Wow. E121 rarities.

[kmac32]

Some of these were going for some fairly big numbers. My bids for the most part didn't even make it to the show. Guess I brought a peashooter to a gun fight. Did score a new back type for me on the Elmer Miller card although it went for a little more than I thought it would.

[rhettyeakley]

Pretty strong bids on the rarities, the Baker was already known to exist with a few known copies with the type 2 back so that one went for more than I thought, I was one of the runner-ups on the O'leary which is a new addition to the checklist, the Gaston went for a relative bargain as that was only the second known example to surface of that card with a series of 80 back.

[sreader3]

Now that O'Leary E121-80 Type 3 has surfaced, is there a realistic chance we will someday see the other missing Koester Bread cards e.g Burkett with an E121-80 Type 3 back? Not sure why N.Y. Coach O'Leary would be printed but not N.Y. Coach Burkett.

[VoodooChild]

I won the Baker. I had some $ put aside in case those cards ever surfaced. I only had enough for one and thought the O'Leary would go for over 2K. I'm kicking myself over the Gaston, but I just couldn't afford it too.

My hope is that the Baker is the only one with the type 3 back. Can anybody confirm? I decided to go all-in on him since he's the only HOFer of the rare few.

There were deals to be had with the other toughies. Wish I could've got them all! There's still some left through Tuesday. Good luck if any of you guys are bidding!

[Brian Van Horn]

Jason,

Congratulations!

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by VoodooChild

I won the Baker. I had some $ put aside in case those cards ever surfaced. I only had enough for one and thought the O'Leary would go for over 2K. I'm kicking myself over the Gaston, but I just couldn't afford it too.

My hope is that the Baker is the only one with the type 3 back. Can anybody confirm? I decided to go all-in on him since he's the only HOFer of the rare few.

There were deals to be had with the other toughies. Wish I could've got them all! There's still some left through Tuesday. Good luck if any of you guys are bidding!

I was 1 for 5 out of my auctions, congrats on your pick up.

[VoodooChild]

Thanks guys.

Does anybody know the seller? Is he a board member? I'd love to know the story. Most of the cards are the Type 3 back including tough and super rare cards. Plus the O'Leary! I wonder if that was his collection or some sort of find at an estate sale or something like that.

[kmac32]

It was his collection that he had collected since 1989. I had some correspondence with him about some scans and he told me. Seemed like a nice guy. I do not believe he is a board member.

[old-baseball]

I tried to quiz the guy on where the cards came from but he didn't say much other than he bought the entire group from one individual. I will admit that I made an offer to him for the O'Leary and Gaston cards (that wasn't much less than the total I won them for!) and he had a sense that these were something special. In his words he had "many" offers and inquiries.

Jason - congrats on the Baker. Rhett says there are others so I'm sure that's the case but that's the first I've seen.

Ken - glad you got another version of Miller