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Old 04-27-2024, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by G1911 View Post
This part is confusing. I get the years are not quite directly equal to a set, as above, but... half as many cards for almost twice as many sales? They sold 1941 Play Ball's in 1942 at almost 4x the price of the original issue run? I'm an idiot or something must be off here.
I don't disagree, although I do know that there were pretty significant shortages of chicle and jelutong once WWII started, along with sugar rationing, so a price spike due to a shortage of gum wouldn't be totally inconceivable. Now whether that gets you to 4X the price or not, I don't know.
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