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Posted By: Larry

Those of you that think the SMR vintage prices are accurate are quite wrong, they have never been adjusted correctly, they are a guide and percentages show that there are much more demand for vintage than a 1986 Fleer Jordan or 1982 Rookie Ripken, 1984 Clemens, Topps Buybacks and signed "created rarities" etc.. which are way OVERPRICED..The truth is we as dealers and collectors should look at smr and beckett as a guide base, then multiply it or deduct from it...not a price list..as a dealer, a nice T, E or N card is so rare that it is frivolous to think a 1986 Jordan HIGH GRADE where they made tens on thousands of these should be "worth" more than a T206 HOFer but because SMR says it is should mean nothing... logic and demand should dictate the price, not a corporation that has really no interest in actually keeping up with reality.

T, Early R cards, N, E cards are fabulous pieces of history, I would love to buy good quality cards at 10% ABOVE SMR if it were still possible..Mastronet does a great job just getting these cards available to a hungry and smarter dealer and collector base, rarity and beauty should always be valued over modern corporate greed.