T206 carolina brights or brown hindu, which is tougher?

[Gradedcardman]

I have been following both for the last 12 months and have found the Carolina Brights to be quite a bit tougher to find. Either via eBay or from the major auction houses. I still love them both and am always looking for VG or better if anyone finds some

[FrankWakefield]

If you're sorting through bunches of old white border tobacco cards, you're likely to find more brown Hindu cards than Carolina Brights. Before folks were all excited about different backs, Hindu's were encountered occasionally, and Carolina Brights seldom.

[t206blogcom]

I've found Carolina Brights to be much more difficult to find than Hindu.

[Blitzu]

I've been in the T206 hunt for backs for over 5 years and have been a serious collector of cards for over 20 years. CB's are by far more scare than brown hindus. Brown hindus have been fairly readily accessible at any given time where as the CB's come and go once every few months from my standpoint.

Take the CB if you ever see one.

Also, to add to the discussion on AB 460's... good luck finding them. I have seen those less than I have seen CB's.

[judsonhamlin]

I think that I would rank the CB's up there with Broadleafs as being more difficult than Hindu

[mrvster]

I was just talking about this today ironically.....cb way tuffer than hindu...close to broadleaf in scarcity.....

[Ronnie73]

I keep track of all T206 rare backs on ebay and here is an exact breakdown starting from a year ago today. Cards listed multiple times were only counted as one card. Numbers are for cards that sold and didn't sell.

American Beauty 460 - 23 cards
Broadleaf 350 - 19 cards
Carolina Brights - 22 cards
Hindu Brown - 70 cards

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

I keep track of all T206 rare backs on ebay and here is an exact breakdown starting from a year ago today. Cards listed multiple times were only counted as one card. Numbers are for cards that sold and didn't sell.

American Beauty 460 - 23 cards
Broadleaf 350 - 19 cards
Carolina Brights - 22 cards
Hindu Brown - 70 cards

Ronnie - Do you have a break down on the Hindu's with respect to Southern Leaguer's vs non SL Brown Hindu's ? I would think the SL Hindu would be tougher than a regular Hindu to find...

[FrankWakefield]

Hard numbers, Ron. The low number of AB 460s surprises me slightly. Thanks for posting that. Seems most of us recognize that CB's are tougher to come by than Hindu's.

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

I keep track of all T206 rare backs on ebay and here is an exact breakdown starting from a year ago today. Cards listed multiple times were only counted as one card. Numbers are for cards that sold and didn't sell.

American Beauty 460 - 23 cards
Broadleaf 350 - 19 cards
Carolina Brights - 22 cards
Hindu Brown - 70 cards

Ron those are great numbers and thanks for sharing them. I would expect the brown Hindu numbers to be more than normal as at least one nice size collection of them was sold over several months this year.

[ethicsprof]

obviously anecdotal at best, but I have 1 C B and 10 brown hindus.
cb's have been much tougher.

best,
barry