 but I'm not sure how many were post 1900, I'd be interested to see any examples during dead ball. Of course nothing can beat the great Gus Zernial of 1952.

There's also the t201 lajoie with similar pose. I'm sure they nailed the balls to zernials bat for the 52' image!!!!!!

I love the e94 lajoie!!!!!

E94
 

Love the set...probably even more than T216s and D303s...here are a few I still have...apologize for the scans in advance...Jerry

Orange E94s
 

Cool orange Turner Phil!!...TBOB PLEASE SHOW ORANGE E94s...Jerry

that's it jerry!!!!! what the heck color is your lajoie????

i want to see a mosaic of tbobs e94 collection!

Lajoie
 

Pete it is blue like the Evers but they look grey because of my crappy scanning abilities...Jerry

Thanks for sharing Jerry, fantastic cards, especially the "floating ball Lajoie at dusk"

Leon knew he would trigger the E94 guys with this thread, it's such a special set. Wouldn't be complete without Tbob weighing in, 3 short of a Master is unbelievable. Some private guys on this sub who won't post that hold some pretty special E94!s, can't thank them enough for accepting a relatively new E94 collector and giving their knowledge generously.

E94 is a GREAT set. Phil, our resident aficionado, and Jerry great post.

Pete, I love that color run. Color runs are so cool

Just one as part of my type collection.

Beautiful example Michael.

I recently saw the original b/w photo for this, and it appears in the photo that they used clear tape to make those balls stick to the bat.

Brian

Great cards everyone. E94 cards have always been tougher to come by and more expensive than other caramel cards, so I have never had much from this set. I believe tbob is another resident expert on this set.

For fun, here is my mystery E94-esque ghost of John McGraw card. Anson from Prewarcards.com has written a couple of articles on his site about this one and a similar Murray that he has:

https://prewarcards.com/2021/07/18/b...y-of-intrigue/

https://prewarcards.com/2021/09/01/t...crap-surfaces/


Brian

Dougherty Red
 

I have Dougherty Red...

Cool! Those scraps are awesome!!

Great cards Jerry! I owned that Cicotte at one point.

E94s
 

The Lajoie is one of my favorites. This one and the green Moore came from Steve Falletti's Beantown find and are likely scrap.

E94 Moore
 

Moore

Group
 

Sorry for the cell phone pic but here is about half of my graded E94s. It's definitely my favorite set.

Wow, that is beautiful!!

Let me know if ever want to sell one of your Sam Crawfords. Love that card.

Beautiful table of E94's Steve, thanks for posting more eye candy.

Here's my other Orange, acquired from Leon via trade.
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My jaw dropped when I saw the pic, then fell off completely when I read that this is only half your holdings of E94s. Damn dude.



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Thanks Phil, I always enjoy seeing your high grade (and super eye appeal) examples.

Mr. Speaker says he would like to join the fun. And since we're on the lookout for orange E94's, these guys say they would more than willing to welcome their orange friend to their home.....

Hello to all! I’m glad to see so many collectors love the E94s. I’ve been enamored by them for many years. One of these days I’ll get around to scanning my (almost) master set but I’m not quite ready yet. Since I hit a brick wall on the dark green Cobb, blue Crawford and violet Lajoie, I haven’t crossed the finish line yet but I still have hopes that I’ll reach it one of these days. My other great hope is that the Vikings win a championship in my lifetime. I saw my first Viking game in 1961 at the old Met and have waited 61 years for that one.
I could write a long winded treatise on the orange E94s and bore everyone to tears but that’s a story for another day.
Stay healthy and thanks for remembering me and my happy obsession with the Close cards. I will begin to enjoy my retirement once the virus slackens and I hope to see you all in Chicago next summer!
Tbob.

Thanks for chiming in Bob, an E94 thread wouldn't be complete without you and good luck on those last 3 to make your Master, quite an accomplishment.

Couple of Greenies to keep things moving.
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Great to have you chime in my friend! That's the best E94 run out there for sure.

some e94s
 

As a Cambridge MA resident, I'm duty bound to note George Close's place on the city's candy tour.

https://historycambridge.org/self-gu...-in-cambridge/

...and I bet a sharp E94 Cy Young can net more than $25K these days!

Monster cards Wayne, thanks for posting.

Thanks, all you folks, for posting. Absolutely fantastic examples of a great looking set!

I only have one, a Cy Young. Great set though, enjoy seeing the big collections some of you have.

Great thread
 

Great cards everyone!!...Bob no one on this thread would be bored by a long discussion of orange E94s...Steve that is cool...when I first starting putting my set together many years I had no idea about the rarity of player/color combos...I had a mangled purple Wagner without realizing how rare it was...Jerry

Straight. Up. Card. Porn.

