T206 backs in scarcity order

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

Hi Jim I agree it does need to be posted some where (Old Cardboard?)

What is the reasoning behind the AB 350 no Frame being so tough. I would buy AB's with and did not worry about the frame or no frame and have at an equal amount of both.

Lee

[cfc1909]

I always felt AB 350 no frame was tougher because they were only printed on the 350-460 subject cards-66 I think and AB 350 frame is in the 350 series with over 200 possibilities.

[scottglevy]

Yup....this discussion is definitely geared towards my addiction of T206 backs - I think that I've checked the thread four times today for updates

I agree that the Cobb/Cobb is a tough decision. If it were included I'd probably place it at #1 on the list. Although the total number of known Cobb/Cobb examples (14 or 15) known likely exceeds the known number of OM or Lenox brown cards - I find it not only possible but likely that several undiscovered examples of each exist. In fact, the OM brown in my collection was purchased by my dad many years ago and no special mention of the color was made. I don't think that a Cobb backed card would (or could) ever fly under the radar.

I would personally vote for the Cobb/Cobb to be included - I am biased though. This is probably the toughest call of all to make.

What a fun topic !!

-SGL

[Brian Weisner]

Hi JimB,
I agree with JimR that Cobb/Cobb gets left off of most lists due to the cost associated with acquiring one.... While I do believe that it was distributed differently than the rest of the "T206 set", it was produced by the same company and does belong on the list....

Hi Jim, Ted, Scott, Barry, etc....
I think we will continue to tweak this list as we plow forward toward the "Superset"....



Be well Brian


PS Can we go back 6-7 years when no one cared about the backs.....?

[Leon]

I can go either way on the Ty Cobb - Cobb back card. Not sure if it was mentioned in this thread but I thought for some time it was thought to maybe have come in the tins? Was that thought completely dispelled?

[ethicsprof]

I must say that when JimB puts on his professor hat and argues with
philosophical and logical acumen, it is most refreshing and convincing.
The arguments regarding Burdick's classification system coupled with
Ted's corroborative newspaper articles and the illustrative analogy regarding the lone woman on the major league team coalesce so cogently that i must
add my vote to place Cobb/Cobb on the list at #3.
If the blank backs would disappear, i could get some peaceful rest now.

great work T206 scholars.

Hi Brian, how's the ole tarhill buddy?

best,
barry

[FUBAR]

with only 15 known copies, does it really matter what you call it??

If you have one, do you really care?

Just do your dance of joy and wave it around and leave it at that!

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

I came across some data I compiled for a couple of years of the backs I use to own. Obviously this was before my quest for the Cycle 460s. I compiled this over about a 2 year period, I probably stopped around 2007.

AB 350 No Frame-4
AB 350 Frame-6
AB 460 - 5
Broadleaf 350 - 2
Carolina Brights-2
Cycle 350-10
Cycle 460-8
EPDG-3
Hindu-6
Hindu (SL)-1
Red Hindu-1
OM-11
OM (SL)-13
Pied 150 25-85
Pied 350 25-225
Pied 460 25-30
Pied 460 42-2
Pied 350 (SL)-14
Polar Bear-24
Tolstoi-11
Sov 150-2
Sov 350-7
Sov 460-13
SC 150 25-13
SC 150 30-30
SC 150 649-6
SC 350 25-11
SC 350 30-69
SC 460 25-4
SC 460 30-6
SC 460 42 PO-6
SC 460 42-5
Uzit-1

Lee