Most difficult cards in the T211 Red Sun set

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Originally Posted by DixieBaseball

Andy,
I believe it has something to do with when the T211's were made/distributed and when the Chattanooga team actually came into the Southern Association. (They were Little Rock, then sold and became Chattanooga) I also believe this is why Chattanooga is the most rare city in the T210-8 series. It probably had to do with when they joined the Southern Association. (Late) 1909/1910 joined/cards made/distributed.

I believe the T210-8 series was distributed in 2 waves. The 75 cards you see in Series 1 of T211 & T210-8 series players (75) were distributed in early 1910
and then a of course T211 never released a 2nd series, but T210-8 possibly released another 39 cards which 10 of them were from Chattanooga. I have been tracking the 10's and 11's and to me a pattern has emerged on rarity that is very obvious on the Series 8 T210's. The 39 (non T211 T210's) cards in Series 8 seem to be more difficult to find than the the First series (75) of T211/T210 cards. I think the 39 T210-8 cards not found in T211 were distributed later in 1910 thus making them more difficult to find. Another example would be Memphis. There are Memphis players that come up here and there and then there are 8 Memphis players of the 14 that are near impossible much like the Chattanooga players to find. Conversely, all 17 of the Nashville players are found in the Series 1 T211's, and were easier for me to complete in T210-8 subset than Chattanooga Memphis. Birmingham as well as the other teams have examples. If you go look closely at the 39 non T211 - T210-8's, and have collected them for 15+ years like I have you will see a clear pattern emerge. Now finding facts to back up my thesis is another story. Timelines, scarcity all check out.... More time is needed. Hope this wasn't too confusing.

That does make sense actually. And the 8 T206 proofs that included 2 Lookouts further backs this up I think. The possible 4th series of T206, if you will, would have finally had Chatt. players.

Thanks!