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Originally Posted by steve B

52 was an odd instance. Topps had loads of leftovers because they hadn't figured sales would be as low as they were. And they didn't have a lot of warehouse space.

In later years they were smarter and produced fewer of the last series anticipating lower sales than there were for earlier series. They also found ways of moving the leftovers - "fun packs" for Halloween, and maybe a few other ways (Won't get into the whole Christmas rack pack thing, other than to say that the one I bought while nothing appears to be centered well, it does have a 58 high number showing so the cards aren't always entirely junk )

So while the 52 High numbers are fairly tough and have that great story, the last series of other years are also harder to find than the earlier series.

In at least one instance this continued after the baseball sets changed to being issued all at once. The original Star Wars cards ran to 5 series. The last one was similar to the baseball (and for 72 football) high numbers. I only found out they existed from friends who lived across town and bought their candy and cards from the one place that carried them.

Steve B

Thanks for the info. I was under the assumption 52 high numbers were likely to toughest to get, and maybe they still are, but it sounds like they are not the only ones.

Originally Posted by Sean

I collect the 1965 Topps set, and I can tell you that the high numbers are the toughest.They were released late in the baseball season, and their time for distribution was limited, so many of them are slightly harder to come by.

You would think after 52 they would have learned their lesson, but then again, maybe that was intentional?

Thanks for the info.