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Posted By: Mark

Barry,

I'm not an expert on this. Whenever I have a Turkey Red question, I go to Craig or Keith. They know a lot more than I do.

However, I do know that certain cards in the second series are almost always found with one back or the other. FOr example, Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson and Harry Lord are almost always found with the Turkey Red back. It is unusual to find any of them with a checklist back. On the other hand, Chief Bender, Ed Lennox and Admiral Schlei are almost always found with a checklist back, and almost never a Turkey red back. You can verify this, to some degree, I am told, by checking the PSA population reports. When I first heard this info, I started watching as these cards came up in auctions. It almost always holds up.

No, these cards do not bring any great premium, for two reasons. First, most people don't know about it, and secondly, it probably wouldn't matter much to most people, unless you are working on a master set. You may not be able to get Lennox with a checkist back, but most people wouldn't care, because they can get that back easily with a different front.

But Patrick didn't ask about value - he asked about rarity. Depending how strictly you use the word "rare", I beiieve NO ADDRESS backs are, to some degree, rare.

Mark