E91

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Posted By: shammus

I would agree with Patrick. The likenesses used in the "A" subset were supposed to resemble the actual player, cartoon-like or not. The problem is those exact same "cartoons" or very similar ones were used for completely different players on entirely different teams when the B and C sets were produced.

Many prewar enthusiasts obviously like collecting early cards of Hall of Famers. However in this set, cards of most of the big names (ie...Johnson, Baker, Speaker, Wagner...etc...) didn't come along until sets B and C. Based on that fact, I think that many collectors realize that most of the HOFers in the e91 set weren't accurate likenesses of the players themselves, making the set sort of "uncollectable" in some hobbyists eyes.

As far as collectibility, in my opinion, this is the easiest set to put together. e90-1 cards are generally readily available as well but when you collect e90-1 cards you eventually hit a point where it becomes necessary to obtain some VERY difficult cards to complete the set. (Speaker, Mitchell, etc...). There are no difficult cards like these as far as I am aware of in the e91 set, so I would bill it as the easiest "e" set to put together.