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Originally Posted by todeen
You say Ozzie Smith "cards" but do you just mean RC? As in a single card. Otherwise I wouldn't say his cards get any special skew.
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I look at Ozzie's second year cards -- 1980 in decent condition -- and those go for more than what I would have expected. Same as the 1991 Desert Shield cards. Or the 1982 cards (first one in a Cardinals uniform). But yes, it is seems most pronounced with his RC in, say, a PSA 8 grade, where there are something like 3,000 in circulation, but they go for $300+.
(For the record, I'm not trying to pick on Ozzie. He was my favorite player growing up. My dad took me to Shea Stadium when the Cardinals were in town one summer, and I leaned over the railing during warm-ups, and Mr. Smith signed a ball for me. Probably one of the most enduring of my baseball memories. I wonder if today's players realize how they can make or break a kid's day depending on whether they sign their autograph.)