The Future of Type I Photos

[Lorewalker]

First, there are some great photos posted here, guys!

I love photos. I think what prevents me from going after them is first, not feeling great about being able to ID a type 1 so that means I am limited to buying it in the holder. Nothing wrong with that but here is where it gets tricky...what do you pay?

Pop is not as relevant because we know pop is going to be considerably low but there is no "price guide" or even a place to go to see sales prices for each team or athlete so we can make an informed decision on what to pay.

And to the person who was grappling with rare vs scarce:

According to Garner's Modern American Usage RARE refers to a consistent infrequency, usually of things of superior quality. SCARCE refers to anything that is not plentiful, even ordinary things that are temporarily hard to find. This means that something can be considered scarce once demand exceeds supply. Nothing can be rare based solely on demand.

[Bicem]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

I love photos. I think what prevents me from going after them is first, not feeling great about being able to ID a type 1 so that means I am limited to buying it in the holder. Nothing wrong with that but here is where it gets tricky...what do you pay?

You can learn through experience, it's really not that difficult once you know what to look for.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Bicem

You can learn through experience, it's really not that difficult once you know what to look for.

Anyway, I would hate to learn on the job and pay type 1 money for a non authenticated photo only to find out that it is not. Did this with cards in the early days and still recovering from those loses.

Being able to buy photos in person could certainly reduce the learning curve but buying online, at this point for me, is just guessing.

[Bicem]

Yeah, would definitely start with cheaper photos and work your way up, even then it's still about comfortable risk level vs reward.

I've definitely had some big wins and some big misses along the way.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Yeah, would definitely start with cheaper photos and work your way up, even then it's still about comfortable risk level vs reward.

I've definitely had some big wins and some big misses along the way.

If you are not missing then you are not trying hard enough. Appreciate the advice.