Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisJohn
I tried to change the subject to DRUM backs. To me the
mystery of why these are so scarce is certainly more in-
teresting than Mr Kleinow. But, you guys wont let go.
Now, here is what we know about John "Red" Kleinow....in
May of 1910 the Highlanders sold him to the Red Sox. So,
the T206 designers quickly changed his team; and, printed
him in their 350 and 460 Series of cards. The NY version was
only printed in the 350 Series. But, by no means does that
tell us that Boston should be more plentiful than NY.
Nor does Scot's survey. And, I say this because I would bet
that the majority of these cards in this survey were Graded.
I think you can appreciate it (and indeed I think you said it
yourself), that Ebay sellers are overwhelmingly likely to get
graded and put up for sale a star card or a higher priced var.
T206 as opposed to a common T206.
So, assuming I am correct, you have a highly skewed sample
that is not relative to the real world population of these
T206 cards.