Why Population Reports On Vintage Cards Is Misleading

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Or who don't slab their cards but will acquire already-slabbed cards. Still doesn't change the fact that population reports are inaccurate measures of actual scarcity. I am especially leery of high grade slabbed commons as "rare" based on population reports. I have many common cards laying around that will pull very high grades if I slab them; I choose not to bother since they aren't going anywhere in the foreseeable future. If I decide to sell them I will certainly slab them so that people playing the registry contests can overspend for them.