All Praise 1980 Topps

[ALR-bishop]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

I am starting my search for the yellow letter variations now. It seems that there are more than just 3 that are documented.

These and the Pryor no name are all just print defects ( there are a boat load of them in the 1980 set). After a few of the yellows got recognized in SCD ( and then PSA) along with the Pryor, several other yellows ( I think I posted most of them above) and other no names or obscured names have shown up and I think further formal listings or recognition of them is iffy. But is a fun set for recurring print defects.

The Martin proof version of the Yankee team card I posted above is a real tough one to find

[hockeyhockey]

i have thousands of 1980 topps cards and no yellow variations. dammit!

[drcy]

Yes, a nice, clean design and interesting photos.

[jp1216]

You never forget your first - 1980 Topps Baseball! (Football and Hockey - hello Gretzky). Ricky to Phil Simms to the Great One. So many packs, so much fun!

[Eric72]

My favorite "modern" set. I was seven (almost eight) when Topps released it. It was the year when I began to really collect baseball cards.

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Well, this thread made me go dig through my 1980 Topps cards...and you're right, this really is a good set. The pictures and design are great.

Speaking of great pictures, as I was going through the cards, I stopped to appreciate the Tim Foli card. Who is Tim Foli you ask? I have no idea. But take a look at this...between Tim's expression, the action, Youngblood's awkward arm angle in the slide (???), Tim's autograph penmanship, and those old time Pirate uniforms, this makes for a GREAT card:

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[vintagebaseballcardguy]

Every time I see a thread like this it makes me think I could be happy only collecting cards from this decade. I don't really consider myself an error/variation collector, but I gravitate toward that with cards from the 80s. There's just so much affordable, neat stuff out there from this decade of my youth. Somehow, I currently don't own any '80 Topps. Not sure how, but I have a feeling I'll correct that.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by thatkidfromjerrymaguire

Well, this thread made me go dig through my 1980 Topps cards...and you're right, this really is a good set. The pictures and design are great.

Speaking of great pictures, as I was going through the cards, I stopped to appreciate the Tim Foli card. Who is Tim Foli you ask? I have no idea. But take a look at this...between Tim's expression, the action, Youngblood's awkward arm angle in the slide (???), Tim's autograph penmanship, and those old time Pirate uniforms, this makes for a GREAT card:

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Tim Foli was a decent infielder who could play 2b-3b-ss and hit around .250. Kind of guy who'd get sacrifices and HPB if he could, not cause trouble, etc.

[dodgerfanjohn]

Originally Posted by Eric72

My favorite "modern" set. I was seven (almost eight) when Topps released it. It was the year when I began to really collect baseball cards.

Me too!

Turned 8 in July 1980. My grandfather had been a semi pro ball player in the early 1930’s and really turned me onto collecting baseball cards. Once a week my mom would go over to my grandparents house and he would pick me up from school and go to Thrifty’s for an ice cream cone and a few packs of cards. I was hooked. It didn’t hurt that I lived in Los Angeles and Fernando mania was in full effect the next season.

I think at one point I had 7 Henderson’s, of course none in great shape because I was 8 and my brother was 5. I still have two of them and lucked into a vending box about ten years ago for $125 that produced a Henderson that I sent to PSA and got an 8 on.

Mostly my extras from when I was a kid now in my Dodgers binder:

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I was always ticked off at pulling FIVE Johnny Oates and only one Steve Garvey. Id later learn that Garvey and others were single print. Anyway, my one Garvey. You can imagine what happened to the Hendersons.

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