The printing of the very scarce AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 cards appears to breakdown into 3 levels of scarcity.
1st......and easiest to find, the "Exclusive 12" are certainly more available than any of the other 62 subjects
with AB 460 backs. I believe these 12 subjects were printed on a sheet separate from the other AB 460's.
Crandall (cap)
Devore
Duffy
Ford
Gandil
Geyer
Hummel
McGraw (glove at hip)
Pfeffer
Sheckard (glove)
Tannehill (Chicago)
Wheat
2nd......and considerably tougher than the Exclusive 12 are the following 38 subjects......
Bell (pitching)
Berger
Bescher (arms above)
Bradley (bat)
Bridwell (portrait-cap)
Burch (fielding)
Camnitz (arms at side)
Chance (bat)
Chase (trophy)
Cobb (bat off)
Conroy (bat)
Crawford (bat)
Herzog (Boston)
Howell (hands at waist)
Jennings (two hands)
Jordan (bat)
Lake (with ball)
Lake (no ball)
Latham
Leach (cap)
Leifield (bat)
Manning (pitching)
Marquard (follow thru)
Merkle (throwing)
Mullin (bat)
Needham
Overall (blue sky)
Pfeister (throwing)
Schaefer (Washington)
Schulte (back view)
Schlei (portrait)
Schlei (bat)
Seymour (portrait)
F. Smith (Chicago & Boston)
Tinker (bat on)
Wagner (bat on right)
Doc White (pitching)
Willetts
3rd......and the most difficult of all of these 74 - AB 460 cards are these 24 subjects......
Abbaticcio (blue sleeves)
Ball (Cleveland)
Bergen (catching)
Camnitz (hands over head)
Doyle (portrait)
Frill
Jennings (one hand)
Lajoie (bat)
McGraw (portrait-cap)
McQuillan (bat)
Meyers (portrait)
Murray (portrait)
Oldring (bat)
Overall (yellow sky)
Payne
Pelty (vertical)
H. Smith (Brooklyn)
Steinfeldt (bat)
Stovall (bat)
Tinker (bat off)
Wilhelm (bat)
Willis (bat)
Wiltse (pitching)
Wiltse (portrait-cap)
I've listed these 3 levels of scarcity of the AB 460 cards based on my experience collecting this T206 sub-set
during the past 8 years. Furthermore, this list factors into account other collectors want-lists of AB 460 cards.
Show and/or tell us of your experiences collecting these tough AB 460 backs.
TED Z
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Still searching for these 4 cards to complete my AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 sub-set (74 subjects)
CAMNITZ (hands over head)....
DOYLE (portrait)....
McGRAW (portrait-cap)....
TINKER (bat off shoulder)
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