Why would the T206 Shaughnessy be so tough to find ?

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Posted By: Phil

OK, I finally took the time to go through PSA's Population Report to compare numbers with the above data for SGC that I posted last week:

PSA FINDINGS:

There were only 4 T206s with 100 or fewer graded by PSA:

Arch Persons - 93 Examples
Ed Foster - 96
Dom Mullaney - 98
J.F. Kiernan - 100

Most Popular graded by PSA:

James Westlake - 154
Dolly Stark - 142
Foley White - 137
Jimmy Hart - 135
Al Orth - 134
Charles Seitz - 134

NOW, COMBINING SGC & PSAs NUMBERS SHOW THE FOLLOWING:

Least Examples Combined in Both SGC & PSA:

Ed Foster - 141
Arch Persons - 144
Roy Ellam - 149
Sid Smith - 152
Harry Bay - 152

Most Examples Combines in Both SGC & PSA:

James Westlake - 222
Al Orth - 207
Jack Bastian - 204
Foley White - 201
Dolly Stark - 200
Tony Thebo - 200


Now going one step further with relation to Shag Shaughnessy:

His Numbers are:
SGC - 54 (23rd Rarest out of 48 Southern Leaguers)
PSA - 106 (12th Rarest out of 48 Southern Leaguers)
TOTAL - 160 (19th Rarest out of 48 Southern Leaguers)

So if we can take these two major card grading companies as a good sampling of T206s, then the rarest SL would be Ed Foster, the most common would be James Westlake, and Shag Shaughnessy would be the 19th rarest out of 48.

I know this doesn't take into consideration other grading companies and the vast amount of raw cards out there, but just thought I'd take a little time to elaborate on last weeks data. Now I have to get back to work.