Perceived or Real? rarity of 1967 B Robby, 1970 Bench

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Posted By: Jim Parker

Ted,

Thank you for weighing in. Thanks to your extensive experience you have had first hand info regarding the relative availability of this card. You have confirmed my original point that for some reason the 67 BRobby was overvalued, since it appears it was really no more rare than any other 67 "nosebleeds" (I love that term). Of course the demand side of the equation could have helped, but it doesn't seem likely to have been the sole factor.

I think the point about the beckett sheet and perhaps the misperception it was single printed relative to other 67 hi's. I assume he was the only star who was in the perceived SP category so maybe that is why beckett priced it so highly.

Ted or other old-timers, do you have pre-beckett memories of this card having a premium value, or was that purely an outcome of beckett? somewhere i have an old price guide from ~1976 (predates beckett #1 by a few years), I'll have to dig it out.