OK T206 EXPERTS- How Many T206 survive today????

[packs]

One person had amassed 1400 T206s in just over 3 years of distribution according to the other find that was posted last week.

This collection was said to be in its original state and was maintained and collected by the original owner, who was the consignor's grand father.

So that was one person. Multiply that by the millions of other people who smoked cigarettes over that period.

Even if just one million people had received 100 cards over three years of distribution, that's 100,000,000 cards. If only 5 percent survived today that accounts for 5,000,000 cards.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by packs

One person had amassed 1400 T206s in just over 3 years of distribution according to the other find that was posted last week.

This collection was said to be in its original state and was maintained and collected by the original owner, who was the consignor's grand father.

So that was one person. Multiply that by the millions of other people who smoked cigarettes over that period.

Even if just one million people had received 100 cards over three years of distribution, that's 100,000,000 cards. If only 5 percent survived today that accounts for 5,000,000 cards.

this seems like a reasonable estimate...but I'm guessing fewer that 5m survive today.

[Northviewcats]

After seeing all of T206s at Nationals I would estimate "billions and billions"

[mrvster]

i have been dreaming of populations of T206 for years....and to imagine a lot of my scraps are "one of a kinds" or "twins" out of literally millions of T206 cards.....or owning a few variations or rare backs relative to the total population is just mind blowing

makes me happy

[ullmandds]

maybe someone can convince the census bureau to include this question in future versions!

[mrvster]

OMG!Great idea

[tedzan]

The guesstimate of 2 Million is a good ballpark number.

Scot Reader, in his very informative book "Inside T206", estimated approx. 1.6 Million. This translates to approx. 3000 cards
each per most Stars & Commons.

And of course, guys like Wagner, Plank, Magie, Lundgren (Cubs), Dahlen (Brooklyn), Elberfeld (Wash. portrait), and the two
St. Louis variations are an order of magnitude less than 3000 each.

Furthermore......only 8 (to date) authentic cards of the Joe Doyle Nat'l are known. I anticipate, that at best, a handful more
will eventually surface.


But, the Monste continues to surprise us with more finds....so, anyone's guess as to the actual numbers is as good as any.



T-Rex TED
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[oldjudge]

More than the number of grains of sand on all the world's beaches. Or, only slightly less than the aggregate weight of all the table holders at the National.