Posted By:
robert aThe market can support it.
I believe that there are more collectors that would like to acquire a large group of T210s then there are large groups of T210s available. And man would I love it if the market for T210s became saturated and groups of 500 became cheap. Not going to happen.
On the other hand, if a dealer were to buy a large group of t209s/t210s with the intention of selling them one by one, I don't think he would make very much on them. Also, one can not expect to look at a sale like the recent T209 sale and expect to make that kind of $ if they sold their own group. There are always the collectors out there that remain patient and realize that these cards might be rare, but they will appear again down the line.
The fact that recent auctions have offered large groups together (the group goes into one collection) adds to the popularity of the set in my opinion. T210 is a large set and is dynamic in that several of the series within the set are tougher than others. It's very inviting for a minor league collector (especially an entry level minor league collector) to have a chance at a fairly large group without having to worry about which individual player within a series might be tougher than another. Unless you've been chasing this set for years, you won't know who's really tough within each series, but won't have to because someone has already done that for you.
Robert