Posted By:
bruce Dorskind
In response to a number of comments and questions
1. We are interested in Set Registry for three reasons:
(A) Rarity- whilst it is not a perfect tool to assess rarity, it is as accurate a tool as is available.
No one tracks unregistered and/ungraded cards and there is large discrepancy about condition
with regard to cards that have not been graded by a professional service.
As a collector, one is likely to decide whether or not to collect a particular issue or card based
on a number of factors. Two of those factors would be the relative availability of the card
in the desired condition. The population report, the pricing reports and the set registry reports
are tools which will provide a collector with the desired information
(B) We assume that if there are no collectors with a registry set that the cards and/or the set may be
very rare
C) We like to know who has what ..that information provides us with market intlligence which we will
attempt to use for competitive advantage as we bid in auctions, purchase privately or bid on E-Bay.
We certainly study every registered "target set." We have contacted a number of collectors with sets where
we had an interest. On a number of occasions we were able to work out favorable transactions
with said collectors.
Any intelligence we can gather can prove valuable. For three years we monitored the 2nd-4th runner ups
on more than 1000 E Bay auctions. We have recorded this information, identified the collectors/dealers
and later used the information to our advantage.
Finally, we do not post any sets on the set registry because we don't collect sets.
Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List