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warshawlawI've always wondered about that one too. I collect last cards of players because they show their career accomplishments, or nearly all of them. My 1963 Musial, 1965 Spahn, 1969 Mantle, etc., are great examples.
Rookie cards are generally priced higher than later cards for no good logical reason other than demand that was generated for them a decade or two ago and that has remained enshrined in our collecting folklore ever since then. When the first Beckett guides came out, there was a great deal of hyping of rookie cards. I recal battles over which card deserved a rookie designation because the resulting price boost was very important. Also, remember rookie card mania over modern players? That emphasized the rookie hype.