David G - many thanks for the kind words.
Steve B - I fully understood your comments were for Chicago.
Yes, it appears that perhaps Chicago made some "rookie" mistakes, but he's not the first to start a collection only to decide to change direction and start selling to support his new collection (he just did it in record time). And yes, some of his responses haven't sat well with some of the more veteran collectors, but he does seem to have a genuine interest in T206 backs. Although I do not collect T206's, I have read many posts about their backs and their scarcity levels. I've really enjoyed Ted Z's survey regarding the red Cobb and all the different backs, and some of the "surprises" from that survey. In the end, I do believe that doing something like this for all 520+ cards would be both fun and helpful for the hobby, I'm just not sure if something of this magnitude could be finished in 10 years. For anyone willing to take it on, I'm sure they could write a book that would sell very well to many of the collectors on this board.
FYI - I am not an alternate ID for Chicago, I just think he has a good point on this particular topic.
Bruce
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