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Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy
'86 Donruss for this reason. Although I bought packs from previous years, this was the first year that I really started collecting. I remember ('88?) when Canseco broke the 40/40 club and his rookie was selling for $100+. Good times.
'87 Donruss a close second. Remember all the rookie prospects from that year? Maddux, Bo, Larkin, Bonds, Bonilla, Will Clark, Mike Greenwell, Kevin Mitchell, Benito Santiago, Palmeiro. And there's still probably at least half a dozen that I'm not remembering.
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Good ol' days. $100 raw.
I remember going to a baseball card show and one of those card brokers that was popping up in SCD at the time was set up there.
They were buying Cansecos for $90 bucks and selling them for $100 bucks, and there were more people buying the Cansecos then selling them.
That being said, of the ones listed, I probably also had the greatest affinity for 87 Donruss, because it was accessible to me at the time and had that great selection of Rookies. 86 Donruss was never easy to find and when the Canseco and McGriff took off, the wax was not very affordable for a teenager like myself.
Not listed but I preferred Fleer of all the releases in 1987. Just had a very clean look to them, and for some reason there seemed to be a lot less of them out there then Donruss, and obviously those ugly Topps wood borders.