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Posted By: Bob Lemke

Julie, and all, while Larry has mentioned to me on occasion that he feels there are problems with the Colgan's listings, we have never sat down to look into it. That day may or not ever come. Those listings derived from SOMEWHERE in the hobby's distant past and unless somebody has a good explanation of why this or that player could not/should not appear in one or the other of the E270 series, I can't justify taking unilateral action in de-listings.

Scarcity assessments? Alan Hager's attempt was self-serving and futile. We make a few notations of cards which are known/thought to be unique or nearly so, but by and large this information cannot accurately be pinned down. Heck, the hobby can't even agree on how many specimens of its most famous card exist. I think telling readers what a card is "worth" or what it has sold for at public auction (in the case of great rarities) should allow them to determine relative scarcity.