Are some cards too rare for their own good?

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10-22-2018, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by oldjudge

the registry disease

Great description! Thanks for the chuckle.

Since this thread originated, marketing has been ever more the driver of prices on cards with good sized populations. Look at the manipulation/bubble we had on so many postwar rookie cards or the way the 1952 Mantle has gone into the stratosphere. Hell, PWCC is one big marketing engine, with its certifications of graded cards.

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