T206 Reference / Reflections.....Tuesday Nite Trivia

[Bpm0014]

Thank you for your wealth of knowledge Ted.

[insidethewrapper]

Many collectors etc. know nothing about the grading services, and about 300 of each of these cards have already been graded. Wonder how many have not been graded ? Most cards in general have not been graded.

[Millerd33]

How many of the average polar bear common are out there?
Curious how this estimate lines up against the average polar bear population.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Millerd33

How many of the average polar bear common are out there?
Curious how this estimate lines up against the average polar bear population.

Good question.

There are 250 different subjects in the T206 set printed with POLAR BEAR (PB) backs.

American Litho (ALC) started their 1st press runs of the PB cards in the 350-only series (circa Summer 1910). There are 138 subjects in the 350-only series confirmed with PB backs.
The population range of these PB cards is 50 - 100.

Subsequently, ALC printed the PB backs on cards in the 350/460 series. In this series, 64 subjects are confirmed with PB backs. The population range of these PB cards is 100 - 300.

And finally, the PB backs were printed on all 46 subjects in the 460-only series. The population range of these PB cards is 25 - 75.

Given the above data, my theory is that the Demmitt and O'Hara (St Louis cards) were printed during the 350/460 press run.


TED Z
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[Millerd33]

Do you think the Demmitt/O'hara are notably any more rare than the average PB common? How would you rate it's survivor population vs the average PB common.

Much lower
Slightly lower
Almost equal
Equal

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Millerd33

Do you think the Demmitt/O'hara are notably any more rare than the average PB common? How would you rate it's survivor population vs the average PB common.

Much lower
Slightly lower
Almost equal
Equal

Your question is too general. It depends which series of POLAR BEAR (PB) cards you are comparing Demmitt and O'Hara with.

As I elaborated on in Post #549 here, there are 3 series of T206 cards in which PB backs were printed in. The 350/460 series subjects were printed
with a greater number of PB backs than the subjects in the other two series. This is an indisputable fact which is indicated in population report data.

For example....the population report data of the red Cobb shows 320 cards. This Cobb is in the 350/460 series; therefore, either Demmitt or O'Hara
would conceivably be 300+ cards (each). Since, it's my firm belief that these two St Louis variations were printed with this group.


TED Z
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[Millerd33]

Thank you for helping me through this. Lets narrow down more to try and see if I can get on the same page with my question.
Given any/average common in the 350/460 series. Is the Demmitt and O'hara any more rare than the other examples from that series?