Sweet Cap 150 Factory 649 Overprint - population

[Tao_Moko]

I know that this has been discussed before in general back scarcity rankings, but I have gone through my checklists over the years and really questioning the typical ranking of the SC150/649 OP. Seeing as my research is primarily done on cards I've owned and general web search I wanted to get some feedback on this. Out of 478 cards that I had back details on, there were 3 with this back.
*pictured is H. Davis

[Theoldprofessor]

Of the 600 or so catalogued cards in my collection, I have only one SC 150 F 649 overprint -- Lajoie throwing.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by Theoldprofessor

Of the 600 or so catalogued cards in my collection, I have only one SC 150 F 649 overprint -- Lajoie throwing.

I didn't even need a calculator for that one(.16%). Thanks for the input. Of the other feedback that I have already received, I'm wondering if we may not find pops similar to the other Factory 649 Hindu's.

[pgellis]

I have only 1 out of 485 graded T206s. Harry McIntyre, Brooklyn. It also was one of the least expensive cards that I purchased. I paid $38.00 for a SGC50

[Harford20]

As Theoldprofessor above, I have one total SC150 649OP and that is Lajoie Throwing (part of my complete back run set). My totals are a bit skewed compared with others as I collect HOFers only, so I have one 649OP out of 123 cards. Of course, only 7 of the HOFers even have the SC 150 649OP as a possible back combo (so I have 1 of 7 possible).
Dave

[Wildfireschulte]

Out of 550 T206's, I have 3 649OP - Powers, Manning (bat) and O'Leary (port)

[atx840]

Fun project if you go for it.

[Troy Kirk]

I have five of these: Alperman, H. Davis, Ewing, Powers, Ritchey

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by atx840

Fun project if you go for it.

Nice Chris!!! I was waiting for you to post them.

[Tao_Moko]

Originally Posted by atx840

Fun project if you go for it.

Very cool. Do you think that these are tougher than the other factory SC 150 & 350 series backs?

[sandmountainslim]

I have 44 ungraded cards and only one is this overprint. Mike Powers.

[steve B]

I don't think they're as tough as Hindu, it's not really hard to find an example.

But oddly, when I joined and got interested in the factory as well as the brand I needed one "easy" back. Yep, the 649 OP. A gap that only took a few minutes to fill.

So maybe tougher than other 150's, but not all that hard.

For what it's worth, my collection is a bit odd because SC 350/460 f25 is supposed to be tougher than the others, but I had more of them than any other 350/460.

Steve B

[bn2cardz]

It isn't really that tough of a back to find unless you are looking for a particular subject with the back.

The numbers are a little skewed because out of the 524 fronts only 34 come with the back. So if out of the 478 cards you have records on included 1 of each of the possible fronts that come with this back then that means only 7% of the cards in your records could have possibly had the back in the first place. Then if you weren't concerned with the back type you had aprox 1/11 (9%) chance of getting this particular back. That comes to you having a 6.3% chance of getting this back in the 478 cards, which you hit those odds by getting 3 of them.


I don't think it is rarer to find one if you want them but randomly getting them in your collection is a little harder depending on what you are looking for.