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Originally Posted by Timeless Cardboard
Trying again to get some much needed information from longtime and or knowledgeable 1911 Zeenut collectors. It would be greatly appreciated for new or future collectors of this set if some of you would take a few minutes to give all of us a list of the top 10 toughest cards to obtain. It’s nice to know the scarcity or rarity of a set before jumping headfirst into it. Not a lot of resources out there. Thanks!
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It's been about 20 years since I put the 1911 Zeenut set together but I'll give it a shot: Bohen is almost impossible and I consider my set 'complete' without it. I have a ton of variations (image size, cropping etc) but I'll give my list on just the players without regard to variations. The Miller card is very difficult to obtain because his grandson buys every single Miller card available, regardless of price in the 1911 Zeenut set and the 1910 Obaks set. I knew 20 years ago that several collectors were so upset that they couldn't obtain the Miller card that they would intentionally run the price up on ebay to make the grandson pay 2x-5x times the price it should have sold for at that time. It is my understanding that he is still buying the cards. I remember when he used to post his 45 or so slabbed 1910 Obaks and handful of 1911 Zeenuts of his grandfather. Another tale was that the descendants of one of the players did the same thing making that card tough to find. I can't remember the name though. Off the top of my head I would say the toughest to find (other than the 3 above) would include Bernard, Fullerton, Heitmuller, Hosp, Lindsay, Melchior, Nourse, Pfyl, Smith LA. Weaver is tough but out there if you have the $$$$, Ryan Portland box and no box is difficult, Discoll (misspelling) is also tough.
I'm sure I've forgotten a couple of toughies but that will at least get you started. Good luck! It's a beautiful and fun set.
tbob
12-06-2022, 01:27 PM
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