W600 pricing question: can SCD be right?

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Posted By: Peter 

I just got my 2002 SCD Standard Catalog and was thumbing through it last night. I was delighted to see a W600 checklist. My last copy did not have one. I have to say that their pricing structure really confused me.

I see that they list Young at $6,000 (all prices are for NM condition)and Mathewson (uniform) at only $900. How does this make any sense. While I do not think that any W600's are common, I do see Young more often virtually any other Hall of Famer. On the other hand, I rarely see Mathewson offered in either of his poses. It seems as though Cobb is even rarer and he is only listed at $1,200 while Plank, whom I consider a "common" Hall of Famer lists for $1,450. Ed Delahanty, a very scarce and desirable HOF recently sold in auction for about $5,000 is listed at $650, while a common lists for $450. How can Young be worth 5X a Cobb, 7X a Mathewson and 9X a Delahanty?

Also, it looks as though they always list the street clothes variety for more than the uniform. Maybe I am in the minority, but I would take a card picturing a player in his team uniform any day over one that pictured him in street clothes.

What are your thoughts?