E98 (more discussion)

[boneheadandrube]

Originally Posted by pcoz

Greg, the only known overprints in this set are the Old Put Cigars. There are 15 Reds & 5 Blues known.
Pete

Thank you for the clarification- E94 vs. E98. I'm glad I mentioned my lack of knowledge on the "E" cards. That being said, what are the major differences between those two sets as far as subjects and poses? I ask only because I do not know specifics. Is it possible that a "traveling salesman" type of situation could be the case with the printing plates of both E94 and then E98 similarly to what is evident with the M101 cards with all the different backs but the same subjects as were many of the E sets? Maybe the original customer that agreed to produce the E94 set decided that after they (Geo. Close) stopped ordering the insert cards the printer tried to sell the same print offering to others? I hope I'm making sense...
Greg B.

[barrysloate]

I think all the Lajoies were gone because those are the ones the storeowner gave out. Lajoie was a huge star in Cleveland, so that's where the promotion began. He never got around to giving out many of the other players because he quit doing it.

I think somebody said in one of the E98 posts that these were found bundled up by player. Maybe he gave them out one player at a time until that stack was finished, then moved on to the next one. If a customer didn't care who they got, he just reached for the top card on the stack and handed it out. Maybe several customers specifically asked if he had a Cobb, which explains why this group has fewer Cobbs. Who knows, there are so many different ways this could have gone down.

[Matthew H]

As Jaybird pointed out, 22 seems to be the magic number. Maybe the sheets were cut in stacks that high then bundled. Many of the players appear in the pop report with 44 cards, 22 red and 22 green. Interestingly, there was a stack of 22 orange Bridwells.

[RUSH2112]

Could someone explain why some of these are in slabs with a bigger opening?

I am thinking the ones in the bigger opening slabs, were to wide to fit into the slabs meant for these cards. I can see no other reason for it, unless of course, the guy in charge of sealing them put them in whatever slab was closest to his machine. A basement self-slabber wouldn't do something that stupid.