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HandsAtNeckAlthough they will not be an indicator of scarcity, utilities of the CardPricer type will soon tell us how frequently those cards presumed to be rare actually change hands. What is startling about recent and past sales is the depth of the buyer marketplace. And their willingness to accept what is perceived to be hobby opinion (ie. the Ruth PROOKIE while he was still in the minors, being touted as his actual rookie card; and the Jackson PROOKIE similarly listed as his rookie card, while he was with New Orleans, although a fine historical city, it is not the site of a Major League team, and the Baltimore team for Ruth, was in the International League). There is a difference between a player's first card and his rookie card, and sometimes I think that no one else cares about that. Afterall, who cares that Mantle's rookie year was not 1952?