M101-2 and National Game/Tom Barker Alexander both precede the Fatima (and 1914 CJ), no? So the popularity of that issue would seem to have nothing to do with rookie card status.
And I am guessing there are lots of examples of cards that have increased in value tremendously despite not being rookie cards (e.g. T206 Wagner, 1952T Mantle).
And there are lots of players whose rookie I couldn't even name despite being reasonably well informed. Lajoie, Collins, Mathewson, Johnson to name a few.
So I'm still not sure that for the average collector rookie card status is as big a deal pre war as it is post war, which was my point (I think LOL).
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