Questions on E121's

[brianp-beme]

Bob,

And here is some info on the E121 series of 120, which is fifty times more straightforward:

Corson L Bigbee - does not exist
Chas. O'Leary - does not exist
Walter Pipp - does not exist
Fred Schupp - does not exist
Milton Stock - does not exist

The Grimm, Mays, R.Meusel and Neale would carry varying premiums.

The Carlson L. Bigbee and Walter Holke portrait far as I know carry no premium.

A couple of cards that are tougher to come by but not necessarily identified in the catalogues as such are the Whitted - Brooklyn and the Toporcer correct and Topocer incorrect spelling...not sure which is considered more difficult.

There are a bunch of cards listed in the SCD catalogue (as of 2009 edition) that probably don't exist, such as George Sisler throwing, Walter Holke throwing, "Hy" Myers, Ferd Schupp, Tris Speaker large projection, Babe Ruth holding bird, and Babe Ruth three pictures.

Brian

[old-baseball]

The quick answer to your original question is that the "Guide" is incorrect in pricing and has been for as long as I can remember. Jason is basically on point with his list with one exception. In the very top list is also a Joe Wood card that has the position listed as "F." rather than "R. F.". If you don't bid on one of the scarce listed cards because it's gone past what the guide says it should sell for, you'll certainly miss out and may not see the card again for 5-10 years.

There's also many cards that have different fonts in names / positions / teams on the front. None of these are listed in the price guide. The best resource is to search back through the many E121 threads that you'll find here.

Here's several you need to keep a sharp eye out for:

[kmac32]

Nice cards Kevin

[obcbobd]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Bob,

And here is some info on the E121 series of 120, which is fifty times more straightforward:

Corson L Bigbee - does not exist
Chas. O'Leary - does not exist
Walter Pipp - does not exist
Fred Schupp - does not exist
Milton Stock - does not exist

The Grimm, Mays, R.Meusel and Neale would carry varying premiums.

The Carlson L. Bigbee and Walter Holke portrait far as I know carry no premium.

A couple of cards that are tougher to come by but not necessarily identified in the catalogues as such are the Whitted - Brooklyn and the Toporcer correct and Topocer incorrect spelling...not sure which is considered more difficult.

There are a bunch of cards listed in the SCD catalogue (as of 2009 edition) that probably don't exist, such as George Sisler throwing, Walter Holke throwing, "Hy" Myers, Ferd Schupp, Tris Speaker large projection, Babe Ruth holding bird, and Babe Ruth three pictures.

Brian

Brian ,

In your last paragraph are you still referring to series of 120? I've seen the two Ruth's in series of 120, but not 80

thanks

Bob

[brianp-beme]

Hi Bob,

My post pertains strictly to the 120 series (others certainly covered the 80 series thoroughly). I failed to clarify which Ruth cards that have been catalogued for years that probably do not exist. The Photo montage, holding bird and holding ball images exist in the series of 120, but only with his first name in parenthesis ("Babe"). The non-parenthesis version (Babe) for both the photo montage and holding bird versions, as seen in the established listings, most likely do not exist. Sorry for not being very clear.

Brian

[obcbobd]

Thanks to all for the responses. I am going to concentrate on the basic series of 120 set (no variations) as I already have about 90 of them.

Thanks

Bob