Manufactured Scarcity

We have some spicy topics for you this week on Trading Card Therapy! Our main topic of the day revisits manufactured scarcity. There are a few different areas of thought on this topic that are worth digging in to. The first is how the printing machine that makes the cards has such incredible power over the market. Is it the small stamped numbers on a card that give it value? Is it the limited ownership pool of a specific card? Whatever it may be, it is worth taking a step back when considering what the best use of your budget is. This leads to our next topic about an old friend who reached out to me regarding a Parkhurst Hockey Set that he was thinking about buying. With a budget of over $20,000, we are talking about some serious money. This set just happened to be from a year where there were no stand out rookies or stars. This poses the question of what the intention is in buying the set. Is it a short term flip, long term investment, or a personal favorite? It makes you think how you can be more efficient with your purchases, regardless of your intention. The last topic is in regards to how we grade cards. Not only with what cards we choose to grade, but which grading house we decide to send them to. Just like purchasing and investing in cards, there is a strategy of grading that will impact not only the value of the card, but your ability to have the card returned to you in a reasonable time frame without breaking the bank. Make sure you check out the video version of the podcast to take a look at a T206 Ty Cobb Bat Off Shoulder that I sent to SGC. I was on the money with my grade prediction, which absolutely influenced my decision to go with SGC. There is a lot that should go in to your grading decisions, which can result in you making a lot of money! Watch the Video Podcast - https://youtu.be/0oEhNEAlaMQ Host - Leighton Sheldon - https://www.instagram.com/leighton_sheldon/ Email - [email protected] Watch along to the show live every Tuesday at 12:30pm ET on https://www.youtube.com/justcollect Trading Card Therapy - https://linktr.ee/TradingCardTherapy Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TradingCardTherapy/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/TherapyCards Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tradingcardtherapy/ Just Collect Twitter - https://twitter.com/justcollect Vintage Breaks Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VintageBreaks459 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vintage.breaks/ Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/vintagebreaks YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/vintagebreaks