Spikes
Similar spikes are occurring with certain rookie cards in the market on the whole. You can add the 54 Aaron and 55 Clemente in PSA 8 to this conversation amongst others. I think with these two 70's cards in particular there are a number of factors that are driving these prices.
A. The type of player that both of these guys were. Your talking about 2 of the top 3B to ever play baseball, making them highly identifiable and coveted. I love HOF rookie cards, but I will not collect all of them, as I catagorize HOFers into two areas: There are no doubt HOFers, and I think there are guys in the HOF that hung around long enough to get in. I.E. Blyleven If I was limited to just 10 Post War HOF rookies that I could purchase, Schmidt and Brett would certainly be on that list. I think many would have similar thinking as well.
B. If you follow unopened wax, you will note that the 70's prices have exploded as of late. For most people, they can no longer find/afford to rip open 75 Topps products anymore. The prices have doubled and in some cases tripled in the last 12 months.
We are certainly in an interesting period of time when it comes to cards on the whole. I am very much looking forward to watching what the market does over the next 12-18 months, as I think it will be very telling. Its tough for me to believe we will continue to see the soaring prices on some of these cards, but then again, I would never have guessed that Brett PSA 9 RC's would be selling for $2500 either.
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