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Marc S.Here are my candid thoughts:
E104-III's are so freaking rare that no one really collects them. Although type collectors (hello Leon!) will likely have an example in their set..the prospect of putting an entire set together is so daunting that it is laughable. There have been so many "discoveries" of additions to the formal checklist in the past 7 years -- that it is entirely unclear what a set might even feasibly comprise of. I know of at least one player that is not formally checklisted yet -- and his card has been found with both Nadja and Blank backs.
I, too, did think the Seymour card went well below expectations -- especially considering what an accurate job Pete usually does at pricing on his sale site. But -- common player, exceptionally obscure set, always condition sensitive (I think there are only three 5 / 5.5's ever graded and one SGC 80)...and perhaps some find it not the most attractive.
So basically it comes down to a usually beat-up, exceptionally rare set that generally lacks star power -- where most subjects from the set might have an extant population that can be counted on one hand. Cy Seymour is a relatively "high pop", in that a total of three have been graded.
~ms