[tedzan]

Originally Posted by tonyo

According to Lew Lipset's encyclopedia:
extremely rare; Mitchell (cin), graham, sweeney (bos)
rare; Clarke (pitts), Duffy, Karger, Keeler (horiz), Stahl, Speaker, Walsh
Those were all printed in 1911 (his estimate)

very difficult; Bemis, Bescher, Gibson (rear view), Joss (horiz), Lobert, McLean, Seigle, Shean, Wagner (fld), Young (cleve).
difficult: Bransfield (pink), Brown (chi), Demmitt, Dougherty, Fromme, Howell (windup), Keeler (red), Overall, Schlitzer, Wagner (btg), Wiltse
Those were all printed in 1910 (his estimate) except Fromme and Keeler (red).

These are also on his list of 1910's, but not listed as difficult:
Clement, Hartzell, Irwin, Knight, Leach, Mitchell (NY), Oakes, O'Leary, Phelps, Richie, Stone, Upp, Willis

Since Lew published his encyclopedia, many of us E90-1 collectors/dealers have updated Lew's level of scarcity list as so:

The last series (very tough) was most likely issued in the Summer of 1910 (this is based on certain player trades).
And, it comprises of......

Harry Bemis
Bob Bescher
Buster Brown.....horizontal
Fred Clarke (Pitts)
Hugh Duffy
Peaches Graham
Charlie Hall.....horizontal
Addie Joss.....horizontal
Willie Keeler (NY Nat'l).....horizontal
Ed Karger
Hans Lobert
Larry McLean
Mike Mitchell (Cinci)
Johnny Seigle.....horizontal
Dave Shean
Tris Speaker
Jake Stahl
Bill Sweeney
Jerry Upp
Ed Walsh
Vic Willis
Cy Young (Cleve)




Furthermore, I'm not certain if this pose of Wagner is considered very tough; and, was possibly included in the 1910 series. It appears to have been drawn
by the same artist that did the Speaker card. Some say it should be included in this very tough 1910 series.

What is your opinion of the scarcity of this Wagner card ?


NOTE.....This list is subject to modification, I welcome your inputs.


TED Z