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Posted By: Bob

There are about 25-30 SLs which make it on ebay from time to time but either there are very few of the remaining cards out there (especially the very scarce 300 back subject series) or anyone who buys them never sells them. I am not aware of more than 3 people on this board who are pursuing the set so what gives? You see a gadzillion T206s, tons of T201s, 202s, 205s and the other tobacco cards and even many caramel cards have surfaced with the exploding market, but not the SLs. Granted they are all portrait shots and only 2 guys are wearing hats, but the pastel and blue backgrounds render the cards very attractive. The odd thing, I guess because of the means of distribution, is that cards in 4, 5, 6 and 7 holders are seen more frequently than low grade cards. Very odd. One thing which makes collecting the set very annoying is that when a rare card surfaces, it is probably going to be in a 6 or above holder and you have to fight all the registry guys to win it.