The printing of the very scarce AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 cards appears to breakdown into 3 levels of scarcity.
1st.....and, easiest to find, the "Exclusive 12" are certainly more available than any of the other 62 subjects
with AB 460 backs. I believe these 12 subjects were printed on a sheet separate from the other AB 460's.
Crandall (cap)
Devore
Duffy
Ford
Gandil
Geyer
Hummel
McGraw (glove at hip)
Pfeffer
Sheckard (glove)
Tannehill (Chicago)
Wheat
2nd.....and, considerably tougher than the Exclusive 12 are the following 30 subjects......
Berger
Bradley (bat)
Burch (fielding)
Camnitz (arms at side)
Chance (bat)
Chase (trophy)
Cobb (bat off)
Conroy (bat)
Crawford (bat)
Jennings (two hands)
Lake (no ball)
Latham
Leifield (bat)
Manning (pitching)
Meyers (portrait)
Mullin (bat)
Needham
Overall (blue sky)
Pelty (vertical)
Pfeister (throwing)
Schlei (portrait)
Schlei (bat)
Schulte (back view)
Seymour (portrait)
Frank Smith (Chicago & Boston)
Happy Smith (Brooklyn)
Stovall (bat)
Willetts
Willis (bat)
Wiltse (pitching)
3rd.....and, the most difficult of all of these AB 460 cards are these 32 subjects......
Abbaticcio (blue sleeves)
Ball (Cleveland)
Bell (pitching)
Bergen (catching)
Bescher (arms above)
Bridwell (portrait-cap)
Camnitz (hands over head)
Doyle (portrait)
Frill
Herzog (Boston)
Howell (hands at waist)
Jennings (one hand)
Jordan (bat)
Lajoie (bat)
Lake (with ball)
Leach (cap)
Marquard (follow thru)
McGraw (portrait-cap)
McQuillan (bat)
Merkle (throwing)
Murray (portrait)
Oldring (bat)
Overall (yellow sky)
Payne
Schaefer (Washington)
Steinfeldt (bat)
Tinker (bat off)
Tinker (bat on)
Wagner (bat on right)
Doc White (pitching)
Wilhelm (bat)
Wiltse (portrait-cap)
I have listed these 3 levels of scarcity of the AB 460 cards based on my experience collecting this T206 sub-set
during the past 8 years. Furthermore, this list factors into account other collectors want-lists of AB 460 cards.
Determining these 3 levels of scarcity is still a work in progress. So, tell us of your experiences collecting these
tough AB 460 backs....and, show your cards..
TED Z
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Still searching for these 4 cards to complete my AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 sub-set (74 subjects)
CAMNITZ (hands over head)....
DOYLE (portrait)....
McGRAW (portrait-cap)....
TINKER (bat off shoulder)
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