E254 Colgans, has demand increased?

[FrankWakefield]

I never met Bill Haber in person; but we did have conversations on the telephone about old cards. Of all of the various sets, he seemed most interested in Colgans. It didn't matter what series I wanted to know about, he'd always bring up Colgans before we were done talking. He'd ask about any new ones I'd acquired. And he was a bit secretive about letting me know which ones he had or had just acquired. Your post reminds me of him, it's what he would have posted if he were still with us, and on this board. Thanks Rhett.

[KrenBats]

I came in second on the Dunn and put it what I thought was a crazy price. I guess you really have to step up for the rarer ones. I was a little surprised the the Flick didn't go even higher as I know that's one of the toughest HOF's in the set. I did pick up the Killian, Toronto (which I hope is the very rare one that Rhett mentioned).

[rhettyeakley]

The Killian (toronto) is fairly tough and you got a good price on that one--he is probably among the toughest 75-100 cards in the set but easier than the two mentioned above. The one I was referring to was the Jimmy Austin (St. Louis) and I was the high bidder on that one--the New York Austin is only moderately difficult but the SL version is very hard to find. The funny thing about the Austin is that I was able to find a E270 Tin Top before I was able to find the E254 St. Louis version.



E270 Tin Top Austin (St Louis) & E254 Austin (NY):

[cfc1909]

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for the record I paid more than the recent ebay Dunn

[spec]

I suspect Bill Haber would delight in being mentioned in a Colgan's post so many years after his premature passing.
For those readers unfamiliar with Haber, he was a major hobby force in the 70s and 80s. He worked for Topps (I believe he wrote the back text for most of the 60s sets, but I am not certain of the extent of his duties), and was also a founding member of SABR. His forte was biographical research, and he is responsible for the birth/death encyclopedia entries of many "cup of coffee" major leaguers from the early years of the 20th century.
Those forgotten players were the reason he focused on the Colgan's sets, which picture a vast array of c. 1910 major and minor leaguers. He also collected E107, T209 and T210 for the same reason: putting a face to many of his biographical quests. I believe Bill's Colgan's wound up with Larry Fritsch, while his E107s went to Keith Olbermann, bolstering two already legendary collections. The fate of his T209s and T210s I do not know.
Bob Richardson, who learned a lot about collecting, and research, from Bill

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

I never met Bill Haber in person; but we did have conversations on the telephone about old cards. Of all of the various sets, he seemed most interested in Colgans. It didn't matter what series I wanted to know about, he'd always bring up Colgans before we were done talking. He'd ask about any new ones I'd acquired. And he was a bit secretive about letting me know which ones he had or had just acquired. Your post reminds me of him, it's what he would have posted if he were still with us, and on this board. Thanks Rhett.