A few questions about M116 Sporting Life

[marvymelvin]

Hey guys, I really like the look of the M116's as I am a sucker for pastels, pink and blue backgrounds and the like. I am curious though why they seem to be so reasonably priced compared to other similar cards of the era. Not that this is a bad thing as I have other interests that aren't quite so reasonable. It is just a curiosity of mine.

Not only are the listed prices in the Standard Catalog reasonable, but "actual realized prices" are even yet again a lot less than what is cataloged for the grade. I have the same questions about the Sporting News and blank backed M101-4's and 5's, but at least they have rare backs to hunt down.

I included some borrowed images from the net of both the blue and pastel Cobbs, and then as a Yankees fan I have included some Yankees. Not all of the players in the set have both a blue and pastel background. Just some seemingly at random.

Again, aside from some extremely overpriced, crazy, nonsense asking prices floating out there on the net, these are actually selling/changing hands at reasonable prices.

Granted, some of the images look a little goofy; Wolter looks like he is from the planet Vulcan; but generally the blue and pastel hints make these quite attractive, in my opinion. What is your opinion?