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Originally Posted by ashes13
Is there a consensus as to the general ranking of scarcity of the colors as it relates to Cobb? Same question as to the set in genera?
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I don't think there is a consensus and opinions are likely anecdotal. I'd imagine it's not uniform across all players, although I don't any facts for stating that.
What is evident is the the Black Swamp Find added a significant portion of Red varieties. Here are some raw numbers from PSA and SGC. SGC doesnt subset color varieties and PSA only recently has. Lets look at 3 stars:
Ty Cobb- PSA graded 39 before differentiating, SGC has graded 52
- PSA color population: Red-1
Orange-4
Blue-5
Green-3
Black Swamp Red-18
Honus Wagner-PSA graded 31 before differentiating, SGC 72
- PSA Color population: Red-4
Orange-1
Blue-0
Green-2
Black Swamp REd-17
Black Swamp Green-18
Christy Mathewson-PSA graded 19 before differentiating, SGC 48
- PSA color population: Red-4
Orange-1
Blue-2
Green-2
Black Swamp Red-1
The numbers graded since PSA started breaking down color varieties are too small to assume the ratios are similar in their undifferentiated population ( and SGCs)
It would appear, however, if you have the cash the Red variety is most plentiful ( in general)