1869 Red Stockings

[Baseball Rarities]

Gary - I have not really tracked known specimens, but I will take a wild guess that there are ~ 20 trade cards with any of the known backs (many of these have trimmed mounts) and ~ 50 CDVs which are known with a variety of backs - blank, those with a roster, Peck and Snyder, Chadwick, Haney’s, etc.

Would love to know what others estimate.

[bgar3]

My estimate to Gary was not broken down but was about 50.

[GaryPassamonte]

Originally Posted by bgar3

My estimate to Gary was not broken down but was about 50.

I said 40-50. I did a check of PSA and SGC population reports. They have graded 12 large (P & S) and 12 small (cdv). PSA lists 5 others without mentioning large or small. That brings us to 29 total graded examples. Of course, the accuracy of this information is questionable, but it gives us an estimate for all graded examples.
I also checked the total amount auctioned through REA and Heritage. These figures go back to 2004 for REA and 2005 for Heritage. There were 9 P & S examples and 8 cdvs auctioned including both REA and Heritage. I adjusted for two examples, one P & S and one cdv, that were auctioned twice.
I'm surprised that this sample gives us an almost equal amount of P & S and cdv cards. I would have thought the cdvs would have outpaced the P & S cards.