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T206CollectorI had the inclination to corner the market for signed T206 cards. In fact, most of the signed cards that came onto ebay from the Pittsburgh find were shown/offered to me before they hit ebay. Economically, it stopped making sense for me to buy the doubles, so I let them go onto ebay.
And that has been a double-edged sword. It brings down the prices of the signed cards somewhat so new acquisitions are not so expensive. But it also means resale is not particularly high. Moreover, I have found that when I do not bid on a signed pre-war card, it goes for well under what I would have paid for it if I didn't have a double of it already in my collection.
But finally, it is actually good for the market to have some people with access to these cards in their collection. That actually generates interest in the cards and makes them more valuable over the long term.
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