T206 green portrait Cobb centering....SURVEY....updated

[danmckee]

I own 4 green Cobbs, I have one on ebay which I think you people addressed here already.

To say Ted's survey has proved anything is ridiculous. You people have no clue how many huge collections of raw vintage cards are in old timers collections. I visited a gentleman who has 3 T206 sets less the biggies, a T205 set and a T207 set. He doesn't even collect cards, he is a memorabilia giant. There are 3 green's right there that you have no clue are centered or not.

If there are 300 or 500 green Cobbs out in the hobby, and Ted has survey'd 30, is that a good testing environment? Can you take the 30 and say the results cover the remaining hundreds that you didn't see? I say no. Is it possible? Of course Ted's survey may cover the majority but it is also very possible that it doesn't. If Ted survey'd half of them or 3/4s then ok, that is proof. But these little wannabe surveys here on this board are not proving anything with the population of any fairly common cards in the hobby.

Has Ted done a good job? Of course he has, he loves it and is passionate about it. But does his work prove anything? Be realistic folks.

It is neat to see the results Ted comes up with during these mini surveys but as far as proof positive, nah.