E121 (SERIES OF 80) Welcomes "Again" Mr. Alexander Gaston - E121 Holy Grail?

[rhettyeakley]

We have had several discussions on this board about the E121 Series of 80 set over the past few years and what actually makes a complete "set" of these cards. We know that there were at least 5 printings as evidenced by there being 4 different backs with there also being variations within the most common Type 1 back.

We have had discussions about who does and doesn't exist and the list just got larger... actually it is having a player that had been stripped from the set restored to the list. We welcome back Mr. Alexander Gaston.

Here are the earlier threads where we discussed this...
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...e121+confirmed
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...e121+confirmed

Here is the Gaston card (I'm sorry my scanner isn't great with the thick SGC slabs)...


Those that care about the minutiae... the card follows the pattern of the tough to find New York players that were produced only with either a (more commonly) Type 2 back but if they are found without that back they will be found only with the Type 3 back. Gaston above exhibits the tough to find Type 3 back. Was he produced with the Type 2 back? Maybe, but it is odd that while the type 2 back is easier than Type 3 the card is only known with the 3. It is possible (although certainly not proven) that Gaston and possibly the recently re-discovered Tom Rogers cards were found exhibiting only the Type 3 back.

That begs the question, Are there more New York players to be found? My guess would be possibly yes-- IMO the most likely to be found are Lou Devormer and Ross Youngs (his position would be R.F. on front). These are the only players not yet found in E121 Series of 80 that were part of the Koester's promotion that were then also produced as E121 Series of 120 cards (That list was 4 cards until recent months...Gaston, Rogers, Devormer, and Youngs). Although very highly unlikely it does hold the possibility alive that there could be a Jesse Burkett E121 Series of 80 card to be found some day!

Anyways, I may one of the very few that get excited about this kind of stuff when it doesn't have to do with the T206 set but I thought the collecting community would like to know.

-Rhett