Regummed $2.60 Zeppelin

Zepps are almost exactly the same value as they were in 1940s (when in factor in inflation) as seen here http://www.stampsmarter.com/learnin...gTrends.html
There was a brief rise in value during the 1980s when inflation drove many people into collectables.

The 'supply' side of supply-demand is always emphasized when in my opinion the 'demand' is far more important. A stamp can be rare but if buyers for it are rarer then the value is not great.
Don

1982 was the peak and have fallen since. As demand seems to be ongoing, it will be a matter of time the curve reverses upwards again. Is this a good time to buy in? Think the answer is anybody's guess.

The curve would only go up for only one reason; demand goes up. That might occur like it did in the 1980s when many non-collectors entered the collectables marketplace or it might occur if stamp collecting popularity was to increase. I guess folks could bank on one of those two things happening, but truthfully they would be far better off investing in vintage Dennison hinges. (Where the demand stays steady but the supply is constantly shrinking. Since the early 1970s vintage Dennison hinges have appreciated by over 4000%.)
Don

Dennison hinges for investment? Not a big fan of hinges to begin with...haha

The PSE population report sheds light upon the number available. Mint outnumber used 11 to 1 with most of the mint never hinged. There are over one thousand C15's that have been graded by the PSE with a large multiple of that number left ungraded.

https://siegelauctions.com/pse.php?scottnum=C15

The PSE population report sheds light upon the number submitted to them

Fixed - I would assume that more people submit mint rather than used

But collectors die, retire or quit, after which, in many cases, their stamps re-enter the market. Higher-priced stamps like Zep are very commonly cherry-picked out of albums and resold as singles or sets, with the rest of the album with cheaper stamps sold as a different unit or "remainder". So Zeps are re-entering the market all the time.

Serious question (wrt US): do people see demand going up for stamps outside of the ultra high end or graded material? Folks talk about higher prices realized and competitive bidding in other threads. I get how a perfect stamp realizes 10x cat, or the rarities Siegel sale amazes, but I'm not convinced top of the line realizations raise all ships. In fact, I see more to the contrary. Undesirables, fall off the spectrum. And I mean stamps in the 100-2500 range mostly - collector grade, not investor grade.

Zeps are robably a falling knife in all but the highest conditions. Folks will up-pay for quality once they make a commitment to spend hundreds or thousands for a stamp.

In my EFO collection I recently did a serious comparison of values between 2005 and 2019 catalog of errors valuations and everything is nearly down. But I wonder if this trend has tapered. It's hard to imagine noone wants the stuff. 1/50 stamps satisfy all collectors needs globally? They're listed at 50%cat on ebay and lower in the hundreds. It's crazy. I have been buying a ton of stuff. Am I going to be left holding the bag, or will I ultimately benefit from an important error collection in 20 years. Who knows.

"Investor grade"

Hobby: an activity done in one's leisure time for pleasure.

"alternative asset class"

rismoney, it is certainly a good time to pick up when prices are a huge discount off catalogue, but it is best to accumulate stamps with an ongoing demand. For my case, gb classics used to be something too pricey for Singaporeans. The pound used to be 1:9 in the seventies, it has dropped to 1:1.7, so there is really no better time for me to buy.

I would rather have a regummed zep centered XF-S (95 or better grade) than a VF-XF (let's say 85 grade) OG/NH
Regum 95 Looks better in album!!!

If the price was same, let's say 150$, (not sure if it would be) I would prefer regum stamp,

I'm a collector that prefers centering over gum condition but that is my opinion and likely not opinion of others here.

All other things being equal, how would a mint og, mint regummed and unused with no gum compare in terms of pricing for the zeps?