Very rare 1994 Topps Finest Ricky Henderson Refractor?

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

So no, I'm not in the least impressed with cards limited to "only" several hundred.

First, great cards! Thanks for sharing.

Second, as I said, it's all relative. It's the difference between rarity and scarcity. Rarity refers to how many exist. Scarcity refers to how hard something is to find.

There are some cards that are VERY RARE, with only a handful of copies, but they trade hands all the time. If you want one, you can easily find it and purchase it.

Then there are cards with several hundred copies in existence, that are all tield up in collections and NEVER hit the market.

Finding one of those scarce cards with several hundred copies can be a significantly harder challenge than the ultra rare card that is sold all the time. So it can be more impressive to find a less rare card than a very rare card, depending on the card and the market.

[Balticfox]

Oh, absolutely! I fully agree. In this electronic day and age, it's not difficult to track down any famous and thus really expensive card. Whether that card is affordable though is another question entirely. What can be tough though is finding an inexpensive card only a select few covet. Quite simply high prices bring out the quantity supplied and the price fetched by that card isn't high enough to coax it out of collections or buried deep within some dealer's inventory.