The 1980's...

[4815162342]

I collected Ryne Sandberg growing up in the 80's and 90's. In 1994, I had every card of his that was in Beckett, except for the Donruss Elite cards, which I would circle in every Beckett but know that I could never afford!

[jb217676]

Good stuff guys. Here are some other 'grails' from the '80's. If you had these, you ruled the schoolyard! (Back in the day, the McGriff RC was HUGE in Toronto!)

[FUBAR]

Jeff, your Canadian, you need the Leaf version of the Mcgriff!

[jb217676]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

Jeff, your Canadian, you need the Leaf version of the Mcgriff!

Jim, you were laughed at if you had a Leaf instead of a Donruss!

[FUBAR]

id rather have the Leaf, little more rare then the Donruss.... i might have an extra u can have....id have to look though

[cdn_collector]

Originally Posted by jb217676

Jim, you were laughed at if you had a Leaf instead of a Donruss!

Yup....Even the 'best' card would lose a bit of it's luster if it was the Leaf or OPC equivalent and not the Donruss or Topps version.


Regards,

Richard.

[JasonL]

not quite as sought after, and certainly ended quickly, but I recall chasing after Fernando Valenzuela, Tim Raines, Kal Daniels, Cory Snyder, and Juan Samuel rookies in their respective years...

[Beatles Guy]

Here's one of my favs.

[mantleman]

Originally Posted by JasonL

not quite as sought after, and certainly ended quickly, but I recall chasing after Fernando Valenzuela, Tim Raines, Kal Daniels, Cory Snyder, and Juan Samuel rookies in their respective years...

HAHA the good ole days, I remember searching through rack packs looking for 87 Topps Rookies.

[David W]

Originally Posted by JasonL

not quite as sought after, and certainly ended quickly, but I recall chasing after Fernando Valenzuela, Tim Raines, Kal Daniels, Cory Snyder, and Juan Samuel rookies in their respective years...

I thought I would be a teen age millionaire because I had several "Fernand" Valenzuela error cards from 81 Fleer (I think).

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by jb217676

Jim, you were laughed at if you had a Leaf instead of a Donruss!

I was there for it! Nobody wanted Leaf, OPC baseball or Canadian Score Hockey!

This thread is not complete without at least mentioning Gregg Jeffries! The '88 Score was stellar!

[FUBAR]

Originally Posted by JBirkholm

I was there for it! Nobody wanted Leaf, OPC baseball or Canadian Score Hockey!

Wow, we must be different out west.... no one wanted score american where i was... why would you want something that costs the same to buy but has half the value once opened? Air must be different in the east, god thing i moved from there in 77

[GoldenAge50s]

--Glad I rekindled a nice memory--That's a great story and Benes certainly had the stuff to be a winner--at least I thought so!

Don't know why he faded & didn't last longer or do better, but my stack of RC's didn't cost much at all when I got them, so I'm not out anything!

In fact, I never was one to "invest" in RC's in the '80's & '90's, but I somehow thought he was worth taking a flyer on so I grabbed a few anyhow.

[TexasLeaguer]

Originally Posted by jb217676

Jim, you were laughed at if you had a Leaf instead of a Donruss!

I can take your slings and arrows, so laugh it up.

[curch]

oh wow, this is an awesome thread. Just last year I went back and purchased the following sets. 84 Donruss and Fleer, 86 Donruss, 89 Score football, 90 Leaf and 92 Bowman baseball, football and hockey. Ok, so not all were from the 80's but some of my favorite cards were in those sets back when I was younger and just starting to collect. Couldn't afford them then, so it was fun to get them now. Oh yeah, and I was also able to pick up a Jordan Rookie for next to nothing. Not in the greatest shape, but still fun to have.

Joe

[JasonL]

Originally Posted by curch

oh wow, this is an awesome thread. Just last year I went back and purchased the following sets. 84 Donruss and Fleer, 86 Donruss, 89 Score football, 90 Leaf and 92 Bowman baseball, football and hockey. Ok, so not all were from the 80's but some of my favorite cards were in those sets back when I was younger and just starting to collect. Couldn't afford them then, so it was fun to get them now. Oh yeah, and I was also able to pick up a Jordan Rookie for next to nothing. Not in the greatest shape, but still fun to have.

Joe

please share a scan!
It is fun to go back and buy a few things that you couldn't afford to do back then, isn't it?
My latest example was re-discovering the 1986 Fleer Star Stickers, and buying 3 unopened boxes for like $12-15 each and going nuts opening packs!
My sons loved it too, even though they only knew to look for Ozzie Smith and Kirby Puckett.