[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by balticfox

so what? The "1948" leaf cards of jackie robinson and satchel paige are still the same cards that they ever were. They're no less or more attractive than they were yesterday. This whole rookie card thing arose from dealers hyping up their oldest cards to sucker dilettantes and greenhorns into paying higher prices. "oh, but it's his rookie card so it's worth five times as much as his card from the following year!" yeah, well you can keep it then. Or sell it to some pigeon.



Yes, precisely! 'nuff said.

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