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03-05-2022, 03:48 PM
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Remember you only need to bidders at an auction to create a demand that may never have existed on a rare card that never had a demand
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03-05-2022, 03:52 PM
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"The only thing rarer than this item is a buyer." - Bill Huggins
Last edited by Orioles1954; 03-05-2022 at 03:57 PM.
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03-05-2022, 05:33 PM
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Does rarity help or hurt value.
I think we have all concluded that demand is the real driving force to value. That said, lets assume we have a high demand card. Then by economic principals, the more rare it it the higher the price. A great example is the T206 Wagner: super high demand, yet relative rarity = super high price. Lets now assume we have an extremely low demand card. If there is a high supply, then the value will be very, very low. But if it the low demand card is also very rare, it will be worth more than the high supply card. In both cases, in itself, rarity helps value. What if we have a card in very high demand, but also very high supply ('89 Upper Deck Griffey PSA 10). It is possible to still get a relatively high price because, as we have said before, demand trump supply.
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03-05-2022, 06:39 PM
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Whether it is auction setting or misc. other scenarios (word of mouth, board, shows, etc); I have encountered other "like-minded's" who see things slightly differently from the norm. A scarcity/rarity, of a player with some kind of back-story (star or not) draws my attention before that of just some guy. I find enjoyment in researching a player with a known rarity; if he seems to be just a baseball guy, I tend to move on. My son, who helps me at shows; has the same vision. In fact, he uncovered a coolness on a subject that is an example of purpose for us in collecting. This leads us to more fun; what it is all about; besides realizing $$$ in rarity development (lol). An awesome thread, gentlemen; thank you. Ben "I love baseball history backstory; especially when it involves cards." Last edited by benge610; 03-05-2022 at 06:47 PM. Reason: omitted " from my catch phrase, Boooo!
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03-05-2022, 09:22 PM
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Rarity is merely a funnel through which the flow of demand gets squeezed. If there's little to no demand to begin with, then the funnel never comes into play and prices remain low. However, if demand is great, then the funnel begins to squeeze demand and the prices increase.
You could think of it like water going through a garden hose. The higher the pressure and the smaller the nozzle, the faster the water shoots out. Rarity is the size of the nozzle on the hose, demand is the water pressure, and the exit velocity of the water is the price.
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