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I have been a Baltimore Orioles fan my whole life. I am thinking about collecting the cards of all the years they won the division and the world series. I am starting with the 1967 Topps set. I was hoping somebody could explain to me why the price of Brooks Robinson card 600 is so high compared to all the other players on the team. I saw on ebay where somebody is selling it for over $140 and higher. I am just curious as to what may cause it to be so high. Thanks

It's from the scarce high number series -- and has been a super popular card in that set as long as I can remember.

If you're not concerned about condition, you can find as was sold on Ebay a few days ago for $26.00 and one for $33.00 in November.

I have a complete set of 1967 Topps. I spent around 15+ years (1987-2002?) piecing it together, pre Internet. (Or at least pre eBay.) I was down to about 30 cards, all 6th or 7th Series including #600, Brooks Robinson. I was at a card show and getting ready to leave but still had a few dollars in my pocket. I passed a dealer that I had purchased some cards from earlier, two 1967 cards to be specific. He asked me if I was leaving and if I had found everything I was looking for. I told him that I was going to leave but was taking one last look because I still had a couple of dollars left. He was like, spend it here. I laughed and told him I'd be happy to do that but I didn't think he had any '67's left I needed. He pulled on his 6-7 Series inventory and I looked through them again but there weren't any cards that I needed. After I told him thanks but there wasn't anything I didn't already have and he asked if I needed any star cards. At that time I had the Seaver rookie, ($250) but not the Carew, ($150) the Robinson ($75) and was missing another 3-4 "big names". He handed me several cards which I recall included the Carew and the Robinson. When I handed them back he asked if there were any I needed. I told him only the Carew and the Robinson but they were out of my price range. We chatted a few minutes about the 67 set and as I turned to leave he asked me how much money I had in my pockets. I pulled out some bills and a handful of change. I think it totaled about $21 or $22 dollars, maybe a little less. He pushed card #600 across the table and said "Sold". The card was in great shape, probably an eight. I protested and told him I couldn't take a card that nice for less than a third of it's value. He insisted and told me he'd had the card for 4-5 years and wanted me to have it. He said he wanted to sell it to someone that would enjoy, appreciate it and needed it for a complete set. I thanked him many times and practically floated out of the card show and back to my car. 

The 1967 set is one of my 3 favorite sets and whenever I flip through the notebook I smile and say a silent thanks to a generous dealer when I get to card #600.

That's a great story, KCjays. I need to go to some card shows and hope for such luck. For better or worse, I'm a few years away from going after 1967, although this year, once '69 is done, I'll probably start filling in some more of that set, along with '68. But you're scaring me with the prices....

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Thanks everybody for the help 

Boston won the pennant in 1967.

I went to few few games that year with the Boys Club. Great times.

Yes but the Orioles won the world series in 1966 so the topps cards in 67 are the champion cards from the previous year.