1957 Brooks Robinson Prices

[Stetson_1883]

What I meant was that you can get a nice looking Musial or Killebrew rookie for $500. Sorry for not being more specific.

[glchen]

I think it's player popularity rather than pure statistics with a lot of folks have player sets for Brooks Robinson. See Derek Jeter, Nolan Ryan, Mickey Mantle (vs Mays or Williams) for other examples.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Stetson_1883

What I meant was that you can get a nice looking Musial or Killebrew rookie for $500. Sorry for not being more specific.

Unless you are doing apples to apples (same grade) it is not in this day where the grade is everything a meaningful comparison of relative card values.

[Econteachert205]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Unless you are doing apples to apples (same grade) it is not in this day where the grade is everything a meaningful comparison of relative card values.

For newer or returning hobbyists this has been an important realization, myself included. You could show me four cards I could deem nice and they could theoretically grade 7,4,2 and auth, based on unseen hairlines, stealth doctoring or other missed grading elements. Having grown up collecting in the early 90's where anything eye catching was nice I've really had to learn to carefully judge raw cards and graded ones for that matter. I still suck at it.


As for Robinson his youthful appearance is kind of iconic and as already said it is a tough series. When people think great 3rd base defense even today, he is the benchmark... Not many guys from that era have that sort of relevance.