Toughest T206's

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Darren,

1. Ganley
This is one of the "elite eight" subjects from the 150/350 series that was printed in the 350 series ONLY with the Piedmont 350 back, i.e., you will NOT find Ganley with Sweet Caporal 350 or Sovereign 350. That is the reason for the added difficulty. The likely reason that Ganley experienced a truncated print with 350 series backs is that Bob Ganley was traded by the Sens early in 1909.

2. Bastian
Your view of his difficulty is a bit curious--or maybe not. Bastian is more difficult because he is a Southern League subject; however, as a Texas Leaguer he was printed in greater quantity than many (34 to be exact) of the other Southern League subjects.

3. Otey
Now you are talking. Otey is one of the 34 "150/350" Southern League subjects released in mid-1909. As such, he was printed with Brown Hindu, but experienced an abbreviated print run with Piedmont 350, which accounts for his relative scarcity.

4. Paige
See Otey.

5. Shag
See Otey.

6. Zimmermann
Zimmerman is a garden variety 350-only subject. I have not found him to be notably difficult--and in fact had a duplicate of him that I sold last year.

Scot