Posted By:
warshawlawIt doesn't matter what the book says on rare cards; we all pay what the market demands to get our grubby little mitts on them.
I have never been one to hold back information on an issue I've "discovered" (and I've found a lot of them in the boxing card field) and I'd hope that no one else would so so either. A prior post is right on--what if Burdick held back information? The key to creating a legitimate market for these little treasures is information. I simply don't think you pay a penalty for having an undiscovered item catalogued. To the contrary, information is publicity--it spreads interest to those who'd not otherwise look at the item. There is no intrinsic value to these things--if no one knows they exist then there is no desire for the cards and there is no value.