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Originally Posted by RCFire82
Thanks James, didn't catch your response until just now...was mesmerized by the Old Mill Magee.
Do you feel like the 350/25 sweet caporals should command more of a premium than they do ? I get what you're saying about not paying much attention unless it's a back run, but then wouldn't the same logic apply for Piedmont 42's ? And the big difference being where P42's are placed in the back scarcity list versus where the SC 350/25's are placed. Seems like the sweet caps should be moved WAY up the lists that are out there.
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Someone with more experience can weigh in, but I think the difference between the SweetCap 25s and 30s is noticeable, but not massively so. I think part of the issue is that PSA did not always differentiate in the early stages of grading, so its hard to have a really accurate count.
For example, if you look at Chance Yellow, PSA lists 363 total SweetCap backs. They then break it down as
350/25 = 18
350/30 = 77
350-460/25 = 27
350-460/30 = 15
350-460/42 = 18
350-460/42OP = 17
That comes out to 172 total....so, there are close to 200 SweetCaps that were not labeled by series/factory. Which is a problem when trying to figure out actual pops. I think the Chance is an exception to the rule too because its a super print. The same goes for how the Piedmonts are represented in the pop report. For Chance Yellow, there are 302 Piedmonts, and then by factory number:
Piedmont 350 = 96
Piedmont 350-460/25 = 41
Piedmont 350-460/42 = 11
That gives you 148...so we are missing over 150 Piedmonts in those totals.
If you look at the Piedmont 350-460 Factory 42, there are a bunch of cards with only a handful of known examples. I'm just focused on portraits, but
Chase (Blue) - there are 4 in the PSA pop report
Murray - there is 1, compared to 63 Factory 25 and 145 total Piedmonts
Schlei - there are 2, compared to 46 Fac 25 and 114 total Piedmonts
Wiltse With Cap - there are 2, compared to 57 Fac 25 and 113 total Piedmonts
SweetCap 25s are more scarce compared to SweetCap 30s, but the raw totals aren't as stark as they are for the Piedmont Factory 42s