In about 1995 I came accross about 20 T-5's ina flea market in Pennsylvania. The grouop consisted of a complete set of Toledeo players which are at the very end of the T5 checklist The key card in the lot was Joe McCarthy the Hall of Fame Yankee manager as a player for Toledo. In that lot was the C. Winger Number 1613. Winger is the last card in the current T5 checklist but notice there is a gap from 1115 Gilligan (Toledo) and 1613 Winger of almost 500 cards!!!. That fall I ran into a a fellow collector who's opinion I have always valued (he runs a very successful auction from Watchung NJ) and showed the card to him. He told me basicly what Leon told you, that because there were so many gaps in the T5 checklist and that most of the scarce cards are of minor leauge players that very few folks collect he felt it would have a small premium over a common in the set. In about 2003 when my Dad needed some funds he auctioned off the Toledo set and the Winger and Winger brought a very small premium. There are just no collectors going after the T5 set. That said there are some factors that could make an Uncataloged T5 valuable. For Example if it is the only card of a player that played in the Majors so collectors who try and get every player who ever played on their favorite team might fight over it. But for the most part my experiance says not a card folks are willing to pay a significant premium for.
Regards
Jonathan
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