Why don't they start collecting the actual players themselves? What if their descendants got hardup for cash at some point and found a way to legally excavate the bodies of these dead baseball legends and sell the actual players themselves on the open memorabilia market? If pieces of equipment allegedly used by these players go for 10's of thousands of dollars, how much for the player himself? Or how about Mickey Mantle's pinky, for instance? Is his pinky worth more than his Topps rookie card?
