The 1979 edition of The Sports Collectors Bible priced E90-1 commons at $4 to $6 and only listed 5 cards on their own - Mitchell ($85-$125), Speaker ($50-$60), Graham ($10-$15), Sweeney ($20-$30) and Walsh ($20-$30).
The 1980 edition of Dr. Jim Beckett's Baseball Card Price Guide makes note in its E90-1 section that these same five cards are the most difficult in the set and assigns them similar prices as above. It actually lists prices for all 120 cards in the set. Of particular interest, the Jackson card is listed at $20 in "MINT" condition.
I assume that both publications relied heavily on Rich Egan's opinion at the time. He was the E-card guru back in the day and kept detailed notes on all of the sets.
The Early Gum and and Candy edition of Lew Lipset's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards came out in 1984 and went through all of the "E" sets in detail. Again, the most expensive cards in the set were Mitchell ($400), Speaker ($125), Graham ($200), Sweeney ($250) and Walsh ($125) along with Duffy ($150) and Clarke Pitts. ($125). Jackson was listed at $75. It is amazing the amount of information that Lipset's Encyclopedia had at the time, long before the internet.
I put most of my set together through auctions in The Trader Speaks and shows back in the day and paid a big premium for Mitchell at the time.
Last edited by Baseball Rarities; 10-27-2022 at 10:16 PM.
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