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david PosesI remembered looking at caramel-cards.com a few years ago and went back yesterday- They list the scarcity in this order (from easy to hard):
E90.1 The most commonly found.
E95 Commonly found.
E92 Dockman Commonly found.
E91 Commonly found.
E96 Harder to find, not difficult.
E93 Harder to find, not difficult.
E101 A little harder to find, but not difficult.
E98 A little harder to find, borderline difficult.
E92 Croft's & Allen Difficult.
E106 Difficult.
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.
E102 Very difficult.
E92 Croft's Cocoa Very difficult - almost as hard as Nadjas.
E92 Nadja Very difficult.
E103 Very difficult.
E97 Extremely difficult.
E90.2 Extremely difficult.
E90.3 Extremely difficult.
E99 & E100 Extremely difficult.
E105 Extremely difficult.
E104 Extremely difficult.
E107 Near Impossible - see one - BUY IT.
E97 Black & White Near Impossible - you don't buy it, I will.
E94 Overprints Near Impossible - you don't buy it, I will.
I assume that the site hasn't been updated in a while but I'm wondering if any of the experts here would rank them differently. I've noticed in my own research that some cards in any given set which exist in multiple sets are easier to find in the perceived more rare set than the vice versa - ie- the last time I looked, less E92 Chases are graded than E102, but E102 overall appears to be a harder set. I could have bought an E102 Chase at the same time as I bought the E92, and I settled on the E92 because of the lower cost. (Same condition).
Any anecdotal information is appreciated- examples of hard cards from easy sets, easy cards from hard sets, etc.
Here's one of my favorite E cards from my collection:
