Brooks Robinson - Proof Items

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I love the proof/production pieces/original art stuff as well! Sometime around the early 90s, when it was clear that they were producing enough of each card for every person in the country to have a few, I really shifted to more unique kinds of items, and proofs and production pieces are a lot of fun to pick up. There seems to be a small set of folks who go after them, and, as is shown from some of the responses here, they often seem to be most popular with player and team collectors looking for rare items to add to the collection.

I really find it interesting to see the vast differences in prices for some of these. Clearly the player depicted is the biggest determining factor, but it also seems that the scarcity/popularity of the set can produce wild swings - even though most of these, regardless of what issue they were used for, are one of one, or nearly one of one items.

Howard - I would love to see one of the Post/Jello proofs - they sound very cool!