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Posted By: jeffdrum

Eric the numbers don't lie. I don't think that many would disagree that there is increased demand for a "rookie" of most all players and HOFers to be sure. I love having rookie cards. The thread started with the futility of trying to define what is a rookie particularly in the realm of prewar. I still maintain that this is a recent phenomenon (as Ted points out) and that most of the collecting public and for certain the investing public has bought in.

Also the numbers for graded examples of the post-war rookies will always be higher because the cards sell for more and it makes more financial sense to have them graded.

To Hal's point, as the demand for "rookie" cards grew so did the need (I guess) for a definition of what one was. This is the gray area that IMHO will always be gray dependig upon what you call a "card."