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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

LEE

There is no argument that Ebay has proven that there are
no rare cards out there, sooner or later even what we used
to think was really rare, shows up on ebay.

Now, take this discussion on the two Kleinow cards. On any
given day there are approx. 1000 - T206 lots available on
ebay. Today, if you search Kleinow you will find that there
are 3 - Kleinow's (catching). Two are the Boston version
and one is the NY card. Are you going to tell me that this
small anectdotal sample tells us that the Boston card is twice
as easy to find as the NY one ?

No, you know better than that. Just as the Price Guides are
not the final word, either. But, for the most part they con-
tain data that is very representative of the relative value
of most catalogued cards, because this data is the result of
many collector and dealer inputs over a long period of time.

I choose to place my confidence in the findings of long term
hobby veterans like Burdick, Carter, Nagy, Lipset, Heitman
and many more that have contributed to create this catalogued
information. And, its not like it was created 30 - 40 years
ago and has not been updated since. Just ask Rich Klein of
Beckett or Bob Lemke of SCD, who are constantly updating their
respective Guides as most of us provide new information to them.