T206: What About Front Scarcity?

[tedzan]

1st....I personally think that there are approx. 500 each of these two cards (St Louis variations) in circulation. Perhaps,
for unknown reasons, there are a little less than 500 cards of O'Hara. I think you may agree that Demmitt appears more
often than O'Hara.

2nd....It is obvious that there were at least three press runs of POLAR BEAR cards. The first press run must have been in
the Spring/Summer of 1910 and included subjects in the 350-only series....of which the Demmitt & O'Hara were printed in.
From various surveys, it appears that this press run produced the lesser number of POLAR BEAR cards. The 2nd press run
included cards in the 350/460 series. From surveys, it is obvious that the greater number of POLAR BEAR cards were from
the 350/460 series press runs. Subsequent press runs of POLAR BEAR's included cards from the 460-only series.

Therefore, using the Demmitt & O'Hara population as a means of extrapolating the populations of regular T206's, I feel is
very tricky business. That very 1st press run (350 series) of POLAR BEAR's was relatively limited.


TED Z