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RhysI think the percieved scarcity issue is big with both popular E cards and Old Judge cards. People talk about E94-E98 cards as if they are extremely difficult to find relative to other issues. While they are tough, I think the hoarders of these issues tend to make them appear scarcer than they actually are. All it takes is 5-10 hoarders to scew anythings appearant scarcity. The same is true with Old Judge cards. 5-10 collectors each with multiple thousands of cards means that there are 20,000+ Old Judge cards out there that someday will probably hit the market again but have been secured away creating the appearance of a more scarce product than actually exists. I am not saying these issues are overvalued or that they are not scarce to begin with (IE E94's etc). I am only saying that they appear to be more scarce than they actually are because of the hoarders and intense collectors of these issues who stockpile hundreds of them away and essentially take them out of circulation.
Rhys Yeakley