The future of rare backs/variations...

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

LOL any names on your death pool we should be aware of?

We are all in the death pool.

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

We are all in the death pool.

Some of us are in the deep end and can't swim...

Cheers,
Blair

[MyGuyTy]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

Some of us are in the deep end and can't swim...

Cheers,
Blair

Hahaha.....good one.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by MyGuyTy

Hahaha.....good one.

+1

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Bosox Blair

Some of us are in the deep end and can't swim...



Cheers,

Blair

I bet some of those old cards are weighing you down.

[MyGuyTy]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

I bet some of those old cards are weighing you down.

I know right, now is the time to save their lives! Give Alex and myself all of your vintage cards quickly! It's never too late! We will gladly help you guys stay afloat!

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by MyGuyTy

I know right, now is the time to save their lives! Give Alex and myself all of your vintage cards quickly! It's never too late! We will gladly help you guys stay afloat!

Exactly. Just trying to help out my fellow board members. 8)

[glynparson]

as collectors become more advanced they frequently move to rarer and less often seen material.

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by glynparson

as collectors become more advanced they frequently move to rarer and less often seen material.

Agreed

[Leon]

Originally Posted by glynparson

as collectors become more advanced they frequently move to rarer and less often seen material.

And it's a mixed blessing too

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by glynparson

as collectors become more advanced they frequently move to rarer and less often seen material.

+1. While not necessarily bearing any relation to the sets originally mentioned in this post (which I would not categorize as true variations), I see the demand for true, rare variations growing in much the same manner as they did in coins. In that hobby, it took decades for collectors of a series to even be concerned with different mint-marks, and once that took hold, the scarcest among them rose rather consistently in value. After that, variations such as over-stamped dates and doubled dies (1955 S pennies) became much in demand, rising to stratospheric prices in popular series. I would expect rare-back HOF'ers in the T206 to especially continue to be in great demand, and other scarce to rare variations (1955 Exhibit Postcard backs? Mantle? Mays? 1935 Diamond Stars "Greenburg" error--probably one of the scarcest nationally distributed cards of the '30's) might just have similar potential. The collecting mindset simply doesn't vary that much with the item being collected. What happened in coins foreshadows what will continue to occur with baseball cards. Note that a high-grade 1990 Topps Frank Thomas no-name on front (some would not consider this a true variation, as it arose from a problem occurring during the printing process, but I think this is a distinction without a difference) recently sold for nearly $3,000 just after his popularity spiked with his election to the hall--that card could have been purchased for $600-$800 3-4 years ago. Demand for rare variations is here to stay,although it may be cyclical, with its price going through up and down periods,where the subject has less significance and/or is in greater supply, instead of nearly linear, rising rather steadily in value, where the significance and/or rarity of the card is great.

Best to all,

Larry