Info needed. Anyone know what this is?

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by almostdone

Thank you Steve. So I guess the one I showed is the highest grade at a 1. I’ll give the info back the owner but my gut feeling is he is thinking he is sitting on a gold mine.
Drew

I think that’s seems to be the consensus for all sellers with just barely enough knowledge to be dangerous.

Rarity does not create value, only supply and demand…99% of people tend to not understand that. It’s not worthless as it’s likely a 60 to 200 dollar card depending on the eyes on the auction or in the room. However, it could take 16 months of listings to get top dollar and still not meet the golden dreams of an owner who thinks anything under 5 grand is an insult.

As a collector of oddball rarities, there are cards I have seen listed not just for 6 months I am interested in, but rather 6 years straight of pie in the sky fantasy prices.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by JustinD

As a collector of oddball rarities, there are cards I have seen listed not just for 6 months I am interested in, but rather 6 years straight of pie in the sky fantasy prices.

So true. I've been watching one for at least five years. Every year or two the eBay museum director (won't say "eBay seller", since he isn't really selling so much as trolling for a sucker) sends me an offer of some % off. Sorry, but 10% off of absurd is still ridiculous.

Trade cards are funky. The imprints are more or less irrelevant, though some can be more interesting than others. I collected European trade cards of boxers and the branding variations from the candy stores and bakeries that used them was just impossible to finish. I think some are really, really undervalued.

[OLDBILL]

Forgive my cardless comment, but I just had to share an old rare find and wonder whether Abe answered the door in this 1860 U.S. Census (attached)?