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01-19-2012, 08:29 AM
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Current Card Prices Publication
Blame it on the (regional) publication started in 1984 (due to Don Mattingly popularity i believe) ..
it was called Current Card Prices and it had those MAGICAL UP ARROWS.. the magical UP ARROW was a powerful drug! I couldnt wait for the next monthly edition to see what the Mattingly 84 Donruss was up to! im sure these ARROWS spurred on many collectors especially during the Mattingly 84 /Canseco 86 Donruss era.... i think this price guide also spiked the attendance of Baseball card shows which we all know were HUGE in the 80's.... Last edited by ScottFandango; 01-19-2012 at 08:31 AM. Reason: spelling 
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01-19-2012, 08:59 AM
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CCP! I was trying to remember the name. There was also CPU [Card Prices Update].
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01-19-2012, 09:21 AM
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When I was little I not so neatly pasted my 1968 football cards into a scrapbook sorted by team, including the little paper posters that came in the packs, so I don't think at that point I was concerned about making money on my cards.
About 1985 when I found my 1972 Topps baseball set and started collecting again, I realized that cards had really gotten to be worth something.
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01-19-2012, 12:19 PM
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For some reason I seem to remember that the 87 Bo Jackson was the first card to command $1 fresh out of the pack and that the others obtained there higher value after they had at least a year in and the new years cards were out.
I was lucky enough to run a card store from 89-92, dream job that sadly had to come to an end. Thanks goodness I bought very few modern cards and occasionally would buy vintage when available, which was not often in MN. Lee
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01-19-2012, 01:15 PM
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I think it was the Beckett that came out in 1981 when I was 10 years old.
1981 Cards were just out but they were already listed in the Price Guide. Pretty sure it was only Topps. Fleer and Donruss were not listed yet. This was before Valenzuela and Raines became big. I looked in the guide and a brand new George Brett out of the pack was valued at $1.00. I had been obsessed with baseball cards since I was 5-6 years old. But seeing that 1981 Topps George Brett in the Price Guide, days after opening up my first packs of cards for the year................is what really took it to another level for me. Don't even know why I remember that.
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