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Originally Posted by pcoz
Blair, a ton of E98's were just crossed over from PSA, hence the new high grades SGC never had before. So, no new cards were found. I've crossed at least 20 over through the years myself. I see your point in the "pop reports", but it's not reality. They are very tough to find, and the ones available soon(BSF), will be expensive when they are made available. Just look on ebay...less than 20 total E98's taking out the National promos, with 150+ for both E93/E95's and 300+ Cracker Jacks. I know the BSF dilutes the set to a point, but maybe it's also made it more accessible and popular as well. I think the jury is still out on all points of the set IMO.
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Hi Pete,
I definitely don't view pop reports as the gospel on anything (more often, I point out the weaknesses in these things). In terms of absolute numbers, I would not rely on them at all.
However, I do think these things are very useful for relative comparisons - especially now that the sample sizes are significant after years of the TPGs tracking/recording.
I don't really understand why cross-overs factor into a discussion like this. There would have been just as much incentive for a collector to cross his CJ Wagner, his E93 Wagner, etc - and especially high grade ones - over the years. I think cross-overs are a wash when it comes to relative number comparisons of pop reports. I accept that crossovers inflate absolute numbers - I just think they would do so roughly equallly for all sets of similar value. So relative comparisons remain valid.
Of course one thing that skews our view of the availability of CJs is the size of the set. With 176 subjects, you are 6 times more likely to see any old CJ compared to any old card from a much smaller set like E98 on that basis alone.
I'm not trying to discount your personal experience. I don't see that many E98s either. (I could say the same of many other E sets.) But one thing is that AFAIK 75% of the BSF hasn't even hit the market yet...finding E98s will no doubt only get easier.
I agree the jury is still out on values - we'll only know what the future holds...in the future!
Cheers,
Blair