Mike Mitchell E90-1 rarity

[edhans]

Originally Posted by spec

Years ago, Ted Zanidakis did some ground-breaking research on E90-1s that suggested the set was issued in series of, I believe, 30 cards. Since no evidence of the Mike Mitchell card being withdrawn has surfaced, it's natural to suspect Mitchell is no scarcer than the other cards in that series. I paid a high price for my e90-1 Mike Mitchell more than 30 years ago since it was tough to find and I'm happy to have it today even though it might not be the rarity I thought it was at the time.

I've corresponded with Ted about E90-1 for decades. I've told him that there's no way E90-1 can be thought of as four 30 card series. There were surely more than four "printings", with replacements, short prints and double prints. Not sure if he believes me or not; but there are way too many levels of scarcity for this to be accurate. I do agree that Mitchell is not quite as scarce as was believed 30 or so years ago, but it's still damn tough. It isn't close to comparable to the thirtieth most difficult subject, over even the twentieth or tenth most difficult. Or for that matter even the fifth. It is tougher then Sweeney, Graham, Walsh, etc. The only subjects that may be roughly equivalent, in my view, are Speaker, Stahl, Duffy and Dougherty.