A lot of hobby media attention today's on breaking unopened modern product, so not a big surprise to see parallel rise in vintage unopened prices. Wish I could get on the Cy Young bandwagon, except I don't see modern pitchers challenging any meaningful career records. Until someone gets close to a strikeout or franchise record that points back to the prewar era, too few people remember his significance. Home run and other hitting records seem to compare to the modern game in a way I'm not sure pitching does.
I think DiMaggio and a handful of other non-Ruth/Mantle Yankees are due for a resurgence, once they win another title.
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