Mike Mitchell E90-1 rarity

[Baseball Rarities]

The 1979 edition of The Sports Collectors Bible priced E90-1 commons at $4 to $6 and only listed 5 cards on their own - Mitchell ($85-$125), Speaker ($50-$60), Graham ($10-$15), Sweeney ($20-$30) and Walsh ($20-$30).

The 1980 edition of Dr. Jim Beckett's Baseball Card Price Guide makes note in its E90-1 section that these same five cards are the most difficult in the set and assigns them similar prices as above. It actually lists prices for all 120 cards in the set. Of particular interest, the Jackson card is listed at $20 in "MINT" condition.

I assume that both publications relied heavily on Rich Egan's opinion at the time. He was the E-card guru back in the day and kept detailed notes on all of the sets.

The Early Gum and and Candy edition of Lew Lipset's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards came out in 1984 and went through all of the "E" sets in detail. Again, the most expensive cards in the set were Mitchell ($400), Speaker ($125), Graham ($200), Sweeney ($250) and Walsh ($125) along with Duffy ($150) and Clarke Pitts. ($125). Jackson was listed at $75. It is amazing the amount of information that Lipset's Encyclopedia had at the time, long before the internet.

I put most of my set together through auctions in The Trader Speaks and shows back in the day and paid a big premium for Mitchell at the time.

[puckpaul]

It still seems a bit odd to me, old e 90-1 set collectors couldn’t have found it easy to find those other similarly tough cards. Or maybe more Mitchell’s have been graded due to the history. We’ll see more over time. Seems similar to the T207s, where there are many, many tough cards and not just the Lewis.

Sure wish the Joe Jax card wasn’t so ugly, i might have bought that one instead!

[Leon]

Of some interest to this thread....I don'[t think I have read all of the notes

Handbook To US Early Candy and Gum Cards" - Egan, 1969

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=144460

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

The 1979 edition of The Sports Collectors Bible priced E90-1 commons at $4 to $6 and only listed 5 cards on their own - Mitchell ($85-$125), Speaker ($50-$60), Graham ($10-$15), Sweeney ($20-$30) and Walsh ($20-$30).

The 1980 edition of Dr. Jim Beckett's Baseball Card Price Guide makes note in its E90-1 section that these same five cards are the most difficult in the set and assigns them similar prices as above. It actually lists prices for all 120 cards in the set. Of particular interest, the Jackson card is listed at $20 in "MINT" condition.

I assume that both publications relied heavily on Rich Egan's opinion at the time. He was the E-card guru back in the day and kept detailed notes on all of the sets.

The Early Gum and and Candy edition of Lew Lipset's Encyclopedia of Baseball Cards came out in 1984 and went through all of the "E" sets in detail. Again, the most expensive cards in the set were Mitchell ($400), Speaker ($125), Graham ($200), Sweeney ($250) and Walsh ($125) along with Duffy ($150) and Clarke Pitts. ($125). Jackson was listed at $75. It is amazing the amount of information that Lipset's Encyclopedia had at the time, long before the internet.

I put most of my set together through auctions in The Trader Speaks and shows back in the day and paid a big premium for Mitchell at the time.

[Vintagecatcher]

I was very fortunate to pick up this E90-1 Peaches Graham a few years back.
Luckily it was poorly listed, and sold for a great price, which I was more than happy to pay.

Patrick

[brianp-beme]

Patrick, great looking Graham...one of my favorite cards in the set.

Brian

[puckpaul]

well, the Mitchell got some love in the Love of the Game Auction, going for $3600 in a 1 holder.....I was happy to see that.

[judsonhamlin]

That went for more than I thought it would, by at least $500-700.