The 25 Most Valuable Baseball Cards from the 1980s

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  • @guschampion
    @guschampion Год назад +5

    I was 15 during game 1 of the World Series in 88. Still get chills listening to that call.

  • @HungryHippoo
    @HungryHippoo 3 года назад +111

    Can you do a vid without the Tiffany's, most of us don't have those, thanks!

    • @mikestadulis3083
      @mikestadulis3083 3 года назад +20

      I agree. I never even heard of Topps Tiffany in the 80’s and I went to a ton of shows.

    • @norwegianblue2764
      @norwegianblue2764 3 года назад +8

      Agree 100%. I was an avid collector in the 80's. Bought Topps for years, picked up Fleer and Donruss when they came around, and then Upper Deck. Never heard of Tiffany. Which makes this video kind of useless, since it's 90% Tiffany.

    • @traviscoates6878
      @traviscoates6878 3 года назад +4

      If they aren’t Tiffany’s, they aren’t worth more than $20-$30. Therefore it’s pointless to make a video

    • @TheEnd-eg6wq
      @TheEnd-eg6wq 3 года назад +7

      @@traviscoates6878 It's pointless to list the Tiffanys also, none of us had access to them

    • @WORK__HAVE_THINGSCHINGA
      @WORK__HAVE_THINGSCHINGA 3 года назад +3

      @@TheEnd-eg6wq honestly i thought the same thing until i really looked at my cards and found out the differences between a topps traded or a tiffany and i found that i have a bunch of Tiffany cards not knowing i did... But yes it sucks the same card is worth 5xs less because it isn't a Dealer issued card in which is bullshit

  • @joshhoward1289
    @joshhoward1289 2 года назад +4

    It was a good day when Mom brought a couple packs of cards home for me and my brother to open. Thanks for reminding me of some great memories.

  • @PhuryousOne
    @PhuryousOne 3 года назад +130

    I'm one of those people that misses Saturday morning cartoons, but this kind of fills the void.

    • @IsaidQUIETnHERE
      @IsaidQUIETnHERE 3 года назад +2

      Agreed

    • @oriolesfan7807
      @oriolesfan7807 3 года назад +3

      Road Runner is on DVD. I have one.

    • @gritter781
      @gritter781 3 года назад +4

      @@IsaidQUIETnHERE ditto. Simpler, better times.

    • @Mikeknife3899
      @Mikeknife3899 3 года назад +4

      Saturday morning cartoons Saturday afternoon wrestling and getting a Don Mattingly 1986 card in your tops pack life was great

    • @Slimthepatriot
      @Slimthepatriot 2 года назад +1

      💯👍

  • @citizengar
    @citizengar 3 года назад +13

    I have a handful of these. The Billy Ripken is still one of my all-time favorite cards. Can't get enough of that wonderful "error".

  • @threeg6966
    @threeg6966 Год назад +8

    I have several of these cards. I started collecting (again) around 1980. I had a collection as a kid, mostly 60's cards, and gave them away. I stumbled upon a card show as a 30 year old and I couldn't believe what I had given away. So I started collecting again and built up a decent collection. 🙃 Some day I am going to get motivated and go through them and sort them out. Maybe find out what they are worth. I do have a sentimental attachment to them.

  • @13lood13ath
    @13lood13ath 2 года назад +11

    Kirby Puckett will always be my favorite player. Mainly for his love for the game, this fans, and his team. Always smiling and giving his best.

    • @boyshaveapenisgirlshaveava7256
      @boyshaveapenisgirlshaveava7256 2 года назад +1

      Nice! He was my fav too. Had like 10 of his rookie cards back in the day. 91 was an amazing world series for him

  • @icetraydemartini3963
    @icetraydemartini3963 2 года назад +2

    The Canseco rated rookie was so popular that there was a full size poster sold. My friend had a a huge image of Jose's face staring at him over his bed. Weird to think about that positioning as an adult.

  • @slickdog78
    @slickdog78 3 года назад +15

    The Jack Buck call was good. But nothing could compare to watching that game live in 1988, when I was 9. Hearing Vin Scully build that at bat pitch by pitch until it's ultimate conclusion of Gibson's homerun. I still get goosebumps when I see that ball jump off of Gibson's bat on that 3-2 backdoor slider.

    • @lancemorris8508
      @lancemorris8508 Год назад

      🎉⁶]⁰

    • @nutmegriot209
      @nutmegriot209 Год назад +1

      i remember him limping around the bases. i was little & didn't realize he was injured and only asked to pinch hit because they had no-one left on the bench. if it was a regular season game he would've been on the DL. how crazy

  • @barbaralulling9067
    @barbaralulling9067 Год назад +2

    I found one of my Mother's photo album slap full of baseball cards and the ones you have listed she has

  • @hualni
    @hualni 3 года назад +10

    I love those 1989 Bowman cards!!! I bought them up when they were new. I was a kid. I hated that the cards didn't fit in my binder sheets. I think it is one of the best looking sets of all time. So simple. Great photography. A work of art.

  • @pauliecopez2683
    @pauliecopez2683 2 года назад +3

    I have a complete 1989 upper deck set. Ken Griffy was first in the stack when you opened it. Also have complete 1986 Topps. I remember buying them. Thanks for saving my cards Mom!

