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Posted By: Dave Yoken

For what it's worth, the GDP deflator is a broader index of what we call the "market basket" of goods and services - i.e. a broader sampling of prices for things that are not just for consumers, but for the government, private enterprise, etc., thus it is a more accurate index than the CPI, which just measures prices specific to household consumers.

Anyway, I would've taken all of the cards at either the CPI or the GDP deflator!!! $1 for a Topps 52 high # card!?!? Now I'm drooling. Heck,
I wish I could turn back the clock to when I was collecting cards as a youngster 16-17 years ago. Instead of all the crap I accumulated (late 80s Topps, Fleer, Donruss, Score, Sportflix, etc.), I would've gobbled up any vintage stuff I could find. I guess hindsight is 20/20....

Dave