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Cooper1927 01-31-2025 06:38 PM

E103 Set
 
I was lucky enough to complete the E103 Caramel set early last year. I’m curious if anyone else has taken that journey or is in the process of doing so.

I’d love to hear your stories!


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terjung 02-01-2025 08:55 AM

Congratulations on completing this fun set! I love seeing all the portraits together with their red backgrounds. Once upon a time, I put together all the HOFers in the set and I felt it was a fun set to collect. I'd love to see an image of your set all together. Congrats again!

Tripp Trapp 02-01-2025 09:25 AM

David,

Congratulations on completing your Williams Caramel Co. set! Goes without saying there are some really great portraits in the set, some which are a bit haunting with that dark reddish background!

abmchenry 02-01-2025 09:44 AM

Congrats, that is an impressive set build project to have completed. They must look pretty great together. I don't yet have any 103s, I've been too busy working on the E102 set that I will never complete :o

Webster 02-01-2025 10:00 AM

Threads need cards...
 
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These cards are too fragile. By far the nicest I have owned.

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LincolnVT 02-01-2025 10:29 AM

Williams Caramel
 
I put a lower grade set together years ago. Love the Horner images.

Al C.risafulli 02-01-2025 11:35 AM

This is so great. Congratulations!

E103 is probably my favorite caramel set. I love the subtle hint of black in the red backgrounds, I think the images and typography are beautiful, and holy cow are they flimsy and tough to find in nice condition. Finishing the set is tough, but because they’re so hard to find in good shape, the upgrade process could be endless, if you’re inclined to do that.

Congrats!

-Al

hammertime 02-01-2025 01:26 PM

Congrats! Can we see them?

shammus 02-01-2025 02:42 PM

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Like others have said, this one's probably my very favorite set or at least in my "top 2". I enjoyed collecting them so much, I've completed it twice...lol! The toughest part though was rounding up some of the commons. I think in both instances, I had acquired a large group of them right from the beginning to get me started.

Sadly, I've parted with the bulk of my e103 collection, but did manage to keep around several "representatives" to count towards my oddity / printing goof type card set. Printing goofs are very difficult to spot with this set, but I've accumulated a few....most of these are of the handcut variety with oversized borders -

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BillyCoxDodgers3B 02-01-2025 02:54 PM

There is a general cadaverous feel about the player images in this set, like those creepy photos law enforcement releases of unidentified John Does where they've photoshopped open eyes onto posthumous photos. The original, unaltered Horner images are wonderful, but they really did a number on them IMO.

gabrinus 02-01-2025 03:44 PM

Huh??
 
Huh??...Jerry

Cooper1927 02-01-2025 05:45 PM

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Here is the whole set!


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sb1 02-01-2025 06:35 PM

Congrats on a long time project!

I believe I got to 27 of the 30, about 15 years ago or so. Never did get it done...

brianp-beme 02-01-2025 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B (Post 2492844)
There is a general cadaverous feel about the player images in this set, like those creepy photos law enforcement releases of unidentified John Does where they've photoshopped open eyes onto posthumous photos. The original, unaltered Horner images are wonderful, but they really did a number on them IMO.

My E103 Crawford example likes to think the mortician attending to his corpse did a fine job making his cheeks rosy enough for any passerby at his funeral service wonder if he were going to raise up from the coffin.

Brian

hammertime 02-01-2025 08:28 PM

Looks great! Although I have to ask (if I don't someone else will)...does that one PSA slab bother you at all?

4815162342 02-01-2025 08:32 PM

Congrats on completing this, and I really like your display.

Cooper1927 02-02-2025 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by hammertime (Post 2492931)
Looks great! Although I have to ask (if I don't someone else will)...does that one PSA slab bother you at all?


Yes, but I really don’t want to pay what it’d cost to get it into a SGC slab!


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phlflyer1 02-02-2025 10:04 AM

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Congrats on a great accomplishment in completing the set!

Happy to at least have a type example as part of my collection.

Leon 02-03-2025 08:07 AM

Very nice, congrats David!

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LincolnVT 02-03-2025 07:25 PM

E103
 
Such a tough group of 30 to complete! Congrats. Some of these cards have such a low population. One person has a set and a bunch of doubles which makes the journey even more challenging. Happy for you. Great cards! Tough to find in any grade.

brianp-beme 02-03-2025 07:54 PM

Below is a link to a fun thread created by the OP over six years ago about his journey collecting cards for his E103 set.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...t=e103+journey


Brian


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