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Posted By: davidcycleback

For all areas of photography, the rule of thumb is that, with all other qualities equivalent, the larger the more expensive. It's true some baseball card collectors will bid up a CDV to $100,000 because it resembles a trading card while skipping the 20x20" version, but baseball card collectors don't always exhibit normal behavior. It's not unlike modern card collectors who pay $2,000 for a $200 cut signature if the cut signature is on a serial numbered Topps or Upper Deck insert card. I know autograph collectors get a kick of the prices paid for some of those cut signature cards.

Of course a collector should pick the sizes he likes. With modern photos, I prefer 11x14" and don't like larger than 20x20" as they can be hard to store. A collector of snap shots will specialize in small photos.