What is your definition of "RARE?"

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

As more research and data accumulation is done with vintage baseball cards, the more likely a similar rarity scale will be implemented.

I doubt that such a scale would be accepted in our hobby -- at least not in our lifetime. At least not as long as "research" is defined by some folks as "I talked to someone at the Reading show, and we came to the conclusion that XX number of these cards exist."

Or: "I've received emails, and based on 100 reponses, we can conclude this variation is a rarity."

Already we know that some of the hobby's data, along with the "research" done to accumulate and bastardize it, is inaccurate. So until that unfortunate hurdle is overcome, anything based on that data will be greeted with skepticism. As it should be.