Is it unreasonable to conclude that relatively rare cards are held by collectors

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

There are TWO DIFFERENT kinds of "finds" in my opinion.

1. Someone finds an old collection of cards that a particular individual had stored in his attic 90 years ago.

2. Someone finds an old factory box full of hundreds of the SAME cards from one set (like the 1926 Spalding find, the Tango Eggs find, etc.)


I am sure that there are still some of the FIRST types of finds available out there... but not as many as you think. AND... what condition will they be in?

Also, in the instance of the individual collector... the odds are that he will only have ONE of each card in his collection anyway.

SO... if there really any card that is SO RARE that finding ONE MORE of the card would hurt the value?


It is the #2 type of find that could drive down the value of E107's if someone found a factory box full of mint condition E107 cards with 10 cards of each HOF.

Do I ever see that happening? NO.