T206 - Higher Grade Or Rarer Back?

[mrvster]

how about a freak?

Hands down, rare back....hands down

[AMBST95]

I'm also building a set in VG TO VG-EX and also decided to try to find at least one good example of each back if I can. I know I might only get a low grade Drum, lenox or Broadleaf, but that I might pull a couple PSA 5 EPDG, Sovereign, or Polar Bears to keep my overall set grade up. I also decided to try to collect all of the SLs in Old Mill backs. If it was my perfect set I'd have an even distribution of each back, but that's not going to happen unless I hit the lottery. I guess to each their own, but I like the idea of my set really demonstrating the variety within the set and going higher grade/common back really fails to do that. I try to collect T206s, not just Piedmont and Sweet Caps.

[familytoad]

If you aren't going to collect the whole set, (remember the monster usually wins) instead of choosing between high grade and rare backs...go for the Hall Of Famers!!
Get the nicest ones you can, because in 20-30-40 years, your potential buyers will know who Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Nap Lajoie and Ty Cobb are...but Chappy Charles may not be appealing to anyone no matter what the extinct tobacco brand he's advertising says...

And now I realize you already mentioned that you were looking at HoFers...I don't collect T206 because there are too many commons for my taste, and you cannot read the back to get any information about the players. (i grew up memorizing Topps cards)

So I revise my answer to higher grade common backs , of HOFers