Bryant vs. Mantle

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Originally Posted by glchen

The thing about these types of threads is that you can use them for just about anything that you think is overvalued. For example:

Old Judge Doyle (Link)

vs.

T210 Joe Jackson (Link)

I have no idea why someone would have paid $120K for that Doyle card. There are plenty of ultra rare prewar cards out there that never sniff anywhere near that price. However, someone thought it was worth it.

So many, many collectors collect T206--thus the demand for the variation of that card (be very, very cautious of fakes) is incredibly large. Re the T210 Jackson, it is far rarer than his actual rookie card, many consider it his best card, and despite his notoriety, virtually every collector, it seems, wants a Joe Jackson. Hence, the demand for the very best brings out the big wallets and produces extremely high prices in both instances. Basic equation: value/price is directly proportional to demand over supply.

Best,

Larry