When you look through a Beckett....
Years 1909-2000 are covered in like the first 2 pages......
After that especially with the newest dates there's a huge book of pricing (Each set has about 20+ different parallels and inserts with little bars for figuring out their prices by multipliers. Made-up Example : 2008 Topps Chrome Limited First Day Issue #'d Bat Relic/swatch card:
Stars and Rookies: 3x high column
Blue Refactor Version: 8x High Column
Gold X-Fractor: 10x High Column
and it just keeps going with about 5 more different types of refractors for that one particular subset of one particular set
Getting back to original issue of Ruth 33 Goudey as a "Rookie"
i just laugh every time I see that. It's one of the furthest cards away from being a rookie. The Sporting News m101 type rookies and all the early caramel cards of him always seemed to be mainstream issues to me, especially for the time period they were made in. Ruth was much closer to retirement in 33 then a rookie. It's just silly and Beckett doesn't do themselves any favors by listing it as such, imo....
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