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Originally Posted by boneheadandrube
I'll know better when I get them but I went for interesting players. Avoided guys that also had T206 for the most part, more mid-teens to twenty's names. Hooper and Marsans were the two better ones, missed Coombs.
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Nice job! The Marsans went for a good price, comparatively speaking. Coombs went high again, especially for a non Red Sox-Yankee.
"Personally I focus on the slightly more plentiful M101-4s, but I do buy the 5’s that are specific to that set and others if they are fairly priced."
Joe, does it matter to you whether you collect the ad backs? I ask because some collectors might collect only blank backs, and think that an ad back would clutter the presentation. Others want one of every back for type but still might focus on just the blank backs. I haven't seen a real spike in ad back m101-s this past year or so-just a gradual price increase that seems to prevail across the board. When I see a blank back common in grade 3-5 sell for about the same and sometimes more than the same card with an ad back I wonder. Maybe it's because these blank backs have been offered in such large groups lately that collectors started knocking bunches off of their want list all at once and are just continuing with the theme. Thoughts?
I am not sure I agree with either Jay or Connor about set collecting the m101s. I do not believe set collecting is waning overall in prewar, but haven't given it much thought. I still am curious why someone would jump into a set they very likely will not complete. Most Ruth collectors stick to the high-end, high profile players, and are not interested in a 200 card set. And I do not believe this is really analogous to t206, where most can comfort themselves in knowing that the Wagner was pulled from distribution and arguably may be deemed not part of the set. In m101, Ruth is just as findable as any other card-- perhaps moreso- and the set is numbered so that missing 151 would seem to present a noticeable hole to those of us lacking an extra $400K or more for its purchase.
Oh well, it's always nice to see an m101 thread. And since we need to see a card once in awhile, here are a couple of tougher players related to the m101-5 set:
