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Originally Posted by Exhibitman View Post
Demand is a bigger driver of card prices than supply. Always has been. Topps made the same number of 1952 Mantles as 1952 Thompsons. I have literally dozens of cards that are much more difficult to find regardless of condition than a 1989 UD Griffey in PSA 10 condition. Doesn't mean a thing: people want the Griffey card.
Agree. As a dealer friend said long ago convincing me not to buy a rare oddball card, sometimes, Pete, the only thing lower than the supply is the demand.
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