E125 American Caramel Diecuts

[phlflyer1]

Aaron, that's awesome information. Thanks for sharing it and congrats on acquiring the Baker. It sounds like its time for a third run at the set with the third time being the charm and all.

Richard, great to see your post and thanks for sharing the Wagner batting. Yet another Wagner card that is much, much tougher than his T206!

[MartyFromCANADA]

Here's my E125 Gibson framed with his M101-2 and Notebook cover. (same pose)

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[nolemmings]

Great scans and info, guys. Would really love to see a front and back scan of Murphy if you please.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

I have made a run at the set twice and both times I was missing Murphy & Baker. When I did the article with Old Cardboard I was missing Baker, Cicotte, & Murphy. The Cicotte scan was provided by the Dreiers who went on to complete the set (as was stated by REA) after I sold mine. They, in turn, sold their set through Legendary Auctions which was put out of biz by the feds when Doug A. and Mark T. were arrested. I don’t know if there was a Murphy or not, it is the only one I have never seen.

[DCDSports]

Hey Aaron,

We loved putting together the E125 set and had as much of it as known/possible at the time.

Really cool cards, but they were a pain to handle and display. We really did enjoy putting together oddball sets . . . Just seeing all these in pictures brings back great memories!

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Heritage has had some of the scarcest e125s in their last couple of auctions. Two copies of Plank (there was only 1 known before), a couple of Wagner/batting (even though bat tips were missing), a couple of Benders (makes 4 known but none of them have the glove), and a couple of Murphys, as well as an elusive Krause and Hartzell. Last but not least a multiple Bakers and a Speaker batting. All very tough cards but with so many new ones coming to auction the last couple/few months, will it make them more collectible for set collectors? Or does it just soften the prices? I guess time will tell. Still some of the most beautiful cards/die cuts/"paper dolls" in the industry in my humble opinion.

Congrats to all that acquired them! Happy collecting!

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by Aaron Seefeldt

All very tough cards but with so many new ones coming to auction the last couple/few months, will it make them more collectible for set collectors? Or does it just soften the prices? I guess time will tell.

First off, a bunch of really neat cards in here. I think with something that is as scarce as these it doesn't draw in your typical set collector. If there were a lot of people trying to put a set together, I think the prices would be a lot stronger. With something of this rarity it only would take a handful or two of serious set collectors to drive these prices absolutely wild. It seems it's more of a type card, team specific, HOFer, etc centric set. That could certainly change though. As more of these come to market it certainly will spark the idea for a few people. Either way, I doubt prices soften that much. As you said, time will tell.