Thoughts on T206 Hoarding/Creating scarcities

[ullmandds]

you guys are funny...I only want 1 of each...that's not hoarding!!!

now I agree regarding the doyle...different kind of hoarding...I suppose you can add the magie/ee to that list as well.

I'm referring to the Shaughnessees...the peltys...the titusii!

If noone wants to discuss this we can discuss mello mint/t213 type 2 hof hoarding instead!!!!!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Not my thing but to each his own. I wouldn't fault someone for having a different collecting interest.

Some people will always do this type of thing. When I was in college I was collecting the entire universe of comic books (Valiant Universe) that I read with my dad when I was a kid. Most of the collectors were helpful because the comics are not that valuable but some guys hoarded like crazy. There were some guy who bought every copy of a particular issue that was up for sale they had literally hundreds of copies.

[markf31]

I've often thought about this phenomenon but isn't one of the problems with trying to create a perceived notion of rarity/scarcity the population reports? I know the pop reports can be quite inaccurate and misleading at times given crossovers and popping to resubmit, but that only artificially inflates the populations. Its not like someone can deflate the population numbers when they hoard.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

you guys are funny...I only want 1 of each...that's not hoarding!!!

now I agree regarding the doyle...different kind of hoarding...I suppose you can add the magie/ee to that list as well.

I'm referring to the Shaughnessees...the peltys...the titusii!

If noone wants to discuss this we can discuss mello mint/t213 type 2 hof hoarding instead!!!!!

It's only been 27 minutes since you started the thread Pete. Give it a few minutes, there will be more responses.

The hoarding of the players you mentioned is a good subject. The only one I see that way is the Shag card......and maybe the Titus, a little bit. But mainly I think they are just poses that are collected more....like your Big Glove dude and this Oakes pose...

[Jayworld]

Last year I thought I would start getting all the different backs of the Wiltse portrait with cap (not sure why I like that card, but I always have), but after acquiring a Sweet Caporal, Piedmont, and Old Mill example, I changed gears and decided to sell all but the SC and focus on getting one of each T206 that I like. So, was I a hoarder for a brief time? No, I don't think so; I think different back collecting of the same card is different than trying to buy up all examples of a certain card in the set….

Regarding the topic, are we talking about getting all cards, for example, Titus, available, or buying all the cards of a particular back, or ???

[ullmandds]

Now I'm not talking about back runs here...that is not hoarding...I repeat...NOT HOARDING!!!!!!

[tedzan]

Hey Pete

I don't know about Pelty and Titus......but, as you know the Joe Doyle is a known phenomena dating back to the early 1980's (ala Larry Fritsch, etc.).

The Shaughnessy card has always been a "toughie", going back to the 1970's. Frank has always had a strong following.....he is in 3 - Canadian HOF's,
former International League President, etc., etc. His T206 is not tough because someone(s) are hoarding it.




TED Z

[Pat R]

Pete, I don't know how effective it really is, in the end the hoarder is the one
who is overpaying for most of these cards. The people who are benefitting
from this are those that are selling them for 5x+ what they payed for them.

I for one will never buy a Titus for what they are selling for now. Two recent
sales: Titus PSA 3 $290 Dahlen (Brooklyn) PSA 3 $305. I know you don't collect t206's anymore but if you did which one would you choose?

[bn2cardz]

I consider myself a type collector, but there are a couple cards that I have hoarded. I have to remind myself to stop buying the card I have enough. It is like how Matt described it in the Rickey Henderson thread:

Originally Posted by MattyC

I feel like Mel Gibson in CONSPIRACY THEORY with Catcher In The Rye; the way he felt compelled to buy every copy he saw

I am not doing it to drive prices, but when I see the card I just have to put a bid in for it. I am not a very good hoarder because I have less than 10 and there are several on ebay that I have passed on to buy something else (though it was hard).