Posted By:
Judge Dred (Fred)Josh,
Count yourself very fortunate that you get to have a conversation with someone at work about vintage cards. People at work would probably have Human Resources send me over for a pee test if I said N172 or Goudey or T206. They'd think I was blathering about. My only fear would be trying to explain to them my passion and desire for old cardboard becaue I'm sure that the doctors would not only order a piss test but they'd also order a complete psychiatric evaluation.
Josh - you're very lucky!
Now back to the main topic - I think Leon summed it up pretty good when he mentioned the word "demand". Something to think about is the difference in rarity/scarcity of the Reccius Wagner and a T206 Wagner. That Reccius Wagner is "rare" while the T206 Wagner, in comparison, is very plentiful. The owner of the Reccius Wagner could have kept both but he chose to keep, the not so rare but very expensive T206.