by Mr. Mitt » August 22nd, 2015, 4:20 pm
Now, don't get me wrong, the above glove is neat and valuable, but not as valuable as its nearest contemporaries, in my opinion. It all goes back to the age old debate of rarity versus condition. It's a personal collecting preference, and I've always tried to obtain both, whenever possible, in my collection. All else being equal, however, condition always trumps rarity in any collectible from vintage cars to vintage watches, vintage furniture to vintage baseball cards. Condition, condition, condition! That doesn't make rare pieces in tough shape worthless, it just means, more often than not, items in better condition bring in higher premiums.
I've been valuing the above glove based on prior sales of tipped gloves in superior condition, discounting the missing parts. If the market has changed since the last sale and demand has shifted significantly higher to make the current find marketedly more than the 3k or so I see it at, so be it. That only means that the other known tipped examples would all shift higher as well.