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Posted By: Richard Masson

There is no "Laffer Curve" for baseball cards- an optimal amount of wear on a card that makes it most desirable- virtually everyone wants as nice a copy as they can afford. A straight upward sloping line.
Price is the variable that makes it tricky.

Availability means something too. Many sets don't come in high grade. A PSA 7 E107 would look bizarre in a group of SGC 10s and 20s. I would have no desire to own such a thing (at what it might cost). On the other hand, there are plenty of caramels graded 4s and 5s, and T206s graded 6s and 7s. I like to collect the most commonly available "nice" grades available.