1979 value of 1967 Topps Brooks Robinson

[zljones]

I have obtained some old "Sports Card Americana" price guides by James G. Beckett from between 1979-1995. I have been doing my own personal research on the history of baseball card valuation, and I came across something puzzling, the 1967 Topps Brooks Robinson card had an HBV of $50 making it the most valuable 1960s card back in the 1979 issue #1 of "Sports Card Americana." It far surpassed any 60s Mickey Mantle cards which were only worth about $25-$30 back in 79.
My question is to anyone that collected back in the late 70s, why was the 1967 Topps Brooks Robinson so sought after in 1979 above all other 1960-1969 Topps cards? He was retired by 1977 and made the HOF in 1983 so I am puzzled about why this card was so hot in 1979?

[toppcat]

It was thought at the time the Brooks card was severely short printed and being in an already difficult high number series (67's are one of the tougher ones) it skewed the price. The card is NOT short printed though and while I am not certain of the current price, it would be well off the premium it used to carry.

[zljones]

Originally Posted by toppcat

It was thought at the time the Brooks card was severely short printed and being in an already difficult high number series (67's are one of the tougher ones) it skewed the price. The card is NOT short printed though and while I am not certain of the current price, it would be well off the premium it used to carry.

Excellent thanks Dave for that piece of info it helps with my personal research on old values. The HBV nowadays for that card is $250, so I got confused thanks for clearing that up

[ALR-bishop]

Like Dave, I can remember reading about the supposed scarcity of the card and I think that drove many sales of the card at higher prices for some time. Sort of like the Bass boys cornering the market in silver

[zljones]

Yea I also noticed that the 1957 Topps Sandy Koufax card was a big deal back then as well, nowadays it does not seem to have any major significance over the other 50s card.

[GasHouseGang]

Another card from back then that was "hot" was the 1966 Gaylord Perry. It is a high number and is short printed but I think it was being sold for more back then than it is now. I remember seeing it at one of the Nationals for several hundred dollars back in the early 1980's.