Love this thread, fun to see the old school E94 guys post some of their gems. Bob, I think a lot of E94 fans here would like to hear your theory on the Oranges.
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Some Olives.
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The few I have.

https://www.net54baseball.com/pictur...ictureid=10385

E94s
 

favorite set ...
Cobb and Wagner in purple .... scans arent great
Finished this set 5-6 years ago.... seems like purple is fairly rare and orange rarely even seen.. any thought on colors?


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Damn those are nice!!! I used to follow this set much more closely than I do now. Purple have always been desirable, for some reason. I honestly think that some colors of some cards appear to be hard to find… only way to know this is by experience and talking to other collectors. I think yellow or gold is also considered a tougher color? I was under the impression most oranges were one of a kind?

Awesome cards everyone! Without a doubt my favorite set. Here are some of mine…Attachment 528520
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Monsters Pete, I was hoping you'd show up on this thread.

Beautiful cards, thanks for posting. I've only been at it a couple of years but IME Orange (there's only one of each although there's rumored to be two Cobbs) > Purple > Gold/Green/Blue > Red/Olive. I lump them together because as Pete mentioned once you start moving up in grade there are specific player/color combinations that are more difficult. It also depends on how many collectors are in the E94 market at the time, plus you just don't see examples come up that often, the last substantial offering was John Esches collection last year.

Baltimore Newsboys
 

Great cards everyone...I still can't believe I never picked up a Baltimore Newsboy...Jerry

It only now dawned on me that "Hughie" Jennings is full "Eee-Yah" in his card. Way cool!

Great set! My favorite is the Dougherty which I don’t own anymore, bummer.

Doolan run
 

Received the E97 BW today from Bill Kasel to finish off this run. I sprinkled in the E97s and an M131 along the way.

Nice Steve!

Awesome run Steve

Doolan
 

Cool Steve!!...Jerry

Nice PSA 7 Leach in Al's auction.

That is so cool looking - nicely done

Love it! I’m so happy I could help close that out. Congratulations!

Bill

It wasn't a rumor on the 2 cobbs. I saw a 7 and an 8.....both in PSA holders if I recall. I couldn't believe it either. Tony Arnold showed them to me. Definitely 2 very high end orange cobbs, at least.

Bescher
 

Bumping this thread on my favorite set to show my Bescher run with the M131 also and a few dupes. I’m building a binder set also and have plenty to trade if anyone is interested.

Haven't posted this one in a while but here's my "silverback" Doolan.

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Still haven't seen any others with this color of background. I imagine it was originally cut off a sheet with other cards, perhaps that also have different colored backgrounds?

From an oddity standpoint, I think I also have a Bates around here somewhere with some oversized borders that was handcut. I've owned a blue Speaker with a ghost on the reverse and a red Byrne with an upside down back. So a few neat goofs came out of this set for sure.

Question on the Oranges - was it ever confirmed that there are more than one of any of the players in this color? Or is the thinking that these were still cut off the same sheet?

Great set and great cards, all

Orange
 

If someone would remember to post his orange ones like I reminded him the other night...Jerry

Nothing special, but my 2 examples. I find these alongside a red E98 Hippo Vaughn at a card store in Cooperstown, NY that apparently thought they were common T206's and priced accordingly when I was ~12. My Dad bought me all 3 and made my year.

I should pick up a type of the other background colors at some point.

It'd be interesting to see how close we could get to an Orange Set with members posting here.

With 22 confirmed, my guess would be around 12/15 examples owned on the board? Would be neat to see, we know both Cobbs are tucked away in a private collection, not sure if he’s a board member.

Steve, awesome seeing all your Bescher’s & Doolan’s laid out. Brian, definitely two Orange Cobb’s, a PSA 7 & PSA 8. Here’s another to the thread. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c852a8d688.jpg


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I like the back stamps

Andy

For some sets I just feel fortunate enough to be able to share a card on here (I did previously post the mystery McGraw, but I don't really count that one as an E94), so here is my nicely off-center Murray.

Brian

That guy belongs in my run!!!!

Incredible group of cards. Old Joe Lake is the only Cardinal in the set….and the man NEVER played for the Cardinals!

Nor signed with them. They made an uncorrected oopsie on this one. Lake may have been a mediocre pitcher but he got some great looking cards. I'm grateful they included a few commons

The E94 Wags has been on my premier want list (I have several) for what seems like forever. As many know, the E94 is the half body Honus while the E95 shows him in the full body batting pose, which fortunately I do hold in my PC. I think the E95 is the equal of E94 and shares the same popularity among collectors.
Can anyone advise if the E98 pre-Black Swamp Honus orange is as tough as the E94?

I've seen more E94 Wagner's available than I have Orange E98 Wagner's. It's a tough card in both Orange and Blue.
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