E125 American Caramel Diecuts

[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.

[Aaron Seefeldt]

Now that there are 4 e125 Benders confirmed (3 graded & 1 raw), it's interesting that none of them have their gloves attached. As we know many of the e125s have the same photos as e98s, and the e98 Bender has the glove hand cut off as well... something to ponder.

[Steve D]

My only question.....

Why is Speaker wearing dress shoes?

Steve