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JimCrandell(Another) Good post Bruce and absolutely true. There are a small number of very wealthy collectors who are big not only into the pre-war cards but also into 52 Topps, 53 Bowman, 53 Topps and a few others. Without exception they are interested in the highest grade possible. The high prices such as the $600,000 for the 51 Bowman Mantle PSA 10 are dependent upon the owner or the auction house successfully playing one of these off against the other.
However, collectors can fight back. Got an e-mail from a whale recently asking me not top be interested in a particular card and in return he would do same on a card that I was intertested in. For me trying to build psa 8 sets it just means I have to step aside frequently and let the whales battle it out and hopefully another copy will surface.
Jim