The commonness of rare cards is less perplexing than the rarity of common ones

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Posted By: davidcycleback

I was saying that some collectors are aware of what is rare and not rare, and find rarity in and of itself a desirable quality in a baseball card or piece of memorabilia. Further, collectors don't place the same wieght on superstar status. There are active collectors who specialize in a common player or minor star, perhaps as the player/collector share the same home town or college or home team ... So, for varying reasons, there are collectors who find common player memorabilia worth owning.