T206 EPDG- - - how rare in your collection?

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Posted By: William Heitman

I've got to tell all of you that this thread has really provided me with a walk down memory lane. At the time The Monster was published. I was but one of three collectors(the other two were late comers to this obsession) I knew who had actually collected T206 all of the ways it could be--which meant you were a back collector. I published the book in an attempt to make more "back" collectors, and it is gratifying to me to see how many of them are out there now.
1. The thread started as a look at the scarcity of EPDG backs. My list shows 201 different EPDG backs, including many from the Eastern League and American Association. That's slightly less than 5% of my list. But that's not the complete story. As I was accumulating T206, I would never trade or sell one that I did not already have. And I traded and sold thousands upon thousands of dupes and EPDG were nowhere close to 1/10 of 1 percent of these dupes.
2. Now to the 150 only cards. A lot has been learned since The Monster. Of the original 9 that were pretty well established as 150 only and shown that way in the Monster, I have not had any of the nine with other than Piedmont, Sovereign and SweetCap 150's and Hindu. I have six of the nine with Hindu backs. Of the five in Ted's most recent post. it's the same situation. The reporting of EPDG backs on these, I believe, raises the potential of a 350 back. What I believe is that Hindu was there at the beginning and EPDG came along just before, or at the time, the backs were changed to 350's. Beyond the original nine and Ted's five, there are four more that I have never had a 350 back for: Spencer, Bost AL, Chase-throwing white cap, Jordan-PO and Schulte-batting front. I do have EDPG on the Chase. Again, I believe that a 350 back is probable for any that came out in EPDG. That would mean that I cannot confirm, but strongly suspect. So it appears that the 150 only should include the original nine, two from Ted's posting and three I mentioned in this post.
I'm sure we haven't heard the last word on this.