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Posted By: Scot Reader

Here are the percentages from a T206 backs study that I completed on eBay between 2003 and 2005. The sample size for this backs study, which was a subset of a larger T206 study that I conducted, was 14,010. While this study was not large enough to yield precise data, hopefully these data will add some objectivity to the back premium discussion. My own view is that a premium should be assigned based on a hybrid of the Distinct Back data and the Brand data since some people collect distinct backs while others only collect brands. Scot

By Distinct Back (Brand, Series, Factory, etc.)

Piedmont 35031.52%
Sweet Caporal 350/3013.50%
Piedmont 15011.10%
Polar Bear5.55%
Piedmont 460/25 4.83%
Sweet Caporal 150/304.71%
Sovereign 3504.01%
Sweet Caporal 350/253.42%
Sweet Caporal 150/25 2.77%
Sweet Caporal 460/42 OS 2.20%
Black Old Mill Southern 2.07%
Old Mill1.97%
Sweet Caporal 460/301.76%
Sweet Caporal 150/649 1.64%
Sovereign 1501.49%
Tolstoi1.21%
Cycle 3501.09%
EPDG0.99%
Sovereign 4600.79%
Sweet Caporal 460/42 No OS0.69%
American Beauty 350 Frame0.55%
Sweet Caporal 460/250.52%
Brown Hindu0.46%
Cycle 4600.25%
American Beauty 4600.22%
Carolina Brights0.17%
Black Lenox0.12%
Piedmont 460/42 0.12%
American Beauty 350 No Frame 0.10%
Broad Leaf 350 0.09%
Drum0.05%
Uzit0.03%
Red Hindu0.02%
Broad Leaf 460 0.01%
Brown Lenox0.01%
Brown Old Mill Southern Not Seen
Old Mill Southern OSNot Seen

By Brand

Piedmont47.57%
Sweet Caporal31.21%
Sovereign6.29%
Polar Bear5.55%
Old Mill4.04%
Cycle1.34%
Tolstoi1.21%
EPDG0.99%
American Beauty 0.87%
Hindu0.48%
Carolina Brights0.17%
Lenox0.13%
Broad Leaf0.10%
Drum0.05%
Uzit0.03%