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

[RCFire82]

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[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

[53toppscollector]

Factory 25s are more rare than Factory 30s, but I don't think most people pay much attention to it, unless you are doing a back run.

Also, the reason for the disconnect on the PSA pop reports is that PSA started out only labeling some T206s as "Sovereign" or "Cycle" and not specifying which series it was. So if a player has a 150/350 or 350/450 for one of those backs, it is likely the count won't be exact.

There are also old slabs out there that were just labeled "T206" or "Piedmont" which is also why some of the numbers for 150/350 subjects don't add up.