Thoughts on T206 Hoarding/Creating scarcities

[DeadBallEraCubs]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Barry- not so sure there's "several thousands" of each player out there. maybe for some, but i'd guess most players are less than that.

I agree. If there were that many, population reports would reflect it. I think that we can all agree that for the most part, pop reports are not accurate but they are a nice start in gauging how many of a particular card are out there. I think that most cards these days are submitted for grading (some, multiple times further jading the accuracy of pop reports) as folks know that this is a way to maximize your profits.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by DeadBallEraCubs

I agree. If there were that many, population reports would reflect it. I think that we can all agree that for the most part, pop reports are not accurate but they are a nice start in gauging how many of a particular card are out there. I think that most cards these days are submitted for grading (some, multiple times further jading the accuracy of pop reports) as folks know that this is a way to maximize your profits.

I disagree. I think a very large percentage of T206's are not graded.
Most are still "raw".

[barrysloate]

Hi Michael- I would venture to say nearly all T206 players are represented in the thousands. Maybe not the toughies, like Demmitt and O'Hara, but I would think nearly all of them still survive in great numbers.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Hi Michael- I would venture to say nearly all T206 players are represented in the thousands. Maybe not the toughies, like Demmitt and O'Hara, but I would think nearly all of them still survive in great numbers.

+1 Tens of thousands

[Pete Pyro]

I thought I remembered the number produced being around 370 million total and slightly less than 2 million still in circulation.

[MVSNYC]

Originally Posted by Pete Pyro

I thought I remembered the number produced being around 370 million total and slightly less than 2 million still in circulation.

I think Scot Reader wrote something along those numbers in his book. i thought it was around 1 million that survived, so if you do the math, it's less than 2,000 per player, and in many cases, i believe, much less.

Ted, Brian W, Jim/Tim, Wonka...jump in here. i may be wrong.

[Cardboard Junkie]

I think I heard K. O. has/had 2? Not sure and Red Wimmer wrote an article about a guy in Detroit that had 2 Wagz. Article was in SCD in the late 80's/ early 90's? I may be misremembering.

[GasHouseGang]

I wouldn't think one person could drive up the prices by purchasing all of the cards he could find of one player. However, I remember an article being written about Reggie Jackson going to a bunch of baseball card shows and purchasing all of his 1969 Topps rookie cards he could find. I don't know if it was his goal, but at least temporarily the price went up on that particular card.

[darwinbulldog]

Yes, most of them are still raw, and I would say that there are thousands left of almost every card in the set. Most of them it wouldn't make sense to get graded anyway, even if everyone in the world had complete knowledge of what they and their older relatives had and what it was worth and how grading works. If there's a difference between the price of a raw common in poor or fair condition and a graded one, it's less than the grading fee.

I know about the history of the Doyle discovery, but I'm wondering if there is (or ever was) someone who had any success in trying to hoard Wagner. Does anyone today own more than a few of them (or even more than 1 of them)?