That T206 Life: "Does the Huge Price Tag for the T206 Magie Error Make Sense?"

[T206Collector]

A couple of other things to remember about relying on population reports of grading companies --

1. People will have every single "Magie" in existence graded, often more than once, which causes a perception of abundance.

2. Not everyone will have a Magee portrait EPDG graded, regardless of condition.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

A couple of other things to remember about relying on population reports of grading companies --

1. People will have every single "Magie" in existence graded, often more than once, which causes a perception of abundance.

2. Not everyone will have a Magee portrait EPDG graded, regardless of condition.

That's a big part of it.

There was a stretch where I was looking at pop reports (And yes, they're flawed so can only give a general idea of what's common and uncommon)
What I saw in T206s was that the HOF players were generally twice as common as a similar common. The only reason that makes much sense is that people grade them more often.

There are some really tough cards, even in some of the common backs.

Steve B

[JustinD]

My personal opinion:

I refuse to put credence in pop reports ever and the 52 Mantle in my mind will always crush the scarcity equals value argument as there are no less than 25 for sale any day of the week.

Value is in demand and collectors minds.

[MVSNYC]

Justin, but there's more than 25 people who want a 52 MM.

High supply, I supppse...but even greater demand.

Re: Magie, its one of the hobby's most important error cards...greatest error, in the greatest set = high dollars.

[tennisguy]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

Justin, but there's more than 25 people who want a 52 MM.

High supply, I supppse...but even greater demand.

Re: Magie, its one of the hobby's most important error cards...greatest error, in the greatest set = high dollars.

Absolutely agree regarding the Magie.

[Jeffrompa]

Originally Posted by tennisguy

Absolutely agree regarding the Magie.

+1

Traditionally it's a highly sought after item .

[HobokenJon]

Luke wrote a fact-driven, contrarian article that bucked conventional wisdom and was surgical in its analysis. The rebuttals I've seen here so far espouse conventional wisdom and not much else.

Tell me something I don't know -- like where one can find another Magee portrait with an Old Mill back. There's always a Magie error card for sale.