Hopefully those who chase these will chime in-- I gave up on them several years ago. Until recently, I would have said the blank-backs are the scarcest of the E135-like cards, a little moreso than Weil Baking, slightly more than Standard Biscuit and much moreso than either Collins-McCarthy or Boston Store. However, a complete set was auctioned off by single card lot in Mile High over the last year or thereabouts, and many of those as well as some more have surfaced in the market. They still are tougher than at least two of the other backs; however, it doesn't seem to translate to any meaningful premium.
The cards in the MH auctions were all over the place price-wise, and since I do not believe there are any scarcities (except for two that have the poses and players switched--Morgan and Judge)-- I always assumed they were cut from the same 200 card sheets, I have no explanation how someone like Chester Thomas can sell for over $1000 in PSA 5.5 while other commons in grade 5 or 6 sold between $178 and $250. (Joe Wood in PSA 4 went for only $196.35)
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