baseball-collect.com / Chuck Templeton
To Mike Richardson
No offence taken.
Over the past 8-10 years I have checked ebay, the web in general & numerous web sites on a regular basis regarding the availability of tough signatures I have incl. Chuck Templeton.
I have never seen a "Readably Available" or plentiful supply of his signature as suggested, except 1 here or there. As of today, Aug 11/12, there is 1 cut issued by a card co. avail on ebay, that's it & none where found on the net therefore they are "Scarce."
I agree this long time, established & knowledgeable dealer we are referring to with the C. Templeton $195 Index card is "well Known & respected." But lets be fair here, why whould he knowingly sell a "Readably Available" or plentiful signature at this price? Even if he allows for a discount from $195, how much would it be? He knows the signature is Scarce at a minimum & may consider it be Rare. He is telling you so with the price.
If you paid $22 for a signed TCMA card, that's exceptional & far below market value, a steal. The price may be due to the U.S. economy, a time in which people do drastic things during drastic times & in need of funds to pay bills. Or the seller is unfamiliar with the signature scarcity, hasn't checked or for that matter know what they are selling.
The $30 offered me $50 & 40% off is quite frankly ridiculously low.
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