Relative Rarity of T205 Matty with Diff. Ad Brands

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Posted By: Scott Levy

While the value of this card can easily be disagreed upon, the relative scarcity should be somewhat simple to extrapolate if one key assumption holds true. Based on what I know and have seen, the error occurs only on Cycle backs and is almost certain to occur on ALL cycle backs. So if we can figure out the rarity of Cycle backs for T205 and if the T205 Matty roughly matches this scarcity, we have our answer. The KEY ASSUMPTION is that T205 Matty Cycle reflects overall T205 Cycle rarity (which I estimate at appx. 3%).

So with a tip of the cap to Ted Z ... I propose a survey in which Net 54 members look at their T205 Matty Cards which they currently own and report the ad brand on the back. I'd love to get around 100 responses to have a decent sample size, but I'll work with whatever we've got. I will exclude myself so that we can get a better estimate

I have pre-populated this sheet with current Ebay for sale examples:
Brand Total to Date
American Beauty 0
Blank 0
Cycle 0
Drum 0
Hassan 1
Hindu 0
Honest 2
Piedmont 4
Polar Bear 2
Sweet Cap 6
Sovereign 0

Grand Total 15