The fall of the candy card

[ullmandds]

This was evident at the national last summer with some e issues as well...there were no e94's to be found...and very few e98's. One dealer had a red background e98 jennings in f-g condition...and he was asking $1500...but was willing to go down 10%...what a guy!

I think the issue with e94/e98 is the # of collectors going for master sets...combined with the rest of the e collectors has created a serious dearth of these issues available for consumption!

[FrankWakefield]

The Wagner card draws some initial interest to the T cards. In a way, that gets new collectors interested in prewar cards and they go on to discover E cards. But I think sometimes these new collectors just stay with the white border cards, their entry point.

I think that some of the folks that want to collect graded cards can find some T cards at grade levels the desire. Most E cards are worn a bit more than T cards, somewhat a result of many times going straight into the hands of kids at the point of acquisition, then on into the kids' pockets. Collecting E90-1s in slabs with 1's, 2's and A's on them isn't as fulfilling as collecting T206's with 4's, 5's and 6's on them. My point, I think that graded card collecting has slightly exacerbated the collectability of E cards.

[sportscardpete]

I'd much rather collect caramels than t206's. I started an e104 set that is actually much cheaper than I anticipated. I've also been able to pick up a few type caramels that were perfectly in my budget. I really do want an Uzit/Drum t206, but for the price for one of those I could build a nice starter type set in caramels.

[Leon]

Great thread and post Robert. I agree with everyone above. I like the E's as much or more than any of the T's. If I were a set collector I would be as happy as a pig in poop concerning the prices (when we can find them) of the e cards right now. And like Barry said, they will go back up, just as the sun rises and sets. I have thought about the exact premise of this thread at least 50 times in the last 6 months. And lastly, good point on availability too. You don't see too many caramels for sale right now and that is in fact probably a combination of different factors, one being folks don't want to sell in a down market and the other being their relative scarcity compared to T's. When I look at the spreadsheet of my caramel types, some of them today are priced where they were 10 yrs ago. It's a great time to be collecting them. I picked up the Mello Mint below raw on ebay, thought it vg-ex when I bought it, and paid $250. They have retained their value more than the more common ones Robert mentioned. (love the overprints too!!) best regards

[smtjoy]

I'm a big E card fan and the supply is at rock bottom which makes it tough. I can understand why thou no need to sell into this down market, I have a few dupes that I am holding onto for when the market goes back up.

I am down to 3 E93's and have not had a pickup in 9 months.

[dog*dirt]

I concur with what everyone has been saying. I have picked up of few E93's over the last year and a few E102's and although the cards I bought are not in the best condition the prices were pretty low.

I could not find an E102 Knabe for a long time and was able to pick this one up at the Philly show

[HRBAKER]

Like many have stated in the thread, I am anywhere from a few cards to many away from some of the smaller E card sets. I will bet I picked up less than a half dozen in 2011. I too understand sellers not wanting to put cards at play in the current market. On the other hand I am not sure the market was ever at or will ever get to the level of some of the B-I-N examples available on ebay.