Tomorrow is today. When I set up at shows, I find that younger collectors think of 1980s-1990s cards as vintage. Last show I did, two guys were looking for "old school" players from the 1980s-1990s. I get a similar reaction at least a few times a show now.
So much of it is perspective. I think of anything made after 1980 as modern and anything made after 1989 as shiny crap, but that doesn't hold for someone who hasn't been collecting for 50 years. I found a gorgeous 86 Donruss Canseco at a small card show yesterday for two bucks, in a seller's vintage box. I vividly recall when that card was the absolute bomb, during that 40-40 season. I never had one at the time--too expensive on a law student budget. I had to pick it up.
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