1970s HOF rookie cards...why so little love?

[bk400]

I didn't realize that the 75 Minis were largely taken up by adults / investors...the condition that I am finding them in as a general matter suggests that a lot of them weren't taken care of that well.

[Lucas00]

Originally Posted by bk400

I didn't realize that the 75 Minis were largely taken up by adults / investors...the condition that I am finding them in as a general matter suggests that a lot of them weren't taken care of that well.

It's slightly over exaggerated. But even collectors over the years beat cards up. I'm sure many have been in and out of boxes and binders 10+ times.

[bk400]

Thanks for the insights. I was slightly surprised that the bookended Hank Aarons in that 75 mini set is as expensive as it is in 7+ graded condition.

[G1911]

They were widely available here on the west coast to kids buying cards. I see more minis than regular 1975 cards at shows in my home area still, probably because of this. Made the set really easy to build. My dad, who was 13 in 1975, said he bought several boxes worth (the most of any set he had) of the minis because he was aware at the time that they were some kind of regional issue and people elsewhere had the regular size cards. He doesn’t remember getting any of the regular size that year or if local retailers carried both. All memories are subject to error, but there’s some anecdote.

[Kutcher55]

I have been obsessed with the 75 mini set in the past 1-2 years and I can tell you that there's a lot of EX-MT cards freely floating around on eBay and elsewhere but the cost goes up and the supply goes down quite rapidly as you creep past 6.5 into true 7+ land.

Not sure how "scarce" the set really is, other than I'm pretty sure they made less of them than the full sized set. It has its fans and its detractors. As a condition sensitive set, it has pretty much every issue you could imagine and so truly nice centered pack fresh cards are tough to come by. This is particularly true with a handful of issues, such as #16, and #647 and another 30 or 40 cards that have chronic ink splotches, and/or are usually off center/tilted and/or are factory cut short top to bottom.

[Grigsby]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

I have been obsessed with the 75 mini set in the past 1-2 years and I can tell you that there's a lot of EX-MT cards freely floating around on eBay and elsewhere but the cost goes up and the supply goes down quite rapidly as you creep past 6.5 into true 7+ land.

Not sure how "scarce" the set really is, other than I'm pretty sure they made less of them than the full sized set. It has its fans and its detractors. As a condition sensitive set, it has pretty much every issue you could imagine and so truly nice centered pack fresh cards are tough to come by. This is particularly true with a handful of issues, such as #16, and #647 and another 30 or 40 cards that have chronic ink splotches, and/or are usually off center/tilted and/or are factory cut short top to bottom.

There was a case break of 1975 minis about 10 years ago on the PSA boards.

I would assume that's the source of many EX-MT cards floating around especially if they are graded.