Where are all the super rare cards?

[deadballfreaK]

Originally Posted by Yankeefan51

With the exception of four auction houses and dealers who price items for more than 3x their value, it is unusual to see ultra high grade rare sale. Almost of the cards that I sill collect are valued at $1000 or more (PSA 8 Cracker Fed Federal Leaguers go for $600-700).

In the past two years, I have only seen one card on BST that meets my standards in terms of grade and rarity.

Despite the fact that are a large number of collectors who enjoy low grade
cards, I think there needs to be more of market for buying selling and trading the best of the best. I have more than 400 cards ( pre 1950) in my collection and fewer than 10% are below a 6. In terms of value, appearance
and opportunity condition matters. Our return when we auction a rare item
is 300-500% more for PSA 8 or SGC 92 than lower grade cards. In fact, there is a countless number of Non graded, PSA 1-4 cards and with few exceptions they do not sell or sell at 40% of book.

There is a true distinction between creased old card and those ultra high grade rare cards. The wise collector/investor focuses on quality. It is too bad that those who appreciate the best rarely comment on the Board nor
do they communicate with other important collectors. Like the great whales these collectors will continueto build the best collection and consume thousands of little fish along the way.

Bruce

Damn, I feel bad that I am clogging up this site with pissy little $50-100 cards. Perhaps we need a new site for the elite. The term collector/investor makes me gag. That means strictly investor.

[HRBAKER]

[teetwoohsix]

Here's my contribution. The crease makes it important. It's got a high grade super duper rare crease straight through the forehead. What a rare gem, probably worth a trillion.

[cardaholic]

Good. Go find some R308s in PSA 8 or higher. Once you've given up on that, how about Propagandas Montiel or Ovenca Venezuela in PSA 8 or higher.

[EvilKing00]

I have never seen a crease at that exact spot, very nice

[Bocabirdman]

All of us here understand or "need" to understand that there are financial considerations involved in this hobby. All cards are eventually re-sold.

Some folks just look at it differently.

A Collector doesn't let the potential return on his investment get in the way of his collecting.

An Investor doesn't let collecting get in the way of the potential return on his investment.

[autograf]

ah....nothing like a little dose of 'I'm better'n you' to start off the work week........

[the 'stache]

Bruce, I'm going to guess many of these high grade cards are just being held in private collections, and aren't going to see the light of day anytime soon.

If I had the financial wherewithal to afford some of these, I'd buy, and keep them in a safe. They'd never see an auction house, or Ebay.

[sylbry]

Proof that money can't buy class.

[slidekellyslide]

This is Bruce's classic trolling behavior...do not take the bait.

[Matthew H]

It still surprises me that such an old school hobby veteran would be collecting "rare for the grade" nonsense...