{"id":63807,"date":"2023-01-11T05:13:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T10:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/?p=63807"},"modified":"2024-10-22T06:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T10:33:22","slug":"what-is-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/what-is-scarcity\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Scarcity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero-container hero-video-container hero-video-container-direct video-container loop\" id=\"hero-video-container\">\n  <button class=\"video-button\" id=\"hero-video-button\">Play Video<\/button>\n  <video src=\"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/videos\/Scarcity-Topps-Trading-Cards-v4-vertical.mp4\" preload=\"auto\" type=\"video\/mp4\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" id=\"hero-video-block_6a9d339d48c00eef3c6ae5785a2064a2\" poster=\"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/scarcity-poster.jpg\" loop>\n  <\/video>\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n\n  jQuery(function($){\n    \/\/ Video Play Button Overlay\n    $('.hero-video-container-direct .video-button, .hero-video-container-direct video').click(function(){\n        if ($('.video-button').hasClass(\"active\")){\n            $('video#hero-video-block_6a9d339d48c00eef3c6ae5785a2064a2').trigger('pause');\n        } else {\n            $('video#hero-video-block_6a9d339d48c00eef3c6ae5785a2064a2').trigger('play');\n        }\n    });\n\n    $(\"#hero-video-block_6a9d339d48c00eef3c6ae5785a2064a2\").on(\"pause\", function (e) {\n      $('.video-button').html(\"Play Video\");\n      $('.video-button').removeClass(\"active\");\n      $('video#hero-video-block_6a9d339d48c00eef3c6ae5785a2064a2').attr(\"controls\", false);\n    });\n    $(\"#hero-video-block_6a9d339d48c00eef3c6ae5785a2064a2\").on(\"play\", function (e) {\n      $('.video-button').html(\"Pause Video\");\n      $('.video-button').addClass(\"active\");\n      $('video#hero-video-block_6a9d339d48c00eef3c6ae5785a2064a2').attr(\"controls\", true);\n    });\n  });\n\n<\/script>\n\n<p>Cards are among the most coveted collectibles in the world, and can demand astronomical sums. But what makes cards valuable? This is the first in a series of videos that explore the determinants of card value. This particular video focuses on <strong>scarcity<\/strong>. In card collecting, the scarcity of a particular card &#8211; that is, the number of copies in existence &#8211; is strongly correlated to how valued it is within the collector community. This videos shows how and why scarcity matters &#8211; from a rare 1909 Honus Wagner card to a modern short-print.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Makes Cards Valuable? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":63808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8833,8837],"tags":[8962,8956,8960,8865,8957,8958,8961,8959],"class_list":["post-63807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to-collect-uk","category-video-uk","tag-1909-honus-wagner-uk","tag-baseball-uk","tag-honus-wagner-uk","tag-how-to-collect-uk","tag-mlb-uk","tag-pirates-uk","tag-pittsburgh-uk","tag-pittsburgh-pirates-uk"],"acf":{"color_theme":"rgba(255,80,119,1)"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}