What's up with these t206 sold auction prices ???

[Pat R]

Strong prices for tough to find Old Mills isn't anything new a PSA 4 Cicotte Old Mill sold for over 6k in 2014.

[Ronnie73]

Pop reports are not perfect, but you can still tell what seems to be more rare than other T206's or other backs. You just need to know how to use them to your advantage. Out of all the Old Mill's listed, I needed 7 of them. Four of them were from Print Group One and 3 were from Print Group 4. I knew I was in no position for any of the Print Group One's but could have probably won the 3 cards from Print Group 4 but would have felt as if I over paid for them. So I let them pass. I'm sure if I posted a want list here or on one of the Facebook groups, I'd get a few of those cards at a better price. Although I haven't purchased much lately, I do collect the Old Mill subset. After fixing my checklist, I'm at 193 out of 311 cards. I already have the 48 Old Mill SL's. I'd guess there are probably 10 hard core collectors of this subset. The recent prices were on the high side, but understandable.

[RCFire82]

Thanks Ronnie. Learning is occurring.
Can someone speak to (a cliff notes version) what the Old Mill "print groups" are all about ? I'll be checking the n54 annals as well.
-Thanks

[nineunder71]

Check out t206resource.com

Under the checklists tab, you will find a list of the print groups

Learning is half the fun! Good luck

Originally Posted by RCFire82

Thanks Ronnie. Learning is occurring.
Can someone speak to (a cliff notes version) what the Old Mill "print groups" are all about ? I'll be checking the n54 annals as well.
-Thanks

[RCFire82]

👍
Perfect.

[Leon]

I thought the prices were crazy at first too. Some guys are addicts or something.

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[RCFire82]

Been reading up on the backs and population reports (psa's at least) and have a better understanding why these particular Old Mills went for what they did. But in doing so, I've come away with two questions.

On the PSA pop. report it states (Abbaticchio for example) total Sovereign 27 but then breaks it down to Sovereign 150's 8 and Sovereign 350's 5...wasn't sure how to read this.

I also noticed Sweet Caporal 350's Fact. 25 can be exteremely low in number (sometimes lower than scarce and rare backs), yet every back scarcity checklist I've seen has them near the end as one of the most common backs.

*Sorry if these are newb inquiries