Timeline of Demmitt & O'Hara (St Louis cards). Show us your Demmitt & O'Hara cards

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by sreader3

Hi Ted,

My sales data support your premise that the populations of Demmitt (St. L) and O'Hara (St. L) are more in line with the Polar Bear (PB) populations of 350/460 regular print subjects than the PB populations of 350-only or 460-only subjects.

Generally speaking, the PB sales frequency of 350-only subjects is about 2X lower, and the PB sales frequency of 460-only subjects is some 4X lower, than the PB sales frequency of 350/460 regular print subjects [which, again, are in line with the Demmitt (St. L) and O’Hara (St. L) sales frequencies].

I'm not sure this leads inescapably to the conclusion that Demmit (St. L) and O'Hara (St. L) were printed contemporaneously with 350/460 regular print subjects, but I agree that this fact and the others you cite provide some circumstantial evidence.

[One reason I am hesitant to draw a firm conclusion is that several Midwestern subjects -- Joss (Pitching) and Willis (Throwing) come to mind – seem to have been printed in much higher numbers with Polar Bear than other subjects from their subject groups. It seems to me not out of the realm of possibility that Midwestern bias, rooted in the fact that Polar Bear was sourced in Ohio, could help explain why Demmitt (St. L) and O’Hara (St. L) share the 350/460 regular print population profile].

On another front, I fully concur with you that there are more than 200 copies of each of these guys around – probably more like 300 per. When I “guesstimated” back in 2006 that there might be about 200 copies of each, my premise was that the Polar Bear population was roughly the same for all subjects with which that back exists. We now know that’s not true, and that Demmitt (St. Louis) and O’Hara (St. Louis) are “uncommonly common” with Polar Bear.

Best wishes this holiday season my friend.

Scot

Well, we have always wondered where in the scheme of things the St Louis variations of Demmitt and O'Hara were printed. I'm convinced that American Lithographic
included these two variations with the 350/460 Series POLAR BEAR print runs.

I really appreciate your independent analysis of your huge T206 survey which reinforces my research on this subject. And thanks for all the kind words regarding this.

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year my good friend.


TED Z
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