Question about Heitman's "The Monster"

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Posted By: Richard

Evening Folks,

Today I got "The Monster" by Bill Heitman in the mail. It is certainly a very interesting read. Anyway, considering this book was published in 1980 (the year I was born!), I am wondering if his groupings of scarcity still remain in tact.

After the Big Five, he says the following are the next toughest:

Kleinow, Boston AL
Smith, Chicago & Boston, AL
Elberfeld, Portrait, Washington
G. Brown, Washington
Lundgren, Chicago, NL

Followed by:

Mullin, Detroit (Horiz)
Chase, New York, A.L. (pitching with white cap)
Mathewson, New York, N.L. (pitching with white cap)

And then the Southern Leaguers.


Do those of you on the board with T206 feel that this is still an accurate assessment of T206 scarcity (referring to fronts only)? I mean, now that we have the Internet, it's not hard to find some of these cards very easily (just go through some of the Vintage links). Is it just a coincidence that I checked the right sites first time out, or is the added premium for these cards because of the hype created by Heitman et. al?

Thanks for your input!

Richard.
http://www.richardarmstrong.ca