Are the high prices of T206 scarcer backs coming down?

[MVSNYC]

Found this article, it relates to stamps...but relevant, IMO.

http://www.virtualstampclub.com/hotchner_15.html

Scarce: Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.

Rare: Seldom occurring or found.

[mrvster]

great article!! Leon, great points....and the rest...btw Kevin...I to am embarked on the sov 460 (35 of 52)

Prices for T206 will increase as demand increases.....Collectors are starting with this set....it will always be popular.....a lot of cards will become "scarce", altho not "rare"......the demand will be there....the true rarities are the unique ones

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Found this article, it relates to stamps...but relevant, IMO.

http://www.virtualstampclub.com/hotchner_15.html

Scarce: Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.

Rare: Seldom occurring or found.

Thanks for posting that article. I especially liked this:

"... the real joy is when I can make a fellow collector drool over some item that they wish they could own, but can't buy because the few copies known are nowhere available at any price. ..."

I've heard that there's only one other of these in existence. But, only a true collector can appreciate it.

[mrvster]

wow!! now that's a "rarity"

[the 'stache]

I do think they are coming down. Why, I recall a rare brown Old Mill back selling recently for $50 on Ebay.

[Bridwell]

In using both words, rare and scarce, I was awkwardly attempting to say that graded cards in EX-MT or better are becoming hard to find at a decent price. Especially if a tougher T206 back is involved. The combination of high grade and fairly tough back seems like a good thing to acquire from an investment point of view. Although a Sov 460 isn't hard to find and an SGC 80 card isn't hard to find, the combination of the two is hard to find, and hard to acquire at a reasonable price. It seems likely to me that registry set collectors doing master sets will drive up prices. If the 'whales' want them, prices can escalate very quickly.

[cfc1909]

the Sovereign 460 is just like some other mid level tough backs in the t206 set.

If you are looking for an example for your set its not difficult at all. If you are looking to complete the subset of Sovereign 460 you are going to run into difficulty.

There are Sov. 460s that were printed in much greater numbers than other Sov 460s and as you work on this subset it will be pretty easy to figure out the tougher ones.

The Sov 460 subset can be completed it will just take some time.