This is a cool list, Phil, but where in the world are you getting your population numbers from? Actually, I know you're just making them up with your best guesses, but I'm not sure how responsible that is when there are probably going to be people to use your list or this thread as a whole as a reference source. Some cards which have one known example are listed as having a population of one. Others are listed as 2-4. Some aren't even known to exist at all, like the Mallorquina Willie Foster. Unless you know something I don't, there are zero examples of that card known.
Also, Denia should be 1951-52, not 1950-51.
I'm not trying to be too nitpicky and won't get into anything about the order (Irvin ahead of Charleston, seriously?) because we all have our own preferences and opinions on those. All in all, this is great work and I appreciate that you've put it together.
It would be interesting to see a list of specific examples of cards and how they'd rank. For example, the top of my list would be the SGC 84 Billiken Oscar Charleston. Also, there's a Punch Mendez with backing. That's hugely different than a skinned one and way more important. In fact, there's a Punch Padron with backing that I'd probably put ahead of 80% of the cards on the list.
It would also be really interesting to see how some of the other Negro League experts would rank their top 100 lists.
Thanks for your efforts!
-Ryan
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