I was WAY off...post 1980 cards are sought after!

[Phil68]

I'm saying this is not the "rightest" I've ever been.
I had no idea so many serious collectors were doing sets and enjoying the 80s & 90s stuff.
I'm looking for 2003 & 2004 Heritage for my 19 year-old son (he asked for help with them). So, I went on here and was pleasantly surprised to see these cards being collected and enjoyed. It was a fine era in the game with some pretty cool cards!...
Now...to find those Heritage...
I'm headed to the BST

[vintagebaseballcardguy]

There are many of us who grew up during the 80s and now actually have disposable income for the cards we couldn't afford when we were kids. It is a blast! I stopped trying to limit myself to one era of baseball. I own cards stretching from 1909-2019...LOL! Good luck in your quest.

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[Phil68]

Originally Posted by vintagebaseballcardguy

There are many of us who grew up during the 80s and now actually have disposable income for the cards we couldn't afford when we were kids. It is a blast! I stopped trying to limit myself to one era of baseball. I own cards stretching from 1909-2019...LOL! Good luck in your quest.

Spec-Freaking-Tacular!!! You can hit that 84D Mattingly like a beast now and display 'em and pass 'em down.
Love it!

[seanofjapan]

I remember as a kid in about 1989 or so staring longingly at a 1983 Topps Wade Boggs rookie in the glass display case of my local card shop with a 35 dollar price tag on it and thinking I would never be able to own such a magnificent card.

Then 20 years or so later grown up me won one on Ebay for about 3 bucks on an impulse bid and I just thought “Oh man, collecting cards is way funner and easier than it used to be.”

[Mike D.]

Yeah, the 80’s cards didn’t make us rich like we thought back in the day, but they’re still desired. And with a few notable exceptions*, most of the key RC’s are now very much attainable, even graded.

* - Henderson RC, 84 Fleer Update, 84 Donruss Mattingly

[CobbSpikedMe]

I love the 80's rookies! I have a search on eBay just for 80's rookies and I try to pick them up in PSA 8s. They look great in an 8 and are much more affordable than the 9 or 10. The difference at that level is so little that I like my 8's just fine.

As an aside, I was never lucky enough to actually pull a key rookie from any packs growing up. I was always annoyed at that as a kid. No Mattingly, Strawberry, Gooden, Clemens, not even and Eric Davis for crying out loud. Now I've got them all and I love them.