The sad part about this hobby is that almost everybody believes the bullsh*t that gets fed to them. There are very few of us who challenge commonly held beliefs. Toppcat's post shows that there is nothing special about the high numbers and I thought this all along. There are plenty of em' out there for everyone!
Let's look at the 1951 Bowmans - same sh*t. When I started taking interest in this set, I would research online and read things like "
high numbers are scarce! Very tough high numbers! High numbers are more difficult to find!" Well, let's do a quick eBay search from Canada, shall we?
#1 Whitey Ford (57)
#2 Yogi Berra (29)
#3 Robin Roberts (30)
#305 Willie Mays (39)
#306 Jim Piersall (26)
#307 Walt Masterson (50)
Hmmmm ...
