mrmopar
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The problem for something like this that as soon as enough people notice any sort of premium on it, sellers start expecting to get it, pricing items by advertising it and basically some people holding those items hostage, expecting the buyers to pay for what they once were able to get as a regular card. I do the same thing you do with the number 6, but have never really seen the weird number combinations that are not a jersey number ever pop up for sale other than 60 & 66.
As of right now I have about 250 Ripken cards with First, Last and Jersey number serial numbers. They are part of my PC but separate from the main PC. They are a collection of their own, if you will. But like most, I wouldn't go out of my way to find them or pay too much more for them. I also set aside the 80 / 080 / 808 / or any combinations of zeroes and eights.
However, If I have the 0008 / 0088 / 0800 / 0808 and so on, I might go after the others a little more aggressive but that's a looooooong shot. The most I have is two of any card and I got them both by accident.
The same goes when I have the first and last, then I will have to chase the jersey number or any combination of these three..