[egri]

If we can include purchases I didn't make, when I started building my signed 1953 Topps set, Satchell Paiges were selling in the $1,000-1,200 range, and could be found for under $1,000 with enough patience and proper alignment of the heavens. Those prices stayed the same for years, and there was always at least one on eBay. I kept putting off picking him up, thinking that the prices wouldn't move much, he'd always be around, and I didn't want to pick up Paige and then not have the funds to jump on a tough card. Well the tough ones either didn't set me back what I thought they would, or I got left in the dust. Then a couple years ago, I saw a Paige go for around $1,800 and thought 'that guy overpaid'. I haven't seen one that low since, and the most recent one sold on eBay for several multiples of the ones I passed up.