1970 sports collectors' conventions: Mid-Atlantic and Midwest

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Originally Posted by ValKehl

I note that not only were the T215s only $4 each, but Matty and the other HOFers were the same price as the commons!

Yes. In those days HOFers and other stars didn't generally command a premium unless they were scarcer than other cards in the set, a la T206 Wagner and Plank. In fact, this was a point of pride among advanced collectors. When the influx of new collectors in the mid-70s began to push up the price of star cards, a lot of old-timers were not pleased, and didn't consider the newcomers "real collectors".