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Gilbert MainesI do not see a disagreement Jay. Pete employs general terms to characterize rarity, such as very difficult, extremely difficult, etc. for each e-card subdivision, and with very few divergences the calculated values which I have from a sample of about 2500 individual sales, mirror his descriptions. Maybe you are seeing something that I am missing. I have added my calculated percentages of the total e-card population to his descriptive terms below.
Which sets are easier to find than others? Which sets are harder to find than others? Below is a chart I put together based on my experience and the findings of a few other collectors. Granted, within each set there are going to rare cards but this list is for overall availability.
E90.1 The most commonly found. – 30.0%
E95 Commonly found. – 9.7%
E92 Dockman Commonly found. – all e92 grouped together = 12.3%
E91 Commonly found. – 8.1%
E96 Harder to find, not difficult. – 6.2%
E93 Harder to find, not difficult. – 7.1%
E101 A little harder to find, but not difficult. – 5.9%
E98 A little harder to find, borderline difficult. – 3.2%
E92 Croft's & Allen Difficult. – crofts + dockman + nadjia = 12.3%
E106 Difficult. – 1.3%
The availability of the above sets as compared to the rest of the sets on this list is
rather pronounce. Even though E94 comes after E106 in this chart the
difference in availability between the 2 sets is quite dramatic.
E94 Very difficult. – 2.3%
E102 Very difficult. – 3.6%
E92 Croft's Cocoa Very difficult - almost as hard as Nadjas – all e92s grouped together.
E92 Nadja all e92s grouped together
Very difficult.
E103 Very difficult. – 2.4%
E97 Extremely difficult. – 2.0%
E90.2 Extremely difficult. – 1.8%
E90.3 Extremely difficult. – 1.3%
E99 & E100 Extremely difficult. 0.2 + 0.2%
E105 Extremely difficult. – 1.3%
E104 Extremely difficult. – 0.9%
E107 – 0.9%
Near Impossible - see one - BUY IT.
E97 Black & White Near Impossible - you don't buy it, I will. – all e97 grouped together
E94 Overprints Near Impossible - you don't buy it, I will. – all e94 grouped together