[x2drich2000]

To follow up on my previous post, the point of using a high profile, highly collected player like Young, Cobb, Mathewson as an example allows us to make the general assumption that more of that player are graded vs non graded (these are likely to be closer to 100% being graded) and that the ratio between graded/non-graded cards of that player is somewhat consistent between different sets. As long as these assumptions are close (this of course is much more difficult on rarer sets), the relative scarcity between the different sets for that player, whether graded or not, can be determined. There are still going to be other factors at play such as different series, short prints, etc that will play with the actual numbers a bit, but the idea is there. Also, this obviously can't be done to compare a set like t212 vs t206 since none (?) of the players are in both sets.

With regard to print numbers, I think you are thinking of Scot Readers t206 book. Here's an old thread that discussed the E sets compared to each other and to T206s and includes some guesses/thoughts on populations:https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=83340