Degree of Difficulty: American Beauty Backs

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

Recently won a lot with a T206 Gabby Street with an American Beauty back without the frameline (350 Subjects.) I am curious as to whether that back is rarer than the American Beauty back with the frameline?

Thanks, Patrick

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Posted By: stutor

According to the t206museum, in the 350 series, the back with no frame is slightly harder to find than the back with the frame. I've personally never noticed a big difference, but there are others out there who would know better.

http://www.t206museum.com/page/ch_scbklt.html

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Posted By: Craig

For what it's worth, here is some data regarding the frequency of the different American Beauty backs in T206. Right now, I have 91 different fronts. Of those, 11 carry the 460 back, 16 have the 350 no frame and the remaining 64 carry the 350 with frame. Remember that the minor leaguers weren't produced in the 460 series, so there are no 460 backs in that group. Also, I have not seen a minor leaguer with the 350 no frame back. All of my minor league cards have the 350 with frame back. Since there are so many minor leaguers in T206, this could probably be a big part of the reason for the differences in frequency when it comes to American Beauty backs. Hope that helps.

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Posted By: B C Daniels

and at the tender age of 28 ***. I am impressed! By the time you are 40 you should have one heck of a collection! You go bro!!! ...

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Posted By: Eric Angyal

In putting my back set together, I have also found that the 350 series with no border is way tougher than the 350 series with border (by at least a 3 or 4 to 1 ratio). Also, I have seen more 460 series backs than 350 series no border backs (probably a 2 to 1 or 1.5 to 1 ratio). Hope this helps. SCD is way off base on this multiplier.

Eric