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Scot ReaderTed, John:
In my survey, 126 of the 207 350-only subjects appeared with the Polar Bear back at least once. These 126 subjects were seen on average (mean) with the Polar Bear back 2.79 times. Meanwhile, Demmitt (St. Louis) and O'Hara (St. Louis) were each seen 3 times. Again, the sample size is not as large as one would like (358 Polar Bears in all), but is consistent with the view that Demmitt (St. Louis) and O'Hara (St. Louis) underwent a full print run with Polar Bear and are more difficult only because they were not printed with other backs seen on 350-only subjects (e.g. Piedmont, Sweet Caporal, Sovereign, Tolstoi, American Beauty, Cycle, etc. etc.) Consider that Polar Bear comprised only about 6.6% of the 350-only print run; this means that even if Demmitt (St. Louis) and O'Hara (St. Louis) underwent a full print with Polar Bear they would still be 15X more difficult than a typical 350-only subject.
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