Counting Down The 10 Most Iconic Sports Cards of Alltime Video - Thoughts

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by rats60

The Fleer Michael Jordan RC is the card for the junk wax era.

I was still in high school when those Fleer basketball cards came to market. My recollection is that there were tons of them, and they were not popular.

After college, I turned to pre-war and never looked back. I appreciate Jordan as a basketball star, but his Fleer card took off in popularity after I essentially left that hobby behind.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

I was still in high school when those Fleer basketball cards came to market. My recollection is that there were tons of them, and they were not popular.

After college, I turned to pre-war and never looked back. I appreciate Jordan as a basketball star, but his Fleer card took off in popularity after I essentially left that hobby behind.

But that was before the UD Griffey card even existed. The Jordan card started taking off after the Bulls playoff run in 1988 and was soon second to the Donruss Canseco RC before eventually leaving Jose in the dust. At no time ever was Griffey bigger than Jordan.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by rats60

But that was before the UD Griffey card even existed. The Jordan card started taking off after the Bulls playoff run in 1988 and was soon second to the Donruss Canseco RC before eventually leaving Jose in the dust. At no time ever was Griffey bigger than Jordan.

Good points, I'll let you and Peter debate it out. My baseball card knowledge takes a sharp decline after around 1986. I do remember the Mark McGwire USA Topps card being the pie'ce de re'sistance at card shows in the late 90's.

[Rhotchkiss]

Off topic, but why not

My Top 10 baseball cards from the 1980s

1989 UD Griffey
1985 Topps USA McGwire
1984 Donruss Mattingly
1986 Topps Traded Bonds
1982 Topps Traded Ripken
1983 Topps Boggs
1980 Topps Henderson
1985 Topps Goodin
1987 Donruss Maddux
1989 Fleer Ripken FF

Other cool ones
1984 Topps Strawberry
1983 Topps Gwynn
1985 Topps USA Conseco

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Off topic, but why not

My Top 10 baseball cards from the 1980s

1989 UD Griffey
1985 Topps USA McGwire
1984 Donruss Mattingly
1986 Topps Traded Bonds
1982 Topps Traded Ripken
1983 Topps Boggs
1980 Topps Henderson
1985 Topps Goodin
1987 Donruss Maddux
1989 Fleer Ripken FF

Other cool ones
1984 Topps Strawberry
1983 Topps Gwynn
1985 Topps USA Conseco

84 FU Clemens and 86TT Tiffany Bonds have to be there for me, PEDs or no PEDs.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

84 FU Clemens and 86TT Tiffany Bonds have to be there for me, PEDs or no PEDs.

Crap! I totally forgot about Clemens (1984 FU and 1985 Topps) and Puckett! Clemens is 100% a top 10. The 1985 Topps set is (or was) one of the most loaded sets - Goodin, Clemens, Puckett, USA McGuire and Canseco, Eric Davis

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Crap! I totally forgot about Clemens (1984 FU and 1985 Topps) and Puckett! Clemens is 100% a top 10. The 1985 Topps set is (or was) one of the most loaded sets - Goodin, Clemens, Puckett, USA McGuire and Canseco, Eric Davis

Canseco does not appear until 86 Donruss and Topps Traded.

As for a great set, 89 Donruss is pretty strong with Griffey, Randy Johnson and Schilling. Also Sheffield.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

84 FU Clemens and 86TT Tiffany Bonds have to be there for me, PEDs or no PEDs.

The Gooden was the card in the Fleer Update. It was the first 100.00 modern card. That card was the hobby in 1985-86.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Off topic, but why not

My Top 10 baseball cards from the 1980s

1989 UD Griffey
1985 Topps USA McGwire
1984 Donruss Mattingly
1986 Topps Traded Bonds
1982 Topps Traded Ripken
1983 Topps Boggs
1980 Topps Henderson
1985 Topps Goodin
1987 Donruss Maddux
1989 Fleer Ripken FF

Other cool ones
1984 Topps Strawberry
1983 Topps Gwynn
1985 Topps USA Conseco

This is my list. These were all the card to have at some point during the 80s.

1980 Topps Henderson
1982 Topps Traded Ripken
1984 Donruss Mattingly
1984 Fleer Update Gooden
1984 Fleer Update Clemens
1985 Topps McGwire
1986 Donruss Canseco
1987 Fleer Will Clark
1989 Fleer FF B Ripken
1989 Upper Deck Griffey

[HistoricNewspapers]

Originally Posted by rats60

This is my list. These were all the card to have at some point during the 80s.

1980 Topps Henderson
1982 Topps Traded Ripken
1984 Donruss Mattingly
1984 Fleer Update Gooden
1984 Fleer Update Clemens
1985 Topps McGwire
1986 Donruss Canseco
1987 Fleer Will Clark
1989 Fleer FF B Ripken
1989 Upper Deck Griffey

Yeah, that list about covers it.

Even though Pete Rose did not have a card produced in the 1980's that could beat those cards above, Rose cards were the king of the hobby in the 1980's.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by HistoricNewspapers

Yeah, that list about covers it.

Even though Pete Rose did not have a card produced in the 1980's that could beat those cards above, Rose cards were the king of the hobby in the 1980's.

This is the cool part of the hobby. We all remember the 80s differently. I can't imagine anyone I knew even wanting a Pete Rose card in the 80s.

I pretty much remember the 80s being very similar to modern now. The dollar amounts were way smaller but it was a game of hot potato with the rookie cards like now.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by rats60

But that was before the UD Griffey card even existed. The Jordan card started taking off after the Bulls playoff run in 1988 and was soon second to the Donruss Canseco RC before eventually leaving Jose in the dust. At no time ever was Griffey bigger than Jordan.

Jordan was bigger than Griffey on the court/field but especially in that era baseball card collecting ruled the day.