Are We Slaves To The Registry?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by bbcemporium

Doug, you don't think the pop report can be used to draw any accurate conclusions in regards to rarity or condition sensitivity?

No.

The only certain conclusion that can be drawn from the pop report is that no more than the number listed have been looked at by the people who get paid for their opinions.

There have been numerous threads on Net54 regarding cards being resubmitted. I would be of the opinion that, on average, less cards have been looked at than are in the total pop report for many cards.

That's why I often joke that Dmitri Young should be used to submit cards to the opinion sellers, they always seemed to like his, even if they hadn't liked them previously (with a different owner).

[bbcemporium]

Doug, here is a graphical representation of the '32 President set showing population total graded by PSA. You're unable to draw any statistically accurate conclusions from this?

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by bbcemporium

Doug, here is a graphical representation of the '32 President set showing population total graded by PSA. You're unable to draw any statistically accurate conclusions from this?

Not in regards to how many exist in the entire world outside of the pop report. How could I?

It's certainly logical to assume (ASS U ME) that a similar breakdown proportionately would exist outside the pop report, but nothing in regards to actual counts.

Are there 10 more McKinley cards, or 10,000?

There is no way to KNOW.

Did the printer have a time machine hidden in his shed because he was actually from the future, and had gone back in time to print himself a bunch, but then he got stuck when his time machine got broken, so the extra cards he printed are being handed down to his (in the past) children, to eventually hand over to his (future) family so that they can all make a fortune from when they are worth way more than they currently are, to be sold just before my family crashes the market?

MAYBE!

Doug "maybe my grand father was that printer" Goodman

[bbcemporium]

Doug, you made the claim that no accurate conclusions can be drawn from the pop report, but you're now changing your claim to total population. I don't think anyone is making a claim that the pop report can be used to determine the total population of a card. As David pointed out, the pop report is far from perfect, but in my opinion, it is the best data source available, hands down, to analyze card rarity and condition sensitivity.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by bbcemporium

Doug, you made the claim that no accurate conclusions can be drawn from the pop report, but you're now changing your claim to total population. I don't think anyone is making a claim that the pop report can be used to determine the total population of a card. As David pointed out, the pop report is far from perfect, but in my opinion, it is the best data source available, hands down, to analyze card rarity and condition sensitivity.

You can draw various conclusions from the pop report, but none of those conclusions give you an accurate provable number on how many of a given card exist outside of the population report.

Yes, based on the pop reports you can ASSUME that a certain card is more rare than another, but it is an assumption, which can not be proven.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by bbcemporium

Doug, here is a graphical representation of the '32 President set showing population total graded by PSA. You're unable to draw any statistically accurate conclusions from this?

Well, I must admit that I am able to draw a valid conclusion from your graph.

If you have the highest pop or the lowest pop, you will be assassinated.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Well, I must admit that I am able to draw a valid conclusion from your graph.

If you have the highest pop or the lowest pop, you will be assassinated.

Classic!

[BengoughingForAwhile]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Well, I must admit that I am able to draw a valid conclusion from your graph.

If you have the highest pop or the lowest pop, you will be assassinated.

What about Garfield?