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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb
Another thing to keep in mind about relative scarcity of the W600's besides common vs. star players is those players that were first issued much later in the series than the earliest from 1902. This makes HOF'ers such as Cobb, E. Collins, Baker, etc. that much rarer than other W600 HOF'ers.
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Phil is absolutely right. Cobb was one of the last HOFers to be offered by the Sporting Life. His card was not offered until October of 1907. The only other HOFers to be offered after that are Collins and Baker. Duffy, who was first offered at about the same time as Cobb is not even known to exist.
I think that the Sporting Life Cabinets were very popular when for the first few years that they were produced (1902-05), but quickly lost popularity as time went on since they basically just reissued the same card every year while adding some new players.
I know of 6 examples of Cobb in the hobby and doubt that more than 10 are known to exist. He is definitely one of the more difficult HOFers to find and his popularity definitley makes is a very desirable card.
FWIW and for the rookie card collectors out there, the HM Taylor, Wolverine and Dietsche postcards of Cobb were issued before his W600 card. Additionally, the 1906 Sporting Life Detroit team postcard was issued before all of them.