How Rare Is Rare?

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Posted By: bruce dorskind

Would be intereseted to see a scan of the type card that you consider
among the top 10 rarities in the hobby.

Clearly, most of the super rare type cards have not been graded by
SCG or PSA....many remain in the hands of collectors from the
pre-1975 era or in libraries

As promised earlier, I will (on Monday Labor Day) be happy to send
a scan (up to three) of any of the top 10 rare type cards from my collection.

I have pubished several articles in the past about rare cards
and would be interested in creating one about the super rare
type cards. It would provide an excellent contrast to the
1950's condition rariity statements that permeate some auction
catalogs and E Bay announcements/

A worthwhile project would be to review all the major auction
catalogs for the past 30 years (about 300 catalogs) and identify
how often certain type cards or so called rarities appeared.

This exercise has been undertaken with great success for the coin
and stamp hobbies and book s are regularly published.

I would believe that given the growth of the hobby, this presents
an opportunity for someone to earn a very good return on their
investment. of time and energy


The auction catalogs that I would consider for the period 1975-2005

Christies
Hake (for pins)
Leslie Hindman
Hunt
Lelands
Lifson
Lipset
Mastro (Mastro and Steinbach etc)
Bary Sloate
Jerry Smolin
Sotheby's
Superior
Wollfers (long since out of business)

There was also a small firm that was in business for 3 years that auctioned
two Cracker Jack posters and a number of mint cracker jack and e-cards.
I have their catalog in storage- would be interested if anyone recalls their
name.


My vote for rarest type cards are:

Four Base Hits
Just So
G&B
August Beck
1890 Players League Series (uncataloged)
Monarch Typwriter
Western Playground
Bishop Team Cards
Big Eater
Tarzan Bread


Thanks for your time. Look forward to hearing from you, directly.

Bruce