The whole card market is silly subjectivity if you think about it. Mickey Mantle has had a million cards, but some are worth 5 or 6 figures. For that matter, why does printing pictures of ballplayers on 2.5x3.5 pieces of cardboard distinguish them from printing them myself on 8x11 pieces of paper? But once you accept the context, buybacks aren't that different. They've got apparently 5 unique versions of cards that are probably all 1/1s. That they're not printed in 2017 is the main difference, and chasing something completely unpredictable, cards from Topps's whole history, is fun for some. Furthermore, it allows them to insert cards of guys like Pete Rose and Barry Bonds into packs today, which they can't otherwise do.
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