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Posted By: TBob

Bob - was that "red background" Matty an upgrade? September 23 2003, 2:13 PM

That's a beautiful set, and one of my favorite Mattys.>

Thanks Scott. The card was actually nicer than the scan (rare these days)and the back corner paper loss was pretty insignificant and didn't touch any printing, so I was very satisfied. I have an orange Matty in slghtly better condition but after I received it, a tiny chip of color flaked off the upper right corner and I almost had a stroke. I attached it back with a tiny bit of glue and just sent it to be graded, mostly so the card will be sealed in a holder and avoid any further problem. It was VGEX before the chip debacle. This is the second E98 card I have had which "chipped". The E94s are the worst though, they are very sensitive. I bought a gorgeous gold Jennings jumping E94 from Tom Boblitt and as I was removing the card from the top loader, the upper left corner "exploded" and a chunk slid off, including color and border. The card is otherwise so nice I kept it. I also had a green Evers which was gorgeous which had a chip of color slide off which I bought a couple of years ago on ebay. To prevent any more of this happening, I am having all my E94s graded, not for the grades so much as for the protection.