E121 Series of 80 rarities survey

[wrapperguy]

Sorry to bring this up after a while, but I bought a Johnson Throwing at the National and have heard of a Fewster just purchased. That leaves 9 on the list of unconfirmed. Can anyone verify their existence?

[Mark]

I really appreciate you keeping this alive. I haven't found any of the no shows, but I have one more place to look.

[old-baseball]

Here's the Fewster card Jeff was talking about.

[sreader3]

Great thread. I have noticed that several of the cards that were thought to be nonexistent but have been revealed on this thread are of the type where the first line on the back ends in "eighty" (not "eighty of the"). I wonder if the reason that these subjects are more difficult is that they can ONLY be found with the ends in "eighty" back (i.e. DO NOT EXIST with the more common ends in "eighty of the" back).

Thoughts?

[Mark]

That sounds like it could be a factor in at least some of the rarities. My Shawkey, for example, has the "ends in eighty" top line.

[sreader3]

I once owned Aaron Ward--who was on the original "doubtful" list--and he, too had the ends in "eighty" back. Seems like a lot of the tougher cards in this set might not be available with the more common ends in "eighty of the"; hence, their relative scarcity.

[brianp-beme]

Thanks for all the additional updates Mr. Wrapper guy and Kevin. That was a conclusion that I came to myself...that the ends in eighty variations may be a factor in these tougher to come by and still unverified cards. I will update the list tomorrow of unverified shortly.

Brian

[wrapperguy]

Talked to Rhett Yeakley about this at the National and that was his opinion also.