E107 Type 2's....Who Collects?
Posted By: <b>Ryan</b><p>Just curious if anyone else on the board other than myself collects type 2's? I know a few fellow collectors who collect type 1's, but never really here of to many collecting type 2's? Guess, it is just that their are so few examples known? Any thoughts?
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E107 Type 2's....Who Collects?
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Type 2's certainly have a bit more limited audience than the type 1's. I still need a type 2 for my "type set" but otherwise don't collect them. I do think there are a handfull or more of folks that collect them. I know Brian M. used to if he doesn't anymore...I think Keith O collects them too....best regards
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E107 Type 2's....Who Collects?
Posted By: <b>Brian McQueen</b><p>Always happy to chime in on an e107 thread! <br><br>I did collect Type 2s for a year or so, 3-4 years back. I ended up with six of the eight cards, however never found a Socks Seybold, or a Tenny (the latter of which has eluded me in several sets actually). A Tenny type 2 was auctioned off in a Sotheby's auction but I lost unfortunately.<br><br>I did have a few nice ones. Had a nice Lajoie, a Delehanty, and a neat Waddell which at the time, was an uncatalogued card. I had a nice Doyle which measured to the full width of a Type 1 making it sort of a unique card. Delehanty is the big money card here and one of these may run you five figures.<br><br>At the time, I also made an argument that there were two different types of handcut e107s. Don't want to rehash all that, but there were clearly differences in the small sample of cards I owed. Some had greyish overtones on the front, was thicker and was grey on the back. Like it had just been cut off a box lid. The second type, which included my Delehanty was a relatively thin card, no grey overtones and a back that was blank and white and smooth as a cueball.<br><br>From my experience, there are no more than 3-4 of each example. I only know of two Waddells, and one of those two will never hit the open market. Lajoie might be the most common card and I've owned a couple different examples. As a rule, you typically find these with very narrow borders and the majority of what few there are are in extremely haggard condition.<br><br>It's definitely an interesting subset and I'm glad to hear someone is going after it again. I would have liked to have taken the time to have finished it, however e107s are so expensive, I didn't like having $25k tied up in just a few cards when there's so many other attractive prewar sets out there. So I ended up selling mine off and I believe they were auctioned off individually not long after. <br><br>Hope this helps,<br>Brian<br><br><br><br><br>
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