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Old 01-16-2025, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rats60 View Post
Fear of missing out. New collectors look at the price guide and they see Mantle priced higher than others, so they want his cards. When prices are low, it is easy to buy something up, then demand takes over.
Interesting theory. For most goods and services I would think supply and demand dictate price, not that the price itself influences demand, but with baseball cards, who knows.
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