yeah the area means everything... but not always the case with vintage stuff.. new stuff most deffinately, theres probably someone in this state that would pay a ridiculous amount for a ball like that... but, multiple balls does dilute the market, ONLY if they are all on the market... there are currently no Hernandez no hitter balls on the market that im aware of, so, in that case, it could still be bad, the ball could sell for 100 bucks and that would be what the market would base further balls of that kind off of.... if it sells for 10k however, the market would explode after that price and the balls would skyrocket... then, crash down to earth...

thats the thing with vintage stuff, it never loses value... if a new player say like Pujols or Hernandez screws off the rest of their career, goes broke, ect, their cards will plummet, and so will all other sports peices... thats not the case with Cobb, Ruth, Mantle, Williams, Snider, Page, Killebrew, ect ect ect... they are all dead... their cards and mems will remain at the same price untill the market allows them to go up, especially if graded...

the problem is, ebay.. ebay dictates the market, because thats where the market is at... Beckett and other sports publications and price guides are basically wastes of money... more of a starting point, but you can easily go on ebay, and check completed listings and see what has sold, and for how much... 90 percent of card shop owners do this, which goes right back to what Chuck said

somethings only worth what someone is willing to pay for it...