Now we get to the part of the conversation where the collecting public discusses "their" definition of what is "scarce" and what is "rare".
Regardless of distribution pattern being equal/unequal, Red Sun's are the topic of conversation of this thread and it's safe to say that there isn't 20 of any one player in that 75 card set. I believe in 10 years we can look at this thread and if we count raw sales, pop reports it will still be much of the same.
One caveat to keep in mind on pop reports is there is a little bit of redundancy due to re-grade, cross-overs, etc. - Most Grade card folks are not flip responsible and send those back in to be pulled from pop reports. (I actually do this on any rare or scarce card b/c it will impact pop numbers over time) Now, if it's my 1970 Kelloggs psa graded card, I throw the flips away
Anyway, What is rare? 1-10 ? 1-15? What is scarce? 25-50? 50-100?
We have exhausted this conversation in many different threads over the years. Typically we circle back to the Honus Wagner T206 as the overused term of "Rare" inevitably comes up when this card comes up for sale. Is it truly rare or is it scarce? There are about 75 examples of it. Since they are not sold very often, demand is there thus making it difficult, and the price also makes it very difficult. So is it rare or scarce?
