Card Collector's Bulletin, 2/1/59: Notes from J. R. Burdick, Preston Orem on T216

[trdcrdkid]

I was just crunching a few of the numbers from Bray's estimated values for the T206s in the auction for this issue. He had 185 different AL T206s in excellent condition with an estimated value of $11.56, and 176 different NL T206s in excellent condition for $11.00, both of which are 6.25 cents a card. Then he has several lots of poor to good condition T206s (175 different AL and NL, 91 different AL, 155 different NL) valued at 5 cents a card. So in Bray's estimation, T206s in excellent condition only commanded a premium of 25% over those in poor to good condition. Obviously that premium is exponentially higher today. On the other hand, Bray valued 26 different T206 Southern Leaguers in poor to good condition at $6.50, or 25 cents a card, five times the value of major leaguers. Although SLers are still more expensive than major leaguers, that spread has narrowed a lot since 1959.