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Originally Posted by Eric72
Unless I misunderstood, this comment suggests a print run differential (and/or surviving population) of 7:1 between 1st Edition and Shadowless. Do you have any evidence to support this claim?
I ran a card store in 1999/2000/2001. Pokémon was wildly popular at the store and I gained quite a bit of nuanced knowledge regarding Base Set during this time. The disparity mentioned above simply wasn't evident then.
Additionally, I took a cursory glance at the PSA pop report earlier this evening. This admittedly brief perusal didn't lead me to believe there is currently a wide gap in surviving examples.
I easily might have missed something, though. If you have verifiable print run information, or something similar, please share your knowledge. You've joined a tremendously inquisitive group of collectors here. We absolutely love that sort of thing. (if you ever want to see a really deep dive, check out some of the T206 baseball cards threads)
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No inside info! Just what I've garnered from talking with other Pokemon collectors. The operating theory among some of them is that the narrower gap in PSA reports is because a far higher percentage of desirable cards get sent for grading, while the graded pop of Base Unlimited represents a far smaller amount of its print run.
Frankly, I would defer to your experience here, as you actually handled the product coming in!
I'm very very slowly beginning to assemble a T206 – Providence Grays first. Loooove diving into those crazy detailed threads.