E107 Breisch Williams Scarcity Poll

[t213]

Scott,

Without revealing the specific cards on their wantlists, do these collectors have a lot, or just some overlap in their wantlists?

Andy

[sb1]

The top 4 need several of the same ones, I will say these are normally the team variations, which may or may not have been produced 50/50. the reason I say that is a couple of the collectors may have one team designation, the other 2 the opposite, so it's not like there is a disparity among the rarities.

To give you an example when I discovered the McGuire, New York, a couple of collectors already had it but didn't know it as they assumed incorrectly that the "Brooklyn" team designation just meant New York. SO, even though it was newly catalogued, some had "Brooklyn" and some had "New York" in their collections. It was not any rarer just because it had been uncatalogued, the same with Dahlen when I brought it to Bob Lemke's attention.

Scott

[terjung]

Interesting info on the variations. Thank you for posting, Scott!

[sb1]

I went thru over 400 E107's in the course of about 8 years working on the set and helping others, so lots of hand on with players, variations and the tracing of various original groups. Almost every E107 can be traced to one of about six oldtime sets by different traits.

[timelord]

Scott, thanks for the posts. You are always very informative when it comes to E107. That should be your middle name. Scott "E107" XXXXXXXXX.
Thanks

[timelord]

Hi Scott. You mentioned you have seen over 400 E107's in the past 8 years. I am curious how many had the Breisch Williams overprint on back? Just wondering how scarce that overprint back is. Look forward to your reply.
Thanks

[sb1]

I had about 40 different, I know of one of the near sets which only has 1, so it is probably a matter of attrition.

[timelord]

Scott, it is also possible that not many were stamped with that back.
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