Low Pop/ High Grade Commons

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Posted By: Fred C

The first thing that hits me when I think of Low Pop / High Grade Commons is the word COMMONS. I've heard that people will pay over the top prices for card board that has a low population but high grade. What if the card is from 1957 and it is the only "10" for that particular common. Someone might spend $1K on it because "it's the ONLY ONE". Doesn't this seem foolish on two fronts:

1. It's a card that was given a SUBJECTIVE numerical grade
   
2. It's a common
   

What would happen if, in the next couple of months, people started searching for nice looking RAW Low Pop Commons so they could submit them for grading. What if the submitted cards increased the population of the highest graded card to 4 (from 1 or even 2). What would happen to the value of the card(s) that were the highest graded when the population was low? To me there are probably LOTS of ungraded commons out there.