Unlike the 64 Flood, the demand for 64 Topps Harkness cards appears to have subsided....currently on ebay there are 20+ copies available in the $1-3 price range.
For whatever reason, the demand (and thus the price) of the Flood card IMO was dictated by one collector(hoarder) of this card. Several years ago before the typical asking price of this card went above the $20 mark(now very few, if any of the 50 or so copies currently on ebay are priced below $20) the hoarder of this card was a buyer...as the asking price of this card has escalated, he is not buying as many copies of this card and the supply (at $20+ asking price) has grown due to overall reduced demand.
Another example of this type of hoarding by a single collector of one copy of a card is the 1961 Topps 242 Hal Smith card. One collector has been buying copies of this seemingly $1 common (as most midgrade, lower series 61 Topps cards sell for) for $4-5. There are typically very few if any copies of this card available due to this one collector purchasing them.
Last edited by savedfrommyspokes; 03-02-2014 at 05:04 AM.
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