We used to believe
That there were certain times of "wax" explosion
There is definately more wax and cards issued in 1978 then in the pre-78 era and then in 1981, especially with the three companies there was a major uptick in card production. That is why you see a ton more
78 sets then 77 and 1981 sets then 1980, etc.
81 to 86 was definately a time with big production but the real explosion began in 1987.
Hard to explain but 87 became "the year" for the over production and more unopened was saved that year in part because of the then immense Topps (and Donruss and Fleer) RC crew.
Then 88-91 at the very least were printed till te cows came home and even 92-94 was very heavily produced. Remember by 1993 at Beckett we were shipping over 1 Million Baseball magazines a month and selling a good proportion of those magazines. And one of the primary reasons was the interest in new products. The reason there is slightly less 92-94 product out there then the 87-91 era is there were more products in those years and thus a diffusion of those products make for seemingly less out there.
But there are still a ton of singles until about 94 so I'm OK with 87-94 as the overproduction era
Rich
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