'33 Benny Bengough vs. '52 Andy Pafko

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Posted By: cmoking

I have noticed that sets where the are a higher overall population in high grade will have a higher priced low-pop card than another set with a overall population in high grade.

In the 33 Goudey vs 52 Topps comparison, here are SMR prices for the lowest priced commons:

33 Goudey
PSA 7: 165
PSA 8: 425

52 Topps
PSA 7: 70
PSA 8: 200

The pop for the 52 Topps is much higher in general

33 Goudey
PSA 7: about 19 per card
PSA 8: about 14 per card

52 Topps
PSA 7: about 49 per card
PSA 8: about 30 per card

So it makes sense that 1952 Topps commons would be cheaper, they are more plentiful. But because they are more plentiful, I theorize that more people are willing to start collecting PSA 7/8 grade in the 1952 Topps set than the 1933 Goudey set. ...and that leads to more people interested in getting a Pafko in PSA 7/8 than a Bengough in PSA 7/8 since the Pafko 7/8 fits into more 1952 Topps collections than a Bengough 7/8 fits into 1933 Goudey collections. Just a thing I've noticed in other sets as well. A pop 1 PSA 9 1950s card can sell more than a PSA 9 pre-war card because there are more PSA 8 collectors of teh 1950 set than PSA 8 collectors of the pre-war set.