As a kid, we could not find 1967 High Numbers. Brooks Robinson was the biggest star in the series coming off the 1966 World Series championship. He was the key card in the set until rookie cards took off. There was a time when the multiplayer rookie cards were disliked, so Seavers and Carews were not chased after. I bought mine as commons.
The same for Bench. He was the key card in the 1970 set. That was his first MVP year and the Big Red Machine was hot. Today we chase rookie cards and star cards are almost an afterthought. When these cards were released and in the decade after, star cards were what people chased after. Today set collecting is not popular, so despite the relative rarity, the demand is low.
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