I actually have something nice to say...

[Leon]

Doug just called me and said if anyone wants one of these E107 books for themselves, and they might not get a catalog otherwise, just drop him an email at

dallen@legendaryauctions.com


and he will have one sent out for you. best regards

[Matthew H]

Wow, I'm blown away by that set. I've never seen most of the cards in the catalog... Great job Legendary!

[ethicsprof]

it is absolutely gorgeous!
definitely a keeper for the library.
well done, doug et al
best,
barry

ps amazing to see the psa 7 and some 6s!

[scooter729]

Let's play the hi/lo game on the price of the set - over or under $750K?

[soxinseven]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Let's play the hi/lo game on the price of the set - over or under $750K?

It has to be over....the Wagner and Young must be in the 75 to 100k range each, don't they?

[scooter729]

I just noticed the Doug Allen write-up in the beginning of the book refers to it as a "seven-figure set", so I guess that answers my question....

[Matt]

I'm curious about the importance of having such a book with lengthy write-ups of individual cards for a private sale of a full set. Since each card is not being sold individually is the catalog going to make any difference (say as opposed to adding two pages up front in the other catalog)? It's certainly a great reference for the issue though.

[scooter729]

Originally Posted by Matt

I'm curious about the importance of having such a book with lengthy write-ups of individual cards for a private sale of a full set. Since each card is not being sold individually is the catalog going to make any difference (say as opposed to adding two pages up front in the other catalog)? It's certainly a great reference for the issue though.

Matt, I wondered the same thing, but I think it might be more of a marketing opportunity for Legendary to send the catalog out to everyone. A lot of people will end up saving the catalog because of the unique opportunity to see the set mostly together, and whenever they pick up the catalog, there's the Legendary name front and center.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Leon

Doug just called me and said if anyone wants one of these E107 books for themselves, and they might not get a catalog otherwise, just drop him an email at

dallen@legendaryauctions.com


and he will have one sent out for you. best regards

Thanks for handling.

[jimross]

I hope the new owner won't break up this partial set. It is an ultra tough project putting this set together even in this "partial" stage.

[sb1]

Originally Posted by jimross

I hope the new owner won't break up this partial set. It is an ultra tough project putting this set together even in this "partial" stage.

Ultra tough might be an understatement, this is the second largest collection of E107's ever put together. I would say it could never be duplicated, no matter how long you took or how much money you had to spend. If in fact anyone wanted to have a near set of E107's, this is probably their only opportunity.

On another note, a poster above noted the toning on several cards. Most E107's can be attributed to 4 different groups of original cards that were original old time collections.

Scott

[barrysloate]

Scott- aren't the toned ones from the group that Sotheby's had about 8-10 years ago, that came out of a notebook? I remember being sent there by a bunch of E107 collectors to bid for them.

[Rickyy]

Just got the cataloque myself... it's great to be able to see so many E107's in one shot... I hope who ever ends up with it keeps them together too.

Ricky Y

[sb1]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Scott- aren't the toned ones from the group that Sotheby's had about 8-10 years ago, that came out of a notebook? I remember being sent there by a bunch of E107 collectors to bid for them.

No, these came from an earlier sale when Chris bought the bulk of his set.

The 2005 Sotheby's had some back disturbance from the scrapbook, thus the SGC 10-30 grades. I bought 3 of the 4 "commons lots", Chris got the other one in that particular auction.

[barrysloate]

Thanks Scott. I do remember the back problems on that group.

[travrosty]

in almost every instance the total worth of a set is the sum of its parts. sweat equity doesnt equate to an extra bump in the price no matter how long it took to put the set together. that's why these sets usually end up being broken apart. people don't care how much time you put into putting it together. that was your non financial investment. they look at a price guide and rarity and go from there. whether you had to climb a himilayan mountain to find the cards in the first place doesnt matter to them because they are here now and not on the mountain top anymore.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by travrosty

in almost every instance the total worth of a set is the sum of its parts. sweat equity doesnt equate to an extra bump in the price no matter how long it took to put the set together. that's why these sets usually end up being broken apart. people don't care how much time you put into putting it together. that was your non financial investment. they look at a price guide and rarity and go from there. whether you had to climb a himilayan mountain to find the cards in the first place doesnt matter to them because they are here now and not on the mountain top anymore.

This set is different. This set is actually worth more than the sum of it's parts. It would be virtually impossible to assemble it from scratch today without one of the other 2-3 very large collections of them coming to market.....and the 3 I know of won't be. This set will not be sold for what each card would bring at auction. It will sell based on what it is and stands for.

[E93]

Originally Posted by travrosty

in almost every instance the total worth of a set is the sum of its parts. sweat equity doesnt equate to an extra bump in the price no matter how long it took to put the set together. that's why these sets usually end up being broken apart. people don't care how much time you put into putting it together. that was your non financial investment. they look at a price guide and rarity and go from there. whether you had to climb a himilayan mountain to find the cards in the first place doesnt matter to them because they are here now and not on the mountain top anymore.

"[A]lmost" is the key word here. For extremely difficult sets, a premium is attached to the value. The seller can basically say, "Take it or leave it." It is not going to be found anywhere else.
JimB

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by E93

The seller can basically say, "Take it or leave it." It is not going to be found anywhere else.
JimB

Yeah - that line would have a lot more force if it wasn't trotted out by weekend warriors referring to '68 Mantles with rounded corners, creases, and HI Beckett pricetags...LOL!

Seriously though, this E107 set is one of those (properly) rare cases where the line quoted above has real meaning.

Cheers,
Blair

[blackandgold]

Originally Posted by Leon

Doug just called me and said if anyone wants one of these E107 books for themselves, and they might not get a catalog otherwise, just drop him an email at

dallen@legendaryauctions.com


and he will have one sent out for you. best regards

Sent him an email this afternoon, received a reply a while later letting me know it was on the way. Can't wait to see it.
Thanks again Leon !

[atx840]

Originally Posted by blackandgold

Sent him an email this afternoon, received a reply a while later letting me know it was on the way. Can't wait to see it.
Thanks again Leon !

+1

[Hot Springs Bathers]

The catalog is wonderful! Great addition to my library. I have been wondering if any one on the board has any of the missing cards?

Thanks Doug!

[h2oya311]

Sick!!!

I have owned two E107's in my life...sold my Bender last year to another Net54 board member (kinda sad I did, though, since I think it was nicer than the Bender in the catalogue - although technically the same grade at SGC 10).

I just got my McGinnity graded about a month ago, so the catalogue you all received is already out-dated and needs revision since it said that only 6 examples exist in the combined PSA/SGC pop reports. That should now say 7!! I hope that "misprint" doesn't influence the price of the set going to $2mm instead of $1.995mm.

Incredible reference document though! So exciting! I hope the new owner continues the journey and does not break up the collection (no matter how much I'd love to buy some of those cards individually)!!

[Leon]

Seems like the going price is somewhere between 1.25m and 1.75m......where's that checkbook again?