It's a mystery, however many of them dont come back up for sale. Does the flipper have your list by chance? I've been hesitant to post needs for fear of people just running me up!
I think people are just starting to realize how tough these cards are to find signed. There might be 318 psa 10 Jordan's, but there are less than a dozen examples of many signed hofers on gum cards.
Also, the thrill Is in the chase. With the advent of Ebay one can buy just about any card, any day of the week. Just like coins, collectors are drawn to persue more difficult avenues.
Talk about a splash? For their FORAY into a signed 1952 topps set, someone bought one of the most difficult cards...first. I was read the riot act for "running up" a signed lot of cards with the first Meyer graded.
Then the second, with the name box erased sold for 5500, and the peanut gallery backed off.
Just the third graded attached below
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