Survival Rate of N172 Old Judge

[sandmountainslim]

In my studies of the T206 (to satisfy my OCD) I learned that many experts believe there are about a million T206 cards in circulation and about 3000 examples of the average common card.
My recent fascination over OJ has gotten me to wondering if anyone had made similar educated estimations about the survival rate of this set?
I am guessing there is likely less than a million total for the surviving cards and probably a great deal less than 3000 of the surviving commons. I base this on pricing
Does anyone have any more accurate numbers?
Thanks.

[BicycleSpokes]

I read your earlier thread today with interest, and found myself wondering this exact thing! Hope somebody can shed light on this...

[z28jd]

There is no player(including all his poses/variations) that comes anywhere close to 3000 examples, or even half that much. Some players have less than ten examples. I'd be very surprised if there were 100,000 Old Judge cards in existence.

[Fred]

John,

Can you please provide an estimate of how many Larry Corcoran cards are in existence? The total shame is that 80% of all known copies would be destroyed if a 2 square foot area were to be ignited.....

I've wondered the same thing myself. How many of these cards are still around.

[darwinbulldog]

I would guess there are at least 2 million T206s.

100,000 is probably a good estimate for OJs.

[sandmountainslim]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I would guess there are at least 2 million T206s.

100,000 is probably a good estimate for OJs.

You could be right. When I got into T206 I figured they were like hen's teeth due to the age then I noticed I was having zero problem finding cards in my price range and realized they must have been produced in the multi millions