Pricing and flight to quality

[MCoxon]

Originally Posted by 62corvette

Regarding the non-mainstream/regional group, the 1975-1979 Hostess have increased in value significantly.

Thanks Mike. The fact that Hostess has gone up is interesting, this was the crux of my post

I have spent lots of time with oddballs like Bazooka, Kahn's, Kellogg's, team picture packs and autograph cards (e.g., Pirates/Clemente)

And what I noticed is that my common, PSA 6-7 1955 / 1956 HOF Topps cards, with large pops, like Aaron and Mays, have doubled and even tripled in price. Meanwhile, the rare Kahn's of Clemente, the low pop high grade Milk Duds boxes, the low pop high grade Nabiscos, the low pop but high grade Dormand Mantles with Bat on Shoulder haven't moved much. Feels like I wasted $$$ buying the low pop cards, rather than just continuing to upgrade mainstream Topps issues

I was wondering if anyone had noticed that it's all mainstream issues (Topps for baseball, Fleer for basketball), and not the other non-mainstream issues appreciating so much

[Tere1071]

The oddball cards often present an artistic value apart from the regular issue cards. You didn't waste your money.