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Originally Posted by JollyElm
• If they are each rightfully (Yes, someone will argue that it's "wrongfully." Good one.) slabbed as some form of "Authentic," are they still as valuable (Yes, here's where someone will tritely say, "They are worth whatever a person is willing to pay for them.") and, I guess,
desirable as the ones which were originally released, since there are so few of them around?  |
A few observations:
These are so rare that usually condition is less of a factor. You don’t have the same large value disparity between a PSA 1 and PSA 5 that you would have with most issues. Sure, there’s a difference. But not nearly as dramatic. A large part of that is simply because the number of people who want to be in this club is a big number, and the number of copies available is small.
There are several copies with pinholes, and they are graded as 1s. For the most part, nice looking 1s, but still 1s. And as we all know, not all 1s are created equal.
My guess is that if these were cut up (and not butchered) and grade as Authentic, then they would probably sell at a price similar to the ones with pinholes. Maybe slightly better, since they lack the pinholes? But even then, my guess is not a whole lot less (percentage-wise) than a copy that gets a number grade.