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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

I found an old PSA SMR from 4/1996 and started to compare prices to the current issue. Then I got out my Beckett from 1980 and compared further. My columns got messed up pasting this data into a post but I think you can make sense of it anyway.

Three columns, left to right, 1980, 1996, 2006. The prices are for MINT cards. A dash indicates no listing. At the bottom are some prices from the 1980 Beckett showing vg/ex prices for an "average" (perhaps they meant common) card. My sophisticated analysis shows an upward trend. Too bad my time machine is in the shop.


1980 BeckettPSA SMR 4/1996 PSA SMR 11/2006
(mint)Mint 9Mint 9
T205 Cobb
60.0012,750100,000
T206 Cobb (red port)
50.00 7,50040,000
T207 Loudermilk
525.00-30,000
T3 Turkey Red Cobb
325.00-92,000
T202 Jennings-Cobb
27.00-27,500
1952 Topps Mantle
2500.0075,000127,500
1952 Topps Mathews
400.0017,00068,000
1953 Bowman color Musial
75.001,9505500
1915 Cracker Jack Joe Jackson
75.0025,00085,000
1933 Goudey Ruth #53
200.0021,000105,000
1954 Red Heart Mantle
30.00-4,000
1933 Tattoo Orbit Hornsby
20.00-4,500
1933 GC Miller common
100.00--

“average” card in vg/ex
N2835.00-185
N43125.00--
Duke Cab N142500.00--
E937.00--
E947.00-135
E95.5.50-80
E9712.00--
E1018.00--
E9927.00--
E10311.00--
E10714.00--
N17213.00-200
N172 Spotted tie40.00--
N172 Gypsy Queen60.00--
N173125.00--
1910 TipTop Bread30.00--
T213 Coupon10.00--
T214 Victory17.00--
T215Red Cross10.00--