New FB Acquisitions

[jefferyepayne]

Congrats, Larry! A great accomplishment.

jeff

Congratulations Larry! Great run, love the updates on the many set progressions. Hope you're not done, done?

[LuckyLarry]

Jeff and everyone else: thanks for all the support along the way! John I have no interest in cards newer than 1981. Ty I'm still working on my '48-'55 Bowman run (need 30) and my '60-'63 Fleer run (need 11). I'm working on the '48 and '49 Leaf sets too but I need lots of cards. I'm trying for some of the Topps wax pack inserts too. It never ends!
Larry

[sockwell123]

Congrats Larry! I also enjoy seeing your posts. !!

I think in '88, or '89 proset and score came along. maybe some others i could be wrong.

[TanksAndSpartans]

Thanks Shawn - 88 or 89 sounds about right. I think Larry is firm on 81, but I was just thinking there's a natural cutoff in the late 80s. I only say that because at some point in there picking a rookie card becomes really arbitrary. We know the 86 Topps is Jerry Rice's rookie. But a few years later in 89, Barry Sanders had a Score, a Pro Set, and a Topps. Soon after I think Upper Deck, Fleer, Action Packed??, SP??, Pacific??, etc. (I'm not even sure if these are all separate companies or what) were issuing sets - I've never really seen an article that explains the history of it, maybe because the late 80s aren't all that historical yet...

[jefferyepayne]

It all hit the fan in 1989. That's when Score and Pro Set showed up on the scene. So for me I consider 1988 the last year worth trying to get all of the mainstream cards that were produced. I have most of the base Topps sets thereafter but that's about it.

jeff

[Laxcat]

I'm like yall. My cutoff is '79. I do however have a few graded singles and raw sets of '89 score. There is WAY less of that stuff floating around than you would assume.