T206 Sweet Caporal Census Project

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1. Abbaticchio (Blue Sleeves) [Print Group 4]



I tinkered with the layout a bit. My aim was to make it easily readable.

The first section of the graphic shows the info from the PSA and SGC pop reports online. I included the SGC row only to show the total number they have graded, since we cannot break down their numbers by factory in their pop reports. For PSA, I included the total number of Sweet Caps graded in column B (155, in this case) and then on the far right column, I included the number graded broken down by factory number in the actual pop report (80, in this case). That essentially means there are 75 copies of this card graded that don't contain the factory number on the flip, or that were not properly added to the PSA pop report. The PSA Pop Report % is the percentage for each factory based on the number that were graded and include the factory number. So for that row for this example, the denominator is 80, as that is the number that were graded and labeled with factory numbers, not 155, which is the total number of SweetCaps that PSA has graded. The 155 column is included just to show the gap between the total graded and the total that were labeled with factory numbers.

The second section of the graphic shows my work cataloging the cards using the VCP website and their scanned images of cards based on sales. The first row is the raw number I found, and the row under it shows the percentage by factory of those that I was able to catalog. It is broken down by PSA, then SGC, and then total. "Not Cataloged" are the scans where I could not definitely tell what the factory number was.

The third section of the graphic shows the "quality control" stats for PSA cards only. I wanted to keep track of how many cards were labeled incompletely or incorrectly. Correct Label with Factory is self-explanatory. The label says SC 460/25 and the back is an SC 460/25. Incorrect PSA label, also self explanatory...the label says SC 460/25 but the back is an SC 460/42OP. T206 Sweet Caporal is a previous generation label where the factory number was not listed, so it was a mystery until I clicked the back. T206 was the original label, without the SweetCap designation at all. A few of those will end up being Piedmonts as well.

I added the date on the right side so I can remember when I collected the data, which will make it easy for me to go back and update, if need be.

And we are off and under way