I grew up a baseball card collector. When I was 14, i worked all summer just so i could buy a Robin Yount Rookie card. I think it was around $225. now its around 50ish. The boom of the 80's and 90's causing a price surge in collector cards, affected the way Topps, Bowman, and Fleer started producing cards. They didn't do it for fun and information anymore, they created collector "gimmicks" to boost sales. Good for them, bad for us. Then the advent of the internet and sites like ebay created an easier market to attain rarer cards driving the supply up and the demand down. The market will be back.

Great Read!