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Tom Boblittissues like P2's, Domino Discs, Colgans and others just don't have the wide-spread popularity because they aren't mainstream like the T205's, T206's, etc are. They do offer a great opportunity to pick up some nice cards for a fraction of the price. I have about 250 or so Colgans from all three series and pick them up whenever I can. The Tin Tops and Red Borders are especially tough on ebay as they rarely come up for sale. Like you said, you can get nice EX condition 'commons' on ebay in the $20 range usually.
I live in Louisville where the Colgans were made/distributed. I rarely see any around here nor do I see any of the tins here as well. Pick up a trade card or two occasionally from Colgans or Kis-Me gum. There is a card store in town that has 40-50 of them but they are so creased and dog eared they need to be thrown away!