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Originally Posted by Abnerdoubleday
While the original comparison given probably wasn't the best one, it is a very valid point. There are quite a few cards with regular asking prices well in excess of any possible in-game value. It's a head-scratcher.
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Yeah, I still haven't quite figured out who gets those magic boosts. Like, for example, compare the 87 Gwynn (conveniently an 87 OA) to the 1969 Clemente in contact/power/eye/defense:
Gwynn 88/23/49/87
Clemente 84/74/40/79
Gwynn has a very slight edge in defense, an edge in speed, and will hit more doubles, but Clemente has a lot more power.
Last 5, Clemente goes for 6.5k, Gwynn goes for 17k
And then you have the 1962 Frank Robinson, who's a 79/76/51 (76 defense). Yeah, he has massive gap power and is a 93 overall. But his average is 32k. I could see wanting him over Clemente, sure. And being a Diamond, he'll be a rarer card to have. But to want him by a Mike Trout amount more than Clemente?
I can understand how the top cards at a position will command a top premium. While I could never afford the 100k pricetag on a Rogers Hornsby, I can understand why he could go for 100k vs 40k for Joe Morgan for 4k for Robbie Alomar. Top players will command top prices. But it definitely feels like some players probably just had a few people pay crazy prices for them early on, and they just kept up getting that much, while other players got bought cheap early, and have stayed that way.