E102 set

[jas3232]

Curious to learn more about the E102 (1/25) set which I was just bought 16 cards from an estate. Why are they not listed in the Becket Encyclopedia and what is the speculation on who issued these. Any info you can share is greatly appreciated.

[FrankWakefield]

I don't know if they're listed in Beckett's, or not. I do know they're in The Standard Catalog. And Mr. Lipset covers them in the 2nd volume of his Encyclopedia. Maybe look in Beckett's under 'Anonymous' or 'E102' or chronologically around 1908.

There are 29 different in the "set of 25". Doyle batting and throwing, Miller batting and fielding, Schmidt and a Smith card, and Wagner batting and throwing. 4 variations get you to 29.

They're great cards. I've been halfheartedly working on them for just over 20 years.

[SteveMitchell]

Lew Lipset in his Volume 2, Early Gum and Candy Cards, does not speculate on the issuer but opens the listing (which runs about 2/3 of a page) with:

"E102 is another in the line of sets that are derived from the 50 subjects in E101. This group includes E92, E101, E105 and to a degree E106, T216 and D303. The cards show no maker and states, "This picture is one of a set of Twenty-five BASE BALL PLAYERS as follows."

"The most interesting thing about the set is that there are now 28 [actually 29] cards known..."

A guess on why Beckett does not include the set would be that it's quite scarce and has a relatively small following. The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards has carried it for years, although I don't know whether or not it's in the current edition.

Sounds like you made a nice acquisition. Congratulations!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by jas3232

Curious to learn more about the E102 (1/25) set which I was just bought 16 cards from an estate. Why are they not listed in the Becket Encyclopedia and what is the speculation on who issued these. Any info you can share is greatly appreciated.

The Beckett catalog should list the E102's. They are one of the standard pre-war caramel issues. Maybe Rich will chime in since he edited it for many years. Congrats on your pick up too. The E101's and E102's don't get a lot of respect but they are neat little sets. Also, one of the remaining mysteries in the hobby is; who distributed them? I feel like we will find out in the future, just as we have for some other recent discoveries ie...W555 and Nadja, to mention a few. best regards

ps...and since I sold my Cobby here is my lone E102, with the famously huge bottom border .

[matthew]

Originally Posted by Leon

ps...and since I sold my Cobby here is my lone E102, with the famously huge bottom border .

Where is the quarter?

[jas3232]

I have the Schmidt, Wagner throwing, Miller fielding, Doyle throwing.

[FrankWakefield]

Wagner fielding is the least encountered, in my estimation. But I like Mathew's question better...

[ullmandds]

how about some scans?! personally I think the miller fielding and the wagner fielding are equally difficult...nice pickup!

[jas3232]

Sorry I'm new to this what's a quarter?

[Jaybird]

25% of a dollar







Leon usually pictures them next to his photos/scans

[Leon]

yes, for years I have used quarters in my scans so others can tell the size of the cards being shown......

[FrankWakefield]

In fact, Leon so often uses a quarter in his scan (for size perception, he claims) that when there isn't a quarter, some of us suspect he's pirated the image...