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Posted By: Eric Brehm

Here are the PSA population figures for the two cards:

Bengough....EX-MT 11....NM 15....NM-MT 7....MT 1....GEM-MT 0
Pafko..........EX-MT 68.....NM 35....NM-MT 9....MT 0....GEM-MT 1

Pafko is more plentiful, so the price differential would likely be explained by higher demand for the 1952 Topps set in general, as others have pointed out. I think Jim C. is right that the $35K SMR value for NM-MT Pafko is unrealistically low; indeed one recently auctioned by Memory Lane went for over $95K.