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06-25-2023, 10:10 AM
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For many years, the benchmark for "rare" was any unsigned Bob Feller item.
But if you are looking for a number, I'd put it somewhere between 25 and 50 for pre-war and vintage cards.
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Working Sets: Baseball- T206 SLers - Virginia League (-1) 1952 Topps - low numbers (-1) 1953 Topps (-54) 1954 Bowman (-2) 1964 Topps Giants auto'd (-2) Last edited by Bigdaddy; 06-25-2023 at 10:11 AM. 
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Rarity has nothing to do with demand. It is strictly a matter of numbers. Scarcity is a matter of supply and demand. There can be cards that are rare but not scarce (little to no demand). There are cards that are plentiful yet scarce (Demand far exceeds supply). Market value is a fair representation of scarcity.
The 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle is a card that is not rare but is scarce, as reflected in its high market value. A baseball card smeared in my dog's shit is a card that is rare but not scarce, reflected in that no one would want it or pay even a penny for it. There is no objective numerical answer for what is rare. Wrongly conflating scarity and rarity has been done a thousand times on this board. We have had threads like this with this wrong conflation tens of times. I've given this explanation of the difference between scarcity and rarity every time. Do some board members never read, or do they simply have mush for brains? Undoubtedly, I will have to cut and paste this post in the future, likely multiple times. To repeat: Rarity and scarcity are not one and the same, and not to be conflated. Last edited by drcy; 06-25-2023 at 05:32 PM.
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