When Did RC Become Most Important?

D. Bergin · #1 09-28-2022, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by D. Bergin

The earlier "Traded" cards were considered pretty neat, but mostly a novelty if you couldn't pull it from a pack at a convenience store.

.....and if you remember in the late 80's, Topps and other companies began to combat this perception by finally beginning to issue Traded and end of year 2nd Series releases into Wax Box product, across all the different mainstream sports releases.

ullmandds · #2 09-28-2022, 10:23 AM

I was into collecting pretty hardcore in the late 70's-early 80's. As long as I can remember 1st year cards were coveted.

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