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Posted By: Bryan

Red backed or black backed cards virtually carry no premium with collectors, unless they are trying to make a master set of all cards. As someone who almost had the complete set at one time and then broke it for cash - I am finding it easier to find mid and higher grade cards on the internet but the prices will contiue to rise as they have in the past year. I am just now trying to once again complete the set and I have decided to take a different route than I think most collectors do. I am starting with high numbers first as rough conditioned ones bring at least $50 and most of the time more than that. It is always possible to pick one up on Ebay every now and then for under $50. For example, a thompson high number sold on ebay a couple days ago for just over $50 and I would call the condition about VG or better. Low numbered HOFers go very well on ebay as I have seen very beat up HOFers sell on ebay for $30 or more where I wouldn't have spent on the card as they probably did on the top loader that it was in. The 52 topps set is the best that have produced - in my eyes - and will continue to grow very popluar as people leave the "new" market and try concentrate on the older cards.