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Frank WakefieldWhile I hold Jay in high regard, as well as his insight into old cards, I think that series 8 and series 6 cards are quite close together in difficulty.
Series 8 cards contain many more players who had been or were headed for the majors. Collectors of the day would have been more likely to retain those cards. Series 6 cards have few major league players, few players that went very high at all... those cards would have been subject to a higher rate of contemporary discarding.
Even today, I think there are more collectors of series 8 than there are series 6. And pointing out the difficult Jackson in series 8 can't be fairly done unless mention is made of Charles Dillon Stengel's card with Maysville Kentucky in series 6.
As far as prices, I agree that series 8 cards will cost a bit more, because more folks are taking a stab at collecting the set, the series, or at least the cards of a particular city.
6, 7, and 8 series collectors are in for a long trek. And it seems to me that there are a few cards in each of the series that aren't as plentiful as the others. Goostree leaning on a bat comes to mind in series 6.
Series 3 cards can be found without much difficulty. Series 1 and 2 are about as easy to locate. I think putting any of these 3 series together could be accomplished with money and 4 or 5 months of searching eBay and card dealers. Series 4 and 5 are a bit more difficult.
Isn't it refreshing to see a thread where all of the posts are actually about baseball cards, instead of people, grading, politics, and worse??