old ad for sports cards - guess the year!

[SAllen2556]

August, 1999 Tuff Stuff

A 1968 Topps complete set is valued at $3000 in the price guide included in the magazine. A 1968 complete set in the latest edition of SCD's Vintage price guide is valued at....$3000!
1952 topps complete set NM then $62,000, now $120,000
1954 then $7500, now $11,000
1967 then $4500, now $4500
1972 then $1800, now $1500

From 1967 on, complete Topps baseball sets are actually priced the same or cheaper today than in 1999 - which explains how I was finally able to finish my sets and not have to mortgage my house.
I wonder if this explains at least a few of the "recently gotten back into the hobby" crowd?


The real bargains in 1999, by the way, were the unopened stuff. Here's some unopened boxes for sale from Mark "the kid" Murphy:

1976 topps vending box $250
1977 topps wax box $195
1978 topps wax box $450
1979 topps wax box $249

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

From 1967 on, complete Topps baseball sets are actually priced the same or cheaper today than in 1999 - which explains how I was finally able to finish my sets and not have to mortgage my house.
I wonder if this explains at least a few of the "recently gotten back into the hobby" crowd?

My guess is that the lack of change/decrease in prices on these sets is due to two things: a greater supply than earlier sets and the fact that the use of the internet to trade cards around this time frame became much more widespread and made it easier for anyone to sell off these cards and further increase the supply of these years.