I don't think the Helmar card should be included in the post. The company lovingly researched and hand produced some beautiful cards. On top of it, they then "aged" the card, to hopefully make it appeal to the collector/hobbyist rather that investor/grade obsessed. After all that, they offer it up for auction and let the collector market decide what it is worth. Not sure why anyone would ever have a problem with these issues. That said, I don't buy them at such prices...but I really like them.
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