E125 American Caramel Diecuts

[paul]

I've always assumed the "short tab" versions are simply trimmed. Is that not the case?

[Aaron Seefeldt]

They're not trimmed. As Scott said earlier, which makes sense, they realized the ones with smaller tabs couldn't stand upright as was intended so they were redone with larger tabs. It's possible they were a proof of sorts...

[rman444]

Here's the tougher of the 2 Wagners

[paul]

I'm glad to hear they are not trimmed. I own a Speaker fielding pose with no flap around his foot, as shown in Aaron's post.

[ValKehl]

This is my E125 type card. Patrick, I notice that my card and a couple of the E125's shown above have "PATENT APPLIED FOR" printed vertically on one of the tabs. Inasmuch as neither of your Carrigans has this, does this suggest at least 3 printings?

[Vintagecatcher]

Thanks for the responses gentlemen!

Like to also thank Bill Cornell for trading his E125, George Gibson, to me which started me on this quest.

Glad I was able to pick up the Bill Carrigan E125 that has both tabs between his legs. I like that design better than the other style.

Aaron I figured you would have seen the two different tabs since you have owned so many of the E125 diecuts. Has the Murray E125 been verified yet?

I'm also curious as to how many of these E125s actually exist. I know the 4 players I have in my collection have between 3-5 graded examples.


Patrick

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Here’s a scan of a Murray that sold last week in Heritage. In terms of scarcity it’s difficult to assess this set as every few years a few more e125s get discovered. There’s only 1 Plank known and it sold last fall in REA. A couple of guys have posted very rare HOF’ers from the set (Wagner batting & Hooper) earlier in this thread. The Wagner batting is the most valuable one in the set in my opinion, especially with the full bat attached like Richard’s above. I’ve seen 2 Benders and they’re both missing a tab and in rough shape. There are a few common players with 2 known and there are a few players that seem to have a lot more (Flynn & Wagner throwing seem to be most common).
I’ve made a run at the set 2 times and both times I was missing the Baker so I gave up as I thought I’d never get 1 of the 2 known copies. Last week I was thrilled to get the Baker in Heritage in an Auth holder. The slabs do NOT add anything aesthetically to e125s, they weigh a ton in the plastic especially when trying to store 30-35 in bank boxes. Look at how much extra plastic is around the actual cards, they look better out of the slabs

[Vintagecatcher]

Are all of the known E125s listed on the back checklists now verified?

Patrick