Posted By:
Gilbert MainesLeon: Thank you for your correction of my misstatement. Specifically:
"If this is so, then the characteristics which make a rare card desireable goes beyond the actual population of the card, and by necessity becomes subjective".
In the example which you offer:
"For any amount of money another type card collector can't complete the ACC "t" set.....unless I feel like it later"
Having a unique type t-card certainly is a logistical position in which the card is clearly of objective value; since the completion of a type set of tobacco cards is keyed on obtaining an example each type. That is, if I understood you correctly, there exists one or more tobacco sets represented by a single card.
I hadn't considered that (and similar) situations. Thank you. As you are well aware, I am an aspiring novice in this area of the hobby. And although I may share an interest in the considerations of this segment, I do not imagine that I will ever become a player in this field.