Very Interesting How Certain Stars are valued

[Seven]

As I find myself delving into many of the Prewar sets, looking at greats of the game from a long time ago, It's pretty incredible in my book, how some of the games greats are valued, in terms of their cards.

Cobbs have been on the rise, Wagner always sells, Joe Jackson's fame from the scandal still keeps his prices strong, Cy Young, Walter Johnson, I can go on. But then we look at players like Nap Lajoie or Eddie Collins, both prolific players, both stars of their time. And their cards, are dare I say, relatively cheap to their contemporaries.

Even as we venture into the 30's. Paul Waner, another member of the 3000 hit club, you can find his cards for a good price. What surprises me the most out of all these guys is Ted Williams, granted his prices are a tad higher than the names that I have mentioned, but still, quite possibly the single greatest hitter the game has seen, and the prices of his cards, are pretty low.

I'm rambling at this point, I just find this fascinating. How the hobby comes to value one former great, where as the other is just lost to time.