1979 value of 1967 Topps Brooks Robinson

[zljones]

Yes according to my old price guides I have the 70 Bench was the most valuable 70s card. I also noticed there was a demand for the 57 topps sandy Koufax.

[toppcat]

Originally Posted by zljones

Yes according to my old price guides I have the 70 Bench was the most valuable 70s card. I also noticed there was a demand for the 57 topps sandy Koufax.

The 1970 Bench was thought of as quite valuable even in 1970 by us kids. Even with the Mets winning and having all their cards in the 70 set, on Long Island the card everybody wanted was Bench. I even remember my father talking about it at the time. I have to think now there was some kind of news story about it but I can't say for sure.

[Rich Klein]

was Card Collectors Company had a warehouse fire and for whatever reason a ton of the 70 Benches were destroyed in that fire (or water damaged). While other cards may have had similar issues, the Bench was the most in demand of those cards

As for the SCD article on Brooksie, iIRC Gary Sawatski and his then partner in the business Duane Scrhoen (sic) had sorted 5,000 or more 67's without finding ONE of those cards.

You do have to remember that in 1979 Bench was among the leading superstars in the game and Brooks had just retired and was beloved.

Plus, both players were World Series heroes in the days when being a World Series hero may have been the only 90 percent of the country saw you play

So, those cards being tougher cards in tough series were thus being not only sought after by collectors but also being kept by both advance and not so advanced collectors

Growing up in NY, we had tons of baseball to watch in the 70's on free TV and the games of the week as well. But if you grew up in a city like LA, I believe the only Dodgers games televised were Sunday road games and all the National games. And in cities without major league teams, probably less games to see as well.

Rich

[jchcollins]

Sorry again to resurrect an old thread, but I do that from time to time...

This was intriguing to me, as I recently picked up my first '67 high number - which turned out to be #600 Brooks Robinson. (Mine is o/c and has a rough cut but otherwise nice...an SGC 5.5).

I knew there was a story behind this card and perceived scarcity before I decided to go after the '67 set, but did not know the details...interesting. Makes me think of my own childhood in the 80's and which older cards had "legendary" status. When I first started collecting it was anything older than about 1985...for some reason I remember the '85 Pete Rose regular issue card having that status among my friends - guessing due to all of the hype around him finally breaking Cobb's record.

Anyhow just interesting to see that even when a card was not particularly "old" (the '67 Robinson was all of 12 in 1979) what rarity and perceived difficulty to obtain can do for it. Even if it wasn't true for the Robinson card in the end - it's this kind of stuff about the hobby that I have always found fascinating.