Scarcity

brian1961 · #1 11-03-2009, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by egbeachley

You couldn't come up with a worse way to compare populations. Many (most?) low grade T206's are graded. Few low grade 60's Topps have been graded.

I was assuming the man would not be interested in low-grade 50s/60s Topps. The population reports are unimportant for these low-grade cards, since there is no real future value increase for them. The cost of having each card graded, for most of them, is way more than the value of the card itself.

With fewer prewar, it seems to pay to have many of them graded.

I'm sorry; I probably did not express myself well. --Brian

drdduet · #2 11-03-2009, 02:35 PM

There maybe 100 - 1000 post war collectors (1950's - 80's) for every one prewar collector, and between 1000 - 10,000 modern collectors for every post war collector. Just some "off the fly" nonsensical estimates.

mintacular · #3 11-03-2009, 03:26 PM

so far. And to be sure, the thread should be titled "rarity". I noticed a few comments suggested pre-war collecting is a "pimple on the ass" compared to other time eras, but isn't that a result of being "priced out"? I would imagine the number of pre-war collectors would increase dramatically if cards cost $5 instead of $50...

Rickyy · #4 11-03-2009, 04:09 PM

survival rate definition can also be expanded to mean complete card or partial card too..like zeenuts with coupon are much harder to find than those with them...George Miller cards are often chopped in half and/or cancelled... some are scarce in numbers produced to begin with like the Yoohoo cards and then you find most of them are incomplete because they are missing tabs...

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