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Posted By: barrysloate

Mark- that's a good point and it just shows that the definition of a rookie card is a bit amorphous. I've always defined a rookie card as "if you own it it's the rookie card, but if the other guy owns it and you are trying to buy it from him, it's not." In the case of T206 vs. Bond Bread, the tobacco issue in total was probably distributed across a fairly wide area of the country, whereas Brooklyn (albeit the greatest city in the world) is kind of specific to where Jackie played. But cards like Nadja (St. Louis) and Tango Eggs (New Orleans) are awfully specific too. In the end, I think we should form a committee to decide what is the true rookie card of each player. I nominate Hal Lewis as committee chairperson as he studies this as much an anyone. Anybody second the nomination?