E123 Curtis Ireland Candy

[Brian Van Horn]

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[ctownboy]

kmac,

Thank you.

David

[edhans]

Nice topic, Ken. I won a group of 11 in an obscure auction about 5 years ago. Whether they're considered "rare" or merely "scarce" is just a matter of semantics. They, along with their 20s brethren E122, are very difficult and under-appreciated. For those who doubt, compare the pop reports for these two against those of the vaunted and highly sought after E107s. Yes, I understand that there are many more raw 20s cards than E107, but the numbers are still remarkable.

[frohme]

I'd agree with everyone else - they're definitely on the scarce side - finding an individual player my take you a long time, but you can usually find an instance of the card without too much looking.

My lone contribution.

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by frohme

...finding an individual player my take you a long time, but you can usually find an instance of the card without too much looking...

That's it right there. Back in 2006, I missed out on one on eBay of a particular player. For most of the auction it stayed low, leaving me thinking I was gonna get the card for an okay price. On the last day, the card more than quadrupled, and quickly left my price range. Actually, it went about 3x as high as any card I had ever bought at that time.

Had I known at the time, that would be the only one I'd see in 5+ years, I'd have been more active that last day of bidding, rather than just sitting there slack jawed and disappointed as the price climbed.

Regards,

Richard.