E98: the road to 120

[hammertime]

I just crossed the halfway mark so I thought of share my collection so far. I KNOW I still have the Big 12 left, so the 2nd half will be considerably harder to acquire than the first, but that's perfectly fine. I'm having a blast chipping away at this beautiful set!
As you can see I've (mostly) avoided the high-end BSF cards. Initially I wanted to get as many as I could, being a Toledo native, but honestly they just don't look right with the rest of the set IMO, they almost look like reprints, and avoiding them frees up a lot of funds for other cards. Anyway here's the first 60! I'll update this thread as I continue my quest.

[parkplace33]

Great progress.

I really like the image on the Walsh card.

[hammertime]

Originally Posted by parkplace33

Great progress.

I really like the image on the Walsh card.

Thanks! And agreed, it's probably my favorite. The orange Walsh is the card that started me on this journey!

[tiger8mush]

Love it!!!

[brianp-beme]

Now that's a collecting quest. I am looking forward to your future 'filling in the white spaces' posts.

Brian

[phlflyer1]

You're well on your way towards the end goal. Congratulations on the progress so far and looking forward to future updates!

[Leon]

A very well assimilated grouping so far. Good luck in the hunt! To me, and some others, that is the way caramel cards should look.

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[BRoberts]

Love threads like this, which are about collecting prewar baseball cards. Congrats on a great group!

[stutor]

Originally Posted by BRoberts

Love threads like this, which are about collecting prewar baseball cards. Congrats on a great group!

+1
These are fantastic. I love this project. Can’t wait to see this come together.

[Casey2296]

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Great looking cards Andy, love this set, and best of luck getting to 120.
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[DeanH3]

Very impressive Andy. Good luck going forward. I will enjoy seeing your process along the way,

[hammertime]

Added:
Collins red
Dahlen orange

[ullmandds]

love it!!!!! You're well on your way.

[SyrNy1960]

Amazing!!!!

[Rhotchkiss]

Such awesome eye candy. Congrats, rooting for you to finish- would be totally epic

[iwantitiwinit]

Love it, go Andy, go!

[hammertime]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

Love it, go Andy, go!

A lot of these came from you!

[Fuddjcal]

wow, what a fantastic assembly so far. Good luck with the hunt

[RayBShotz]

So cool the way you have this laid out.
Best of Luck the rest of the way.
Keep us up in your progress!
RayB

[B O'Brien]

Those sure are pretty! Nicely done!
I’ve been looking for a decent priced Mack for a long time.

Carry on!
Bob

[Casey2296]

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Nice work Andy!
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[4815162342]

Congrats on your progress so far, and like others have said, looking forward to seeing you fill in the white spaces.

[Tim Kindler]

Andy,
Congratulations on your progress towards the E98 Master Set!!!! The examples that you have obtained are very nice examples of this beautiful set! I wish you the best in your continued journey... and thanks for sharing them in the display for members to see! They are beauties!
Tim Kindler

[ullmandds]

that e98 cobb orange sold for a pretty penny in heritage the other night!!!!

[hammertime]

Added: Russ Ford red.

[hammertime]

Added: Frank Chance red

[Lunker21]

This is awesome! Im on a similar quest! Ill pm you!

[brianp-beme]

Keep the E98's coming!

For fun, I tallied up Andy's current totals for each color. I am somewhat surprised how close the color count is between all the colors, as I thought a color might be more prevalent, and perhaps another lagging behind. No colors for this in mind, just an overall thought. Anywho, here are those totals:


Blue - 15

Green - 17

Orange - 18

Red - 14


I assume from the start you have just acquired what you have been able to snag, with no color preference guiding your purchases? It appears that 3 of the last 4 additions have been red, so I guess red was indeed lagging behind at the halfway point.


Brian

[hammertime]

Ironically the reds (in general) are probably the most readily available, because they were part of the Black Swamp Find, but because of that they're usually high grade and therefore high price. So I find myself waiting for low-grade examples, which is probably why the reds are lagging behind the other colors.