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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rld14, post: 474552, member: 16133&quot;]I think that we&#039;re all guilty of it, but one thing that I have learned, at least from collecting US Postal History, is that things like population reports, mintages, auction estimates and prices realized, price guides, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>They all mean bupkis.&nbsp; TBH, the same can be applied for what I do for a living as a car dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll see something bring what seems like silly money at auction but if you weren&#039;t there and didn&#039;t know who was bidding on it, then it can be very misleading.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can think of about a half a dozen covers out there that I would buy for almost any price if they came up for sale again.&nbsp; I bought one cover not terribly long ago for, oh, I dunno, about 7 times what it was worth.&nbsp; Estimate was $800-1200, it&#039;s not in great condition, It doesn&#039;t have a ton of eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also a unique usage of the stamp that I collect.&nbsp; It was last available on the market decades ago.&nbsp; I&#039;ve done this a couple of times and I have also bid other items up to insanity and given up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Common stuff is somewhat easy to peg pricewise, tougher stuff isn&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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