[travrosty]

if the one sold in feb. was a lesser example and sold for nearly the same price as the better example that sold a few years ago, that tells me that these tins are quickly selling for more even though their condition is less.

that points to prices rising quickly. there is never a static number of collectors interested in a certain type of collecting. new members come aboard all the time, otherwise once these tin collectors die there would never be any new guys who collect tins? It depends on who wants one now and might not want to wait until the next example comes about, and who knows how much it will go for then.

we saw honus wagner cards continue to climb the stratosphere, babe ruth 9.5 graded signed ball just double in price from 150,000 to 300,000 in a short time, 1927 yankees signed photo (pipgras estate) smash through the ceiling, along with a christy mathewson signed ball go for 150 grand, the grade 10 wayne gretzky rookie went for 96000 this year, up almost 20 percent over what it went for just a short time ago. I don't see prices going down. if someone found a box of 100 of these in their closet maybe prices would be surpressed for a long time, but 2 new examples on the market wouldn't do any more damage than 2 or 4 new examples of wagner if they came to light. they still wouldnt come available for auction at a sufficient enough frequency to placate the collectors who want to place bids.

it wouldnt surprise me if this tin smashed the previous record.