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Posted By: warshawlaw

This auction, like the N167s recently sold, was way cool because it was an unsuspecting seller who brought previously undiscovered materials into the market. I'd never have guessed as to the value of those cards; I guess they are so rare that they fell below my radar screen. Don't worry about Dave's financial health on this deal. Whatever Dave paid on them this week, he will be able to get more next week and even more next month. In this market, with rare vintage cards, a seller can afford to wait for his price.

As far as offers, endings, etc. go, I really have to laugh at this point at anyone who thinks that vintage card collecting is anything other than a rabid free market where lots of money changes hands at a fast and furious pace, where anything goes as long as it is legal, and where you have to have a major bankroll to piss in the tall weeds with the big dogs. I think recently Leon observed (quite accurately) that to a guy who makes thousands of dollars an hour day in and day out, paying killer prices for cards is not an issue. More and more of those kinds of guys are into this hobby. Given that level of competition for vintage cards, I think there are an increasing number of desperate buyers who will try whatever they can think of to get hold of rare cards in auctions like these before the "big dogs" gobble them up. People do funny things when money is involved.