Postwar Vintage vs Modern ?

[Eric72]

The junk wax era may become the new "generally accepted" line of demarcation before too long.

[swarmee]

Some people have already moved it to 1989 Upper Deck as the start of "modern." However, I still think the overproduction and new techniques of Donruss and Fleer will forever exclude it from "vintage" despite the 30-year demarcation lines of classic cars and other collectibles. At least in my mind.

[drcy]

The answer is there no set definition or universally accepted rule and never will be. Realize that someone who is 18, 25 or 30 will see past time differently than someone here who is 50 or 60. 1985 may seem like yesterday to some of us, but it's almost a generation before someone was born.

The simple way is to catalog by years: Pre-WWII, 1970-80s Topps, etc.

[cesarcap]

Why can't we just leave the junk wax era in it's own separate category?

[SPMIDD]

Originally Posted by cesarcap

Why can't we just leave the junk wax era in it's own separate category?

Are you saying that my 200 Juan Gonzales rookie cards will never be worth anything?

[cesarcap]

Are they graded PSA 10??????

[SPMIDD]

Originally Posted by cesarcap

Are they graded PSA 10??????

No...I was just trying to be funny. My apologies.

[gustomania]

Good point and I suppose that would be fine, just curious how people felt with cards like 83 Yaz and bench. To me there starting to feel like vintage.

Or like a 87 Ryan and Rose?

Originally Posted by cesarcap

Why can't we just leave the junk wax era in it's own separate category?

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Some people have already moved it to 1989 Upper Deck as the start of "modern." However, I still think the overproduction and new techniques of Donruss and Fleer will forever exclude it from "vintage" despite the 30-year demarcation lines of classic cars and other collectibles. At least in my mind.

Agree.