"Back run" defined

[Mighty Casey]

Might be a silly question... I'm considering a "back run" on a specific T206 card. Do I need to consider/include the various factory designations or would brand names only suffice?

Realizing this is likely just a matter of collector preference, I'm curious as to what others say.

Thanks

[ullmandds]

as you've stated...this is a personal preference. if it is me...I'm getting all backs known to exist including any back/front variations including factory variations as my goal.

but again...this is just me!

[Luke]

Yeah, totally up to you. I know of some people who don't care about the different factory numbers, so they don't get all the Sweep Caps. Most people include all the factory numbers though. Some Sweet Caps are really tough to find. They can make back runs more fun because you're looking for a rare combination, but when you find it, you won't need to pay a huge premium.

[Sean]

It's up to you, but I always consider a back run to include Factory numbers. Only the Piedmont 42 will be expensive.
I also count Blank backs (if you are using T206resource.com as a guide, remember that they list the Blanks separate from the other back info).
I also include Brown/Yellow scraps, but I have a compulsive personality, so maybe you shouldn't be listening to my opinion.

[ullmandds]

additionally...very short runs don't interest me in the least...like t206 SL'ers...where there are only 4-5 diff backs. My miller run will likely take me a lifetime to complete...if ever!

[Sean]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

additionally...very short runs don't interest me in the least...like t206 SL'ers...where there are only 4-5 diff backs. My miller run will likely take me a lifetime to complete...if ever!

Or if you really want a short run, try a Demmitt or O'Hara St.L. They only come with Polar Bear backs.

Seriously Pete, good luck with the Big Glove run.

[Harford20]

Or if you want a huge back run, pick one of the "super prints". I am only 15 different backs into the 23 or 24 (still some to be confirmed) known back variations for the Chance yellow portrait. Like Ullmandds, this is a lifetime project with the ones I still need.
Dave

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Sean

Or if you really want a short run, try a Demmitt or O'Hara St.L. They only come with Polar Bear backs.

Seriously Pete, good luck with the Big Glove run.

haha...nice sean...but a single card cannot be a run by definition!

[trdcrdkid]

As others have said, it's totally up to you. When I first started collecting T206 backs in the early-to-mid 1990s, pretty much nobody paid attention to factory numbers. Even Piedmont Factory 42 didn't really command a premium, or maybe just a small one, as far as I know. So when I put together this page around 1994/95, I considered the Piedmont, Sweet Caporal, and Sovereign parts of my back collection to be complete at a 150, 350, and 460 of each:



When I got back into T206 more seriously in the past year or two, factory numbers had become an important factor in most people's definition of a back collection (or back run of a single player), and I began to pay attention to them too. I looked through my Piedmont 460s from back in the day and found that I didn't have any Factory 42s, but I was able to pick one up from Ted Z at the National this year. Then a few months ago I did an inventory of my T206s by backs, including factory numbers, and found that I had all of the Sweet Caporal backs except for 460 factory 42, no overprint. Luckily I was able to find one almost immediately, and I didn't have to pay any kind of premium. (I just recently got another one, and didn't even realize that's what it was until I got the card in the mail and looked at it closely.)