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Originally Posted by G1911
Ain't that the truth. I don't know why; they are not more difficult than the other highs and there are no huge names among them (Uecker, McDowell, Pepitone, Veale, some good players but not huge stars). They sell at many multiples other highs though, for some hideous cards in a beautiful set. I have 13 cards to go to complete my basic set of 62's, 3 of which are in the handful of Rookie Parades at the very end of the set. I classify them in that category of cards I just don't understand the appeal of, like the 52 Pafko, the 66 Jackson/Shirley, etc, that sell for large premiums in any condition. The Uecker is going to cost me as much or more than the Mantle.
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Were the 1962 multi-player rookie cards the 1st year Topps did that ?
I never liked that, thought topps should give a player his own card. If he wasn't good enough for his own card, what was the point of keeping his card ? Were these guys scrubs ?
I think a lot of kids didn't value these cards highly. Maybe they were the 1st cards a kid would choose to put in the bicycle spokes.
In later years, multi player rookie cards were in earlier series, with less players on the cards. I think kid collectors got more used to them and became more accepting.
So I think those Rookie Parade cards are so valuable because they are so scarce, which had a lot to do with kid collectors preferences back in the day.