Hi Guys,
This is a very interesting discussion. Scarcity and rarity do not necessarily seem to reflect the highest prices as reflected in a price guide nor even on the glove market (ebay or elsewhere). Some gloves within my current collection may serve as examples for us to consider. I have a few gloves in my collection that may be nearly one of a kind or perhaps even a one of a kind example in the glove hobby. Is it rare, yes is it scarce yes is it high dollar value, not necessarily. While some gloves in the collection have endorsements that people know about or glove companies that some find highly desirable, there are still other gloves with endorsements and companies that are remotely known about.
My collection reflects the different web styles and different examples of glove styles over the years and I put that as my priority when putting my collection together to illustrate glove evolution over the decades. I do have some gloves that have the well known endorsements and a well known company and I suppose those have a better chance of being listed in a price guide and maybe their supply and demand helps to dictate the trend in the prices paid for such gloves. Some of the gloves I have are not yet listed in a prcie guide and I am sure some of you have experienced the same.
I remember, several years ago a slightly different web variation that I noticed on ebay,(a rather simple no name glove, that I wanted to add to my collection and it would have fit my web styles as being a very slight variation), It sold for 15.00 and I missed the bid.) ugh!! I still do not have that web style in my collection and it was the only one I have ever seen to this day. I am just guessing it was bought by someone to decorate their sons room as the buyer had not bought gloves in their past buying history on ebay. LOL
I have noticed there are a few gloves that have a popular endorsemdnt on the glove and perhaps a desirable company and a cool web or glove style to boot. With that combination, it sometimes would bring strong interest from different collectors due to the "crossover" of interests from the glove hobbists. As a result, it seemed, over the years, that those gloves brought a strong value from bidders.
Regardless of the value of some of the gloves in my collection, I tend to prize the most, the ones that hold a uniqueness about them. Are they rare and scarce, some most definelty. In the past, have they brought the big money, not necessarily.. Will they someday, not sure but I do know some are rarer than hens teeth.
Great topic. Keep it up.
Dave