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Originally Posted by bn2cardz
I know I am in the minority. I didn't claim I wasn't. I also don't care about paying more for a HOF if I can have a minor player for less expensive from a set. My point is why would you let a designation determine what you will buy? If you like the item should it matter if someone else calls it a RC or not or even a card? Why do you allow your collecting be dictated by semantics?
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If you're investing/spending as much as this card will cost, you will want to know what other people think before you buy it.
Going buy your logic, if what you like/want is the first baseball card, then wouldn't you want to be sure this is it before you buy it? I can guarantee that there are people out there who want the first baseball card in their collection and those people are likely the ones that are going to be bidding on this, as long as they believe it is the first card.
If you just wanted a Harry Wright CDV because that is what you like, well you have a lot of cheaper items to choose from. I assume if someone is paying what this will eventually go for, then they're not just doing it because they like it. This is in a different category.
I can't figure out why people pay so much more for a psa10 than a psa9, they both look great and the difference may just be who submitted it. Yet if someone wants a psa10 based on number only, they will pay that difference. Still the same card, could look exactly the same, but if everyone agrees that psa is a legit grading company and the one graded 10 is therefore better, that makes it worth xx amount more. On the other hand, you're not going to pay the psa10 price for the psa9, just because you like it.
Not everyone spends their life on this board, they don't have time to do the research but they want to know what they are buying. If you leave the question/answer open on this, it won't go for the same price as if it is agreed upon to be the first card.
I'm not saying it is right, but being sure about something is what drives the market. If you were buying a painting you liked and someone said it might be a Picasso, you would probably want to know it is before you paid what they go for. You wouldn't just say eh I like it so I'm buying it anyway and if it is a Picasso, then great. Other people made great paintings during his era, why are his worth more? It's the name attached to it and if you attach "first baseball card" to this, it becomes historically significant
I think the difference here is that significance aspect and that is what will drive this price. I seriously doubt the winner here just wants a Harry Wright card and doesn't care what they call it because if it finishes in that price range, I'll be the one winning it and you can call it whatever you want then.