T206 Back Rankings

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by Blitzu

I think the problem with using eBay as a source is skewed by the lack of knowledge. I feel like barfing every time I see the word "rare" listed on a sweet caporal, Tolstoi, or even cycle 350 back. It seems like anything non pied/SC is thought of as rare and the less knowledgeable consumers are (no pun) buying into it.

Rare needs to be left for Uzits, blanks, drums, etc. "Tough" is the appropriate designation for anything under red Hindu IMHO. If the markets reflected that I think the prices would be different. There also goes into consideration those that try to buy the whole market on one back, and the lack of those cards readily available at that given time will raise prices well beyond what they should be just because of a temporary shortage.

Blitz,

I think you hit it head on. People's lack of knowledge is raising the price of some of these backs sky high! People really like different backs when it comes to the T206's, but what I think we are running into are the fact that people really like backs like American Beauty 350 w/frame and Cycle 350 and kind of make them very much in demand just because they are popular, not necessarily because they are rare. At any given time you can find these backs on Ebay (not like common backs), so why are they so rare? I can understand some players with these backs being somewhat rare, but you have to know your stuff for that to be true, not just because of the back itself. I think the design itself makes some of these cards rise above the normal/general price that they usually sell for also.

[mrvster]

You all hit the nail on the head....these rarities will shift from positions occasionally when more is known about each back, beleve it or not even after over 100 years we are still learing something new everyday about the set.......collectors skew raritity when chasing in correlation to value, but we have a general idea of the "rarities"....

Lee, "rarities" are thrown around alot....i like anything red hindy and up classified as rarity, and include the bb.....

[CMIZ5290]

I still believe the sovereign 460 backs are greatly blown out of proportion. I think cycle 460's are definitely tougher. I have had many of each, and the cycle 460's have definitely brought a higher premium than the sov. 460's.....

[frankbmd]

My Broadleaf 350 common Abbott (BVG 3.5) was purchased in 2007 for about $200. Just noticed that a PSA 1 Clymer BL 350 sold on Ebay for over $400. I assume Broadleafs are rarer than any on the 12-24 list at the beginning of this post. Am I now wealthy?