Question on the E98 Background Color Variations

[VoodooChild]

Pete and Tim....thanks so much for the info.

Tim, I just checked out you master set and it is truly stunning! The collections I have seen since joining The Board are just incredible.

I will not be going after anything like a master set. I won the orange Fred Clarke at the last Sterling auction and am considering going after all four colors. You answered one of my questions that I was going to follow up with in that now that I've seen your set I know that all 30 subjects are available in all 4 colors. Now it will remain to be seen if I have to pay any sort of premium for the other 3 Clarke colors.

Thanks again for the info, I really appreciate it.

[E93]

In my experience none of the colors is particularly tougher than any other, though as Tim mentioned, if you are looking for a particular player in a particular color, some may prove to be more challenging.
JimB

[Tim Kindler]

Jason,
Nice pickup on that Clarke. Thanks for the compliment on my Master Set and I hope you and others can use it for a reference in the future. Some came really easy while other player/color combos were much more difficult for me. As you can see, the green Clarke in better condition has eluded me, but I hope to find it and many other e98s in the future as I upgrade my set. As for Clarke, in my experience, the red, orange, and blue are pretty easy to find, while the green will be more difficult. Anyway, enjoy the hunt, because that is what makes collecting e98s fun for me. I'm still hunting too, for upgrades!
Tim

[Leon]

and when you run out of players and colors you can start on your E98 Old Put run....(and here is a Clarke in blue )

[VoodooChild]

Sweet cards as usual Leon! I saw one of those on eBay too and was wondering what they were. Then I remembered a thread about them posted back when I first joined. Now that I'm learning about all these different types, I'll have to search for that thread and re-read it.

[ullmandds]

It took me 3-4 yrs to find all 4 colors of jennings...the blue was the 1st I acquired!

[pcoz]

Guys, I agree with everyone's thoughts so far, and take it from Tim, the E98 king! I need 13 more for my Master set, and I thought blue to be marginally scarcer than the others before the BSF, and for sure now after. But without a doubt in my opinion, blue has always been the most condition sensitive. The player/color combos are the key here, with so many only showing up through the years once or twice. I've seen a bunch of blue Matty's, but only 2 green & 2 orange's, 1 green Clarke, 1 blue Walsh, 2 blue Tenney's, 1 orange Bender, and I have the only blue Tinker I've ever seen for sale. Toughest HOF'ers imo are Walsh, Lajoie & Jennings, and commons are Coombs, Bridwell & Vaughn.

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Tim Kindler

Jason,
Nice pickup on that Clarke. Thanks for the compliment on my Master Set and I hope you and others can use it for a reference in the future. Some came really easy while other player/color combos were much more difficult for me. As you can see, the green Clarke in better condition has eluded me, but I hope to find it and many other e98s in the future as I upgrade my set. As for Clarke, in my experience, the red, orange, and blue are pretty easy to find, while the green will be more difficult. Anyway, enjoy the hunt, because that is what makes collecting e98s fun for me. I'm still hunting too, for upgrades!
Tim

Tim, I hold an e98 Cobb red in a PSA 3 acquired before the BSF find. Would this card trade for more than the equivalent card discovered in the BSF? Thanks.

[gabrinus]

Brian, I know your post was from a few months ago but those black and whites are cool...Jerry

[brianp-beme]

Nice group Andy. I think E98 cards are fun to gather in an assortment of background colors...your near set has a nice kaleidoscope look. On the other hand, the one color look is also cool. Here are four Blue cards, with one identified as Brown.

Brian (Unlike the Cy/Irv card, this "Miner" is actually Mordecai)


edit: Just realized I posted these cards ten years ago previously on this thread. Go me!

[Casey2296]

Beautiful set Andy.

John, good question, you won't find a Red Cobb 3 from BSF. When I was putting together my Master I collected original circulation only because I wanted to experience putting together a pre BSF set.
It really is two different sets, all the BSF is high grade, original circulation is like collecting any other E set.
To me your Cobb is more valuable, but I value oc cards more than BSF, your particular card is more rare than a E98 Red Cobb in an 8 or 9. It's a weird dynamic caused by the find.
If you ever want to move your card let me know.

[gabrinus]

I figured it would be easier just to scan instead of listing their colors...I think these are all I have...one of those Vaughns is an Old Put...Jerry