About T206 Deal Finder — How It Works & Our Methodology

Mission

Help collectors find fair-priced, authentic T206 cards. We combine normalized historical pricing, condition context, back variations, and market velocity to surface listings that screen as attractive on a risk-adjusted basis.

Pricing you can sanity-check
Condition-aware comparisons
Back & scarcity context
No hype—just the numbers

How We Find Deals

1) Price Baselines

We map recent verified sales to grade tiers and adjust for outliers, eye appeal, qualifiers, and auction vs. BIN dynamics.

2) Condition & Variations

Listings are normalized by grade, notable defects, and pose/back variations. Back multipliers are applied where relevant.

3) Market Trend Check

We weight recency and momentum to avoid stale comps and flag fast-moving segments.

Deal Quality Ratings

Ranges are relative to our estimate of fair value for the same player/pose/back and comparable condition.

Grade	Label	Pricing vs. Fair Value	Typical Rationale
A+	Excellent	≥ 25% below	Mispriced BIN, soft close, or under-described lot; strong eye appeal for grade.
B+	Good	15–24% below	Clean comp gap, seller urgency, or grade/qualifier misread by market.
C+	Fair	5–14% below	Acceptable value with average eye appeal and common back.
D	Poor	At or above	Neutral/over market; often weaker eye appeal or aggressive ask.

Note: “Fair value” updates periodically and may differ from last sale due to trend, eye appeal, pop, and liquidity.

T206 Set Snapshot (1909–1911)

Issued by American Tobacco Company across multiple brands (“backs”).
524 subjects including Southern Leaguers and Hall of Famers such as Cobb, Wagner, and Mathewson.
Back scarcity materially affects value; we incorporate back multipliers when scoring.
Condition and eye appeal (registration, centering, color) matter as much as the numeric grade.

Looking for a specific player?
Use the player index to see current listings, recent comps, and expected value bands.

Open Player Index

Data Sources

Auction Houses

REA
Heritage
SCP
Others with verifiable results

Marketplaces

eBay (active listings)
COMC
Goldin

We normalize and reconcile data to reduce noise from shill risk, returns, relists, and extreme outliers.

FAQ

How often are fair values updated?

Regularly. Frequency varies by player/back liquidity. Faster for Cobb/Matty/Wagner tiers; slower for thin Southern Leaguers.

Do you include eye appeal adjustments?

Yes. We adjust for centering, color/registration, paper quality, and major defects relative to the slab grade.

Can I request a manual review?

Yes—send a link or cert number and we’ll provide a quick sanity check where possible.

Disclaimer

Market Risk: Vintage markets are volatile and illiquid. Do your own diligence.
Authenticity: Prefer graded examples or sellers with strong guarantees. Verify flips/relists.
Timing: Data reflects recent conditions and may lag fast moves.

Nothing here is investment advice.

Questions or Feedback?

Spotted a mispriced card or want a feature? We’d love to hear it.

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