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Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Bingo. As someone who loves cards but ultimately buys them for investment, I believe that real/natural rarity is much better than manufactured rarity or rarity based on grade. And real rarity is most often found in the prewar stuff, like E107 and W600s. Even better, indeed almost essential, is the player, which is why I focus mostly on Cobb, Wagner, Ruth, Jackson, etc. In my opinion (and general experience), rare cards of these types of players, regardless of grade, make for pretty good investments; this is especially true if you can hold them and sell when you choose.

Spot on. Buying the right vintage low POP card at the right time of year and selling in the best fiscal quarter of year will consistently (5 year trend) yield an additional 25% gross ROI over the S&P 500 and DJA annual avg returns.