Card Identification Forum

I received this card in a repack type box today. It’s a BVG graded card that says 1910 E98 set of 30, #27 Hippo Vaughn on the silver tag. This info doesn’t match up to our data but I can’t find a reprint set either. Anyone have any ideas what this actually is?

Our checklist is incorrect and their tag is also incorrect.  The cards are actually NNO.  The list of players on the card back is numbered but the cards are not numbered.  Vaughan is #19 on the list.  When put in alphabetical order by last name, as we do with NNOs, Vaughan is the 27th card.  That's probably why Beckett numbered it #27.

Just noticed only the coloring is different.

My card is different from the scan here also. Do we have the wrong card scanned for Hippo also?

Did I really pull a few hundred dollars worth of a card from this repack? Recent ebay sales seem to indicate that if this is legit.

I think that is legit. I bought one this weekend that is probably the same kind and got a graded Derek Jeter.

That is an amazing pull!! Beatifull example from an exceptional set. It sent me on enjoyable 1/2 hour journey reading about the set.  According to PSA many of the cards come in red, green, blue, or orange backgrounds. I would guess that the Vaughn is one of those with color variations.

Here's a couple interesting articles about the set including PSA's overview:

https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/baseball-cards/1910-set-30-e98/1962

https://www.cardboardconnection.com/cards-in-the-attic-unlikely-find-of-e98-baseball-cards-could-bring-millions

https://www.psacard.com/articles/articleview/7340/black-swamp-find-remarkable-discovery-e98-baseball-cards

First, there are apparently color VARs (see below).  Our current image is obviously obtained from the internet and of very low resolution.

Yes, hard to believe it is legit.  PSA BV is $1,275.  From PSA's set description, "The 1910 E98 set is perhaps the most rare and the most coveted in the hobby."  Also, from PSA: "An incredible group of high-grade E98 cards was discovered in 2012 called The Black Swamp Find. The cards dramatically changed the existing E98 population so market values may be hard to predict until the entire find is liquidated. Important Note: While many high-grade examples were discovered in The Black Swamp Find of 2012, keep in mind that some color variations were not part of the group."

Thanks for the links