rarest backs

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

How about these (see Leon's collection for examples)?
E135: Merchant's Bakery
W575-1: Queen City Cigar, Shotwell Mfg. Co., & Service Candy Co.

Merchants Bakery is very rare but in the near future it won't make the list.

[Wite3]

If you are going by percentage (less than 1% total population of cards) then you are going to have to add T205 Hindu, Drum, Broadleaf (both colors), American Beauty (both colors)...all appear on less than 1% of total T205s and are considered rare backs.

Joshua

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by Wite3

If you are going by percentage (less than 1% total population of cards) then you are going to have to add T205 Hindu, Drum, Broadleaf (both colors), American Beauty (both colors)...all appear on less than 1% of total T205s and are considered rare backs.

Joshua

Hi Joshua, I *think* the OP is going for <1% AND total population of around 50 or less.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Wite3

If you are going by percentage (less than 1% total population of cards) then you are going to have to add T205 Hindu, Drum, Broadleaf (both colors), American Beauty (both colors)...all appear on less than 1% of total T205s and are considered rare backs.
Joshua

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I was generally trying to limit myself to cards that would make up less than 1% of the total for the cataloged set.

darwinbulldog

OK, regarding the T213-1.....I brought to your attention that they seldom appear (on any given day) on Ebay. This is your stated requirement for a back to qualify
as "rarest".
But, you dismissed this input of mine.

Now, regarding T205's......Joshua has brought to your attention your less than 1 % factor requirement for a back to qualify as "rarest".

Well, DITTO goes for the following T206 backs......

AMERICAN BEAUTY 460
BROAD LEAF 460
Carolina Brights
DRUM
red HINDU
LENOX
PIEDMONT 460, Factory #42
UZIT

I have the data from a very large T206 survey which indicates that each of these backs are less than 1 % of the total T206 population.


So....are you now going to dismiss this requirement as you did for the T213-1 ? ?


TED Z
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[Wite3]

Well it depends on what he is talking about...if it is total number of cards...
T205 Hindu and Drum fit the example comprising far less than 1% of total cards and less than 50 known examples of each currently (although that can change).

if he is talking specific cards with specific backs (lets say, Phelps Broadleaf where there are only 2-3 examples) then he has to include the others like Broadleaf and American Beauty (I think Piedmont 42 misses this list now).

Joshua

[MMarvelli]

Originally Posted by Leon

Merchants Bakery is very rare but in the near future it won't make the list.

Teaser...

[ullmandds]

e92 red crofts candy and e101/d355 niagara baking.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Leon

Merchants Bakery is very rare but in the near future it won't make the list.

I see what you mean, though I wouldn't expect any of them to sell at those prices. What would the asking price be if there was a Hornsby? $200,000? (34 of them just appeared on eBay for anyone who would like to take a look.)

[nolemmings]

Holmes to Homes can be deleted. Now if you want an example with no back damage then you've got a scarcity, but otherwise they are less scarce than at least a half dozen other backs from m101-4/5.

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

I see what you mean, though I wouldn't expect any of them to sell at those prices. What would the asking price be if there was a Hornsby? $200,000? (34 of them just appeared on eBay for anyone who would like to take a look.)

Those are some pretty healthy prices, very tough cards to find though.