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MVSNYCThere have been many questions raised about just how tuff T206 Rare Backs really are...well, i hope Doug & Art don't mind me listing this information...
In a VCBC article from 2001, Doug Allen & Art Martineau had conducted a rare back survey for a book they had written, "T206, The First Century"...
They surveyed many collectors & dealers (45 to be exact) from 1997 thru 1999...
437,553 T206 cards were studied, here were their findings:
Broad Leaf 460...8 cards...1 in every 54,694 cards.
Drum...29 cards...1 in every 15,088 cards.
UZIT...63 cards...1 in every 6,945 cards.
Lenox...112 cards...1 in every 3,907 cards.
Broad Leaf 350...160 cards...1 in every 2,735 cards.
Carolina Brights...368 cards...1 in every 1,189 cards.
This should help answer a lot of questions that many people have been asking...
Doug/Art- i would love to hear more about the survey and if you feel the numbers are still in this ballpark today, or not?
Regards,
Michael Sarno