Question about the T206 Ty Cobb cards.......

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Posted By: Eric Brehm

I don't know if there were more T206 Cobb cards produced originally, but there are definitely more of his graded today than of any other player. This is undoubtedly due in part to the higher economic incentive to submit Cobb cards for grading. Also, I would guess that more of his cards have survived down through the years because of his popularity as a player.

Here are the top twenty most often graded T206 cards by PSA, among the 66,130 total cards labelled with "Unknown Back" (comprising about 70% of the 94,388 total T206's graded by PSA to date):

1. Ty Cobb Portrait Red ... 815
2. Christy Mathewson Dark Cap ... 542
3. Ty Cobb Bat Off Shoulder ... 456
4. Ty Cobb Bat On Shoulder ... 393
5. Frank Chance Portrait Yellow ... 376
6. Walter Johnson Portrait ... 361
7. Johnny Evers with Bat Chicago Shirt ... 353
7. Tris Speaker ... 353
9. Addie Joss Pitching ... 338
10. Christy Mathewson Portrait ... 332
11. Ty Cobb Portrait Green ... 331
12. Walter Johson Hands at Chest ... 329
13. Cy Young Portrait ... 327
14. Cy Young Glove Shows ... 321
15. Cy Young Bare Hand Shows ... 316
16. Hal Chase Throwing Dark Cap ... 298
17. Roger Bresnahan with Bat ... 297
18. Nap Lajoie Portrait ... 292
19. Hal Chase Portrait Blue ... 284
20. Christy Mathewson White Cap ... 276