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Posted By: scgaynor

The rookie card hype started, not with Beckett, but with the Mark Lewis publication Card Prices Update (CPU). It was a pretty good guide, but Beckett eventually sued Lewis and put the guide out of business.

As a sort of gimic the guide gave huge premiums to rookie cards. I remember Ryne Sandberg was like $3, they created and whole new market.

Scott