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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Take a good look at your E90 set....and study it. My study of my set reveals the following pertinent observations.

Look guys, we can debate the relative merit of pop reports....or collector's anecdotal experiences (like mine). But,
we can't refute the set's stylized design characteristics, similar background artwork, and the color of certain inks
tell us more than any amount of our guesswork.

Here are 5 observations on certain critical cards in the E90-1 set that really tell us what series they were printed
in......

1....cards in last Series as the function of trades:

Demmitt....with St Louis AL (Spring 1910)
Duffy........Mgr. Chicago AL (Spring 1910)
Karger......with Boston AL (traded June 1909)
Willis......with St Louis NL (traded Jan 1910)

2....cards with the solid Reddish-Orange backgrounds were in the last series (1910):

Bemis
Bescher
Demmitt
Gibson (back view)
Leach (follow thru)
McLean
CYoung (Cleveland)


3....cards with sunset and similar mountain range backdrop were drawn by the same artist and printed in last series
(1910):







4....Philadelphia A's in 1st series (1908) with ringed cap:

Collins
Davis
Dygert
Krause
Plank
Thomas

5....Philadelphia A's in 2nd series (1909) with white cap:

Baker
Barry
Bender
Heitmueller
Jackson


So guys....my study here convinces me that Wagner (throwing) was printed in the last series....1910.

I'm in agreement with you....you see, you can teach an "ole dog" new tricks....but, I had to see it, myself.

I guess I was lucky in acquiring the 2 nice Wagner (throwing) cards for my sets, this card is a tough one.




T-Rex TED