I was WAY off...post 1980 cards are sought after!

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

There are many of us who grew up during the 80s and now actually have disposable income for the cards we couldn't afford when we were kids. It is a blast! I stopped trying to limit myself to one era of baseball. I own cards stretching from 1909-2019...LOL! Good luck in your quest.

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[Phil68]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

There are many of us who grew up during the 80s and now actually have disposable income for the cards we couldn't afford when we were kids. It is a blast! I stopped trying to limit myself to one era of baseball. I own cards stretching from 1909-2019...LOL! Good luck in your quest.

Spec-Freaking-Tacular!!! You can hit that 84D Mattingly like a beast now and display 'em and pass 'em down.
Love it!

[seanofjapan]

I remember as a kid in about 1989 or so staring longingly at a 1983 Topps Wade Boggs rookie in the glass display case of my local card shop with a 35 dollar price tag on it and thinking I would never be able to own such a magnificent card.

Then 20 years or so later grown up me won one on Ebay for about 3 bucks on an impulse bid and I just thought “Oh man, collecting cards is way funner and easier than it used to be.”

[Mike D.]

Yeah, the 80’s cards didn’t make us rich like we thought back in the day, but they’re still desired. And with a few notable exceptions*, most of the key RC’s are now very much attainable, even graded.

* - Henderson RC, 84 Fleer Update, 84 Donruss Mattingly

[CobbSpikedMe]

I love the 80's rookies! I have a search on eBay just for 80's rookies and I try to pick them up in PSA 8s. They look great in an 8 and are much more affordable than the 9 or 10. The difference at that level is so little that I like my 8's just fine.

As an aside, I was never lucky enough to actually pull a key rookie from any packs growing up. I was always annoyed at that as a kid. No Mattingly, Strawberry, Gooden, Clemens, not even and Eric Davis for crying out loud. Now I've got them all and I love them.

[Phil68]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

I love the 80's rookies! I have a search on eBay just for 80's rookies and I try to pick them up in PSA 8s. They look great in an 8 and are much more affordable than the 9 or 10. The difference at that level is so little that I like my 8's just fine.

As an aside, I was never lucky enough to actually pull a key rookie from any packs growing up. I was always annoyed at that as a kid. No Mattingly, Strawberry, Gooden, Clemens, not even and Eric Davis for crying out loud. Now I've got them all and I love them.

Andy
Time to buy a couple of boxes and have at it!!
I couldn't believe how poor my luck seemed to be in the 70s and 80s when I opened packs. I remember wanting Joe Morgan and Bill Madlock in '77. Drove me NUTS!
In '78 it was Rice and Reggie...same deal.
I must've pulled 20 Paul Blairs for every Reggie that summer...

[Exhibitman]

The modern stuff, with very few exceptions, is stuff you can just have fun with and not worry about 'investment'. I will be busting a couple of boxes of 1997 Topps Stadium Club shortly. Just a set I really liked the look of back in the day. Unless I hit a major insert it is just plain cheap amusement.

[cardsagain74]

Originally Posted by Phil68

Andy
Time to buy a couple of boxes and have at it!!
I couldn't believe how poor my luck seemed to be in the 70s and 80s when I opened packs. I remember wanting Joe Morgan and Bill Madlock in '77. Drove me NUTS!
In '78 it was Rice and Reggie...same deal.
I must've pulled 20 Paul Blairs for every Reggie that summer...

I seemed to have reasonable luck when I was buying packs as a little kid (from around '80 to '85). Had a Montana rookie and most of the key topps baseball guys from those years.

Then there's how you always hope you somehow had a 10 in something, and then realize you were lucky to have anything that'd even grade a 7 from your grubby little hands back then......

As far as the Reggie, too bad it wasn't '79. I think they put one in every pack that year

[Bigdaddy]

Originally Posted by Phil68

Andy
Time to buy a couple of boxes and have at it!!
I couldn't believe how poor my luck seemed to be in the 70s and 80s when I opened packs. I remember wanting Joe Morgan and Bill Madlock in '77. Drove me NUTS!
In '78 it was Rice and Reggie...same deal.
I must've pulled 20 Paul Blairs for every Reggie that summer...

I also remember Morgan to be tough in 1977 - and I am a Red's fan, so that was hard on an 11 year old. Carew, however, seemed to be in every other pack.

And in football that fall, I could never pull the elusive 1977 Walter Payton. I think Topps only made 4-5 of them that year, in total.

[CJinPA]

Originally Posted by CobbSpikedMe

I love the 80's rookies! I have a search on eBay just for 80's rookies and I try to pick them up in PSA 8s. They look great in an 8 and are much more affordable than the 9 or 10. The difference at that level is so little that I like my 8's just fine.

As an aside, I was never lucky enough to actually pull a key rookie from any packs growing up. I was always annoyed at that as a kid. No Mattingly, Strawberry, Gooden, Clemens, not even and Eric Davis for crying out loud. Now I've got them all and I love them.

How about it!! 80's rookies are some of my favorite! Even second year cards like 84 Donruss Gwynn's are nice. I loved the '85 Topps layout and the rookies were killer!!

I see you're from Belle Mead - I grew up just down the road in Pennington, NJ. Collected until my early 20's and lost interest during the baseball strike in '94. I was really into collecting, trading and dealing. With Willow Grove/ Fort Washington shows in the 80's/90's (now the Philadelphia show at Valley Forge) - the RObbinsville show's in NJ and up in Edison. Fun times collecting and trading. I'm just now getting back into collecting - focused on e92's (interesting story how I traded for a Dockman Wagner hitting card at the '92 National in Atlanta as a dealer - for another day).

Anyway, some super 80's rookies and they seemed so out of reach 30 years ago. Fun times getting started again!

[Exhibitman]

Speaking of 1980s, this has been one of my favorite cards consistently over the years: