e103 info

[esd10]

does anyone know anything about the E103 candy cards? I had seen one on ebay and i can find very little about them. so any help would be great.

[autograf]

http://www.oldcardboard.com/e/e1/e10...?cardsetID=744

[sportscardpete]

I'm not an expert, but I believe the appeal of these cards is the rarity of decent looking cards... The cards are made from thin paper stock (I could be wrong on that one). There aren't too many e103's with a grade of a 4 or above..

[barrysloate]

E103 is an extremely popular candy card set, with beautiful portraits of Cobb, Wagner, and Matty. It's extremely difficult to complete the set because not only are they expensive, but cards such as Tenney are almost impossible to find. You do generally see them in lower grade. There was a time where even low grade commons would fetch $400-500 each, but like all sets today prices are way down.

[esd10]

Ive read old cardboard and they tell you very little. Are they as rare as the e107? Can anyone tell me what to look for when buying one? Are the litho's like all the other candy cards for that era?Any other info from this type collector would be usefull.

[barrysloate]

E107 commons tend to sell for more than E103 commons, so I guess they are considered scarcer, but not by much. I've handled quite a few of both and would rate them pretty close in terms of scarcity (others may feel the E107's are much tougher).

[sportscardpete]

Personally from what I have seen e107's are much more rarer than e103's, and that could be up for serious discussion... But both are rarer than most caramel issues. I personally like the look of e107's, as the black and white color scheme really make the card seem like an old issue. If i were to look at an e103 I wouldn't really care about the back. I would look for a relatively crease free front, as creases seem prominent in this set.

[barrysloate]

I'm trying to think back over the years how frequently each have appeared for sale, and while E107 is tougher, I still think I've seen roughly the same number of each. Part of that may be because E107 is a set of 145 or so, and E103 is a set of only 30. Again, I'll say E107 is tougher, but not by a huge margin. Now of course, if you are talking about completing a set, E107 is way way tougher. But if you simply want to buy a common as a type card, they may be closer than is generally assumed.