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Scot Reader (ebay: sreader3)Here is a "top 20" scarcity ranking for southern leaguers compiled based on a 14,000+ card eBay survey I conducted between 2003 and 2005:
1T. Foster
1T. Thornton
3. Fritz
4. B. Hart
5T. Greminger
5T. Lafitte
5T. Paige
5T. Revelle
9T. Ellam
9T. Guiheen
9T. Violat
12T. Jordan
12T. Breitenstein
12T. Hooker
12T. Manion
12T. Reagan
12T. Smith
18T. Bernhard
18T. J. Hart
18T. Stark
The PSA pop report tells a slightly different story.
Note that Stark is the only Texas League subject in the top 20--and he barely cracked the list. The reason the six TL subjects are generally easier than the 42 Southern Association, South Atlantic League and Virginia League subjects is that the TL subjects experienced a longer print with the Piedmont 350 back. This is apparently because the TL subjects were introduced later in the T206 production process and their print continued after the print of the SA, SAL and VL had stopped. (Note that the TL subjects are not available with the Brown Hindu back that is known to have been introduced early in the T206 production process, whereas the SA, SAL and VL subjects are available with that early back type.)
There are two VLers that buck the general scarcity trend: Westlake and King, both of the Danville club. They are the most common of all southern leaguers according to my survey and the PSA pop report. I have no idea why.