It can all be traced back to a series of syndicated newspaper articles from 1968 that ran in pretty much every newspaper as filler during the "Batmania" craze, all about how some of those Comic Books were worth up to A HUNDRED DOLLARS in good condition. A POX UPON THEM ALL!!!

Here's the problem with Baseball Cards - NOBODY wants players that aren't playing any more, and people BARELY want "Hall Of Fame" players either. I'm sure there's SOME KID out there who would be thrilled to find a cache of "old" baseball cards, but I don't know any :/