Quoted from High_End_Pins:The market is definitely title driven which can be hard to navigate when you start having 5 figure games. Some based on title others based on quality or rarity of the quality for the title.
The issue I find is the automatic acceptance of some titles even with lower quality(IPB BBB for example)verses a more common title but with a much higher build quality(HEP WW)
The reality is the IPB BBB is trading hands at a much higher mark up and is much more common than the HEP WW but due to the perception it would seem one is more justified than the other when it truly is not.
That is just my take on a personal level not a shot at anything or anyone and not a price pump. I got my money out of that Whirlwind when I did it so whether it sells for $5k or $50k I am out :-)It is just a different perspective than the norm based on what I have seen and experienced doing this.
It's an interesting point. If you look at the collectible currency market, where everything is graded (I assume coins, are the same), there are a number of examples where a particular bill is relatively common in mid level grades but extraordinarily rare in the highest grades. These examples command a premium. Now there are certainly other factors like overall desirability of a note that increase value but in that market, rarity is a function of how many are available in a given grade. I guess with pinball people figure 'well, I can always find a WW and have HEP restore it' Of course, then the question becomes: at what cost?
