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Posted By: boxingcardman

and the reasons for the prices are just as numerous as the collectors. Some are plastic collectors, who buy the alab regardless of the visual appeal of the card. Some have pet peeves on cards, like centering, that will lead them to pay more for a perfectly centered card. Some are registry competitors who really care if they have the #1 set and will pay large sums for the highest numerically graded specimen of a card. And sometimes there's just an element of blind luck to it, i.e., two people happen to see an auction for something they want and beat each others' brains out trying to win it.

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