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Originally Posted by arabiandrum

The Aaron card is a known rarity, with only about eight cards gaining a PSA 9, while the Mantle has around 25-30, I believe, in 9. That said, there were just silly prices for several cards, especially many of the Aaron's -- even some that are not hard to find in 9. For example, the '71 Aaron went for over $14,000, plus the 20%. The '63 Aaron went for 9-10 thousand, and that card has been available for less than 3 thousand, quite recently. The'62 Mays they had in PSA 9 (granted, a very nice one) went for about $30,000 total, while one sold a couple of weeks ago on Ebay for less than $10,000. Apparently, Memory Lane has a few loyal, tunnel-visioned, very deep-pocketed and runaway-ego-laden people bidding. Guys who probably like the idea of wasting money, of smearing their importance in the faces of everyone else. It might make sense to tip-toe around Big Auctions, especially Memory Lane's, for awhile.

That makes sense with the difference in population. Although I attributed some of that to the fact that so many more Mantles have been submitted than Aarons. I didn't look up other years, but would assume this to be true in the them as well. Mantle's cards still sell for a significant premium in other sets and grades. Maybe that's about to change, or maybe two Aaron collectors just both really wanted these cards. Either way, I was surprised by the number of Aaron cards selling for 25k plus.