Hello fellow pack collectors and thanks for your help with the last group of packs. I've posted the results from the11th group on the scarcity pages.
Here's the next group of packs for your consideration.
We are trying to organize individual card packs into groups based on availability - ranging from extremely rare to common.
You can seen how far we've gotten using the drop down menus under Scarcity on the top menus.
Express your opinions! Argue with each other! Disagree with our previous picks and post your thoughts below!
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Spook theatre scarce
gilligans island rare
ringer dingers uncommon
spins and needles scarce
more of the Monkees uncommon
Agreed as usual.
I'll admit that I'm wondering if the Hogans Heroes pack that we previously looked at should be moved to rare instead of scarce. What do you think? I didn't see any on eBay in 2019. The last one I saw sold was a GAI 9 that sold for 1099.99 in November 2018.
I can’t remember the discussion on Hogan’s heroes. Was that the pack I didn’t have much knowledge/sales data on?
I've never seen one at the Philly show. There weren't any at the Nationals this year.
I agree with Wax Pack Dude, although I'd consider "More of the Monkees" to be common.
Also agree that Hogan's Heroes should move up to the rare category. I'm late to the party on ranking these packs, but happy to join the conversation!
Welcome Jon! I'm going to keep More of the Monkees as uncommon mostly because of the prices it sells for on eBay (although I agree that prices don't always equate with scarcity). Most of the common packs sell for about 10 bucks or less. I agree with moving Hogan's Heroes to rare.
Sounds good Mike.
Hey Jon welcome to the forum. The problem you discussed with the Monkees pack is something mike and I have had a few discussions about. How much weight should be given to sales price versus how hard it actually is to find.
Would love to hear your thoughts. We both kind of agreed that sales price should factor in somewhat, but not be the only factor.
Great question about sales price vs how hard to find when categorizing a pack's scarcity. I prefer to base it on the number of known packs for a particular issue since pricing doesn't always correlate. Some issues like Batman are pricey but not particularly scarce. Some truly scarce packs are affordable (usually because the subject matter is not as interesting/popular!) I guess scarcity is in the eye of the beholder, so it's a fun debate.
I guess, in my mind, the "common" packs are so plentiful that people are pricing them for just a few dollars and are selling them in bulk on "non collector" venues like amazon.com