Price Check Aisle 9...

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by Pilot172000

Please allow me to restate my intentions of this post. I for the most part know the general progression of common to rare backs. This board does an amazing job of illustrating that. I also know that through a tremendous amount of digging that most sites especially ebay are inflated in price mostly because of cost of doing business. While I would certainly love to have all the backs I asked about in the first post, my intent is to get a solid guide post as to which direction to start. Do I try to pick up most of the uncommon backs? Do, I set my sites on a singular back like the American Beauties and branch out slowly? I completely understand that many on here painstakingly spend and enormous amount of time researching and collecting early tobacco cards are are not too keen on giving advice to neophytes. For that I apologize.

Remember that the common to rare back list is just a guideline. Sure a Drum back is considered rarer than a Sweet Caporal back and to a degree they are, but when broken down by the player on the front, then that is when you will find where the commonness and rarity begins.

Ask a board member or T206 collector assembling a back run of a certain player. A lot of times the Sweet Caporal back is the last back they need to complete their player run.

Two things that you should focus on besides the backs are availability and opportunity.

[Pilot172000]

Originally Posted by Jantz

Remember that the common to rare back list is just a guideline. Sure a Drum back is considered rarer than a Sweet Caporal back and to a degree they are, but when broken down by the player on the front, then that is when you will find where the commonness and rarity begins.

Ask a board member or T206 collector assembling a back run of a certain player. A lot of times the Sweet Caporal back is the last back they need to complete their player run.

Two things that you should focus on besides the backs are availability and opportunity.

I've run into that with the Nap Lajoie portrait. The difficult ones aren't the ones you expected and finding certain cards in better condition is very difficult. Is it me or are red portrait Ty Cobbs fairly common due to the fact he was in almost every set??

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by Pilot172000

I've run into that with the Nap Lajoie portrait. The difficult ones aren't the ones you expected and finding certain cards in better condition is very difficult. Is it me or are red portrait Ty Cobbs fairly common due to the fact he was in almost every set??

Red portrait Cobb is the most common T206, according to a census that was done a few years ago. It's one of the six "super-prints" that appeared in all three series (150, 350, 460).

[DeanH3]

If you run across a red Cobb nicely centered with bold color and perfect registration, don't pass it up. A common card but tricky to find with nice qualities. Good luck on your hunt!

[Pilot172000]

Originally Posted by DeanH3

If you run across a red Cobb nicely centered with bold color and perfect registration, don't pass it up. A common card but tricky to find with nice qualities. Good luck on your hunt!

I have hovered over a lot of PSA 2 Red Cobbs with good qualities and some bad. It's on my short list for sure.

[Leon]

+1 Some cards are very common in regular grade and dimensions. And then there are some you can never find centered, focused or whatever. There are literally an unlimited amount of ways to collect. I echo everyone's sentiments in, take some time to find what YOU really enjoy and go that route. It's the best one. Just because 50s rookies are hot doesn't mean you HAVE to collect them. (although I think it could be fun )

Originally Posted by DeanH3

If you run across a red Cobb nicely centered with bold color and perfect registration, don't pass it up. A common card but tricky to find with nice qualities. Good luck on your hunt!