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James FeaginRarity is a subjective term, especially in Baseball Card-land. We must speak of pre-war autographs in comparative terms. Obviously, auto'd t206 and caramels are extremely rare in comparison to there pre-WWII counterparts. However, I just don't agree when folks state the auto'd pre-war sets like Goudey, Diamond Stars, or Play Ball are NOT rare. Of course they are! Especially in comparison to the numbers in which they are printed. For every few thousand Goudey commons that are sold, only a couple are probably autographed. Each is a unique piece. Since many of those players died decades ago, it's not as if many more are going to surface.