Truly Rare Pre-War Cards

[Brian Van Horn]

1911 Sporting News:

[ullmandds]

there are probably handfuls of cards that are truly rare...but there is no real way to know for sure if 12 or less of a given card exist. you can look at pop reports til the cows come home...but noone really knows what cards are hidden in collections, attics or whatever. as a general rule I use...double the # of known specimens of a given card...and this is likely to be a more accurate guess of # of existing specimens.

[milkit1]

theres gotta be less then 12 of this one:

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[benchod]

Well you can start with the cards in the set of your avatar. I think most e107s would qualify

[bcbgcbrcb]

1904 Allegheny cards (all belived to be 1-of-a-kind)

[Abravefan11]

I don't think it gets much rarer than T231 Fans Cigarettes.

[fkw]

Just from the 1910-15 Era...

every single

T208
T214
T215 Pirate
T216 VE
T217
D303 Mothers
D380
E125
E221
E222
E224
E271
E286

etc.

[Collect Equity]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

as a general rule I use...double the # of known specimens of a given card...and this is likely to be a more accurate guess of # of existing specimens.

Do you think this would apply to the t206 Wagner as well? Estimates I've heard say it has 60-70 known copies, so would you say it's closer to 120-140 in actuality?