Apple Mail 7.1 shows unread badge when nothing is there

Hoping for help - since upgrading to Mavericks, my "Unread" smart mailbox shows a "23" badge, but nothing in the folder. Nothing is hiden, and I've tried several things all to no avail:
+ Mail/Rebuild
+ Creating a new Smart folder for all unread - still shows "23"
+ checked the webmail version for anything "unread" - (nothing...)
Thanks in advance.

Quit your mail entirely, then in terminal do:
mv ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope* ~/Desktop
This moves all your "Envelope Index*" files to your desktop. An alternative is deleting the files, but this allows you to keep them as a temporary back-up (you can delete them at-will later). Also, you can move the files from Finder instead of Terminal, if you prefer.
After the files have been moved, re-open Mail
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While this works, it does not explain the reason the count goes missing, nor does it ensure that the count won't go missing again in the future, but at least it's a temporary workaround.

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