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Posted By: Tim Newcomb

Here's more or less what Todd and I have come up with. Fuller details in a future 2008 issue of Old Cardboard. Blank spaces between groups indicate a significant jump in the degree of scarcity.

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sporting news
famous-barr (M101-5 only)

standard biscuit
the globe
weil

indianapolis brewing
gimbels- italic print

famous-barr (M101-4)
the tribune
gimbels- large block print
wares
morehouse baking
herpolsheimer
burgess nash
block and kuhl

successful farming
everybodys
mall theater
gimbels- small block print
holmes to homes
green joyce

These last five (six if you care about the Gimbels printing variants) are definitely tougher than the rest. We had Everybody's as THE toughest back until the group of about 25 recently auctioned by Heritage, I think it was. With that little group it jumped past Mall Theater, Holmes to Homes, and Green-Joyce. This tells you how small the samples are on the tough backs.