  • @MRForever-ub5pw
    @MRForever-ub5pw 3 года назад +98

    Gwynn ended up with 8 batting titles. His rookie cards are very underrated in my book.

    • @kevinalford2165
      @kevinalford2165 3 года назад +9

      One of the best pure hitters of all time!

    • @jude999
      @jude999 3 года назад +4

      Garvey had more 200 hit seasons.

    • @MRForever-ub5pw
      @MRForever-ub5pw 3 года назад +8

      @@jude999 True, and I think Garvey should also be in the Hall, but having watched both play their whole careers, I 'd still take Gwynn if I had a choice. Not sure why there's such a knock on Garvey that's keeping him out, but hopefully he'll eventually get in.

    • @tenclubcards
      @tenclubcards 3 года назад +5

      Completely agree! Imagine the attention and value if he played for the Yankees his entire career...

    • @plbeckman
      @plbeckman 3 года назад +6

      Yeah. I bought a tony Rookie in good shape for 20.00

  • @vincestyles1030
    @vincestyles1030 3 года назад +22

    I have every card in this collection. My dad bought every set and traded set for me until 1992 then I started to buy them myself and continue for my kids now. Dad has passed away so the collection is crazy I have every complete set of topps upper deck fleer etc going back to the 50s never opened still in boxes.

    • @moe4him673
      @moe4him673 3 года назад +4

      I’m with you I collected in the late 70’s and into the 80’s before going to play college ball at USC. My most memorable was catching Randy Johnson during a Saturday Morning in early Feb in 1986 just before the start of the MLB spring training session. I still have the Catcher’s mitt I used during the Bullpen session.

    • @icanseedc
      @icanseedc 2 года назад +1

      I'm at about 90% of the ones shown. It's a shame about Sosa and Maguire . I definitely have all of those Griffey Jr. Only problem is how to unload them.

  • @dirtpickingusa8786
    @dirtpickingusa8786 3 года назад +15

    Not sure how/why this turned up in my feed, but it brought back memories... I was 16 years old in 1987, had gotten back into cards in 86 after collecting heavily in 78-80... I got a sales and use tax license, started buying boxes at wholesale and sold at card shows, bringing $800 a day! Freakin special cards, Tiffany cards and all that crap ruined it and priced me out of things by 92. (that and being in College and doing "other" things, ahem...

  • @TheCynical82
    @TheCynical82 3 года назад +4

    As a kid I had like 4 of the Bowman Griffey Rookie cards, but the upper deck was the one everyone wanted. Makes you wish you could go back in time lol. Cool video

  • @marciem9580
    @marciem9580 2 года назад +4

    We have three boxes of 1986-1991 cards. Some even still in the bubblegum wrap. I calculate over 2000 cards. Took a couple handfuls out and a lot of the cards on this list within the years I stated, are in there. Just fun to watch the videos and then search the cards. Thanks for the information. Very well spoken video.

  • @iprshow8465
    @iprshow8465 3 года назад +15

    What a feeling! Walking to the corner store and picking up a pack for .50 cents and dreaming of one day being able to buy a box for $12.50

  • @scottmattern482
    @scottmattern482 3 года назад +6

    I know I have some of those cards in my collection from the mid to late 80s - brought back some old memories instantly. My parents found my card collection when they recently moved, but I haven't gone through it yet.

  • @sgtjarhead99
    @sgtjarhead99 3 года назад +18

    What memories. '83--'86 was a tremendous run of quality sets and tons of rookies with HOF/speculator interest. Alas, some didn't pan out, but generated a ton interest at the time. Eric Davis comes to mind. Nobody remembers him, but back in the day, they were comparing him to Willie Mays.

    • @neilgross7033
      @neilgross7033 3 года назад +2

      I remember Eric Davis well. He was one of my brother's favorite players. I watched a retrospective of his career recently and I did not realize his career was hampered so heavily by injuries.

    • @Sean-hi5ec
      @Sean-hi5ec 3 года назад +3

      By far.....the quickest wrists ever for a batter

    • @seal4ever778
      @seal4ever778 3 года назад

      Yep, E. D. when healthy, in his prime was a baller

    • @loungezinger
      @loungezinger 3 года назад +1

      Eric Davis in '87, watching 'This Week in Baseball' talk of him chasing Maris's hr record while he was jumping over the fence to steal home runs from his friend Daryl Strawberry. He ended up with straight terrible luck with injuries, but what a talent.

    • @17Helton
      @17Helton 3 года назад

      His wrists were so quick they didn't want to change his mechanics but that hitch didn't end his career..those damn injuries! He still had a nice career though.

  • @maryc3808
    @maryc3808 3 года назад +4

    Appreciate your time in putting this together. I have almost all of these cards in a collection I inherited. Starting to get into this collecting!

    • @collectorinvestordealer
      @collectorinvestordealer  3 года назад +1

      Welcome to the hobby!

    • @TheEnd-eg6wq
      @TheEnd-eg6wq 3 года назад +1

      Yea, you don't, The tiffanys are not roaming around to the commoners.

    • @TheEnd-eg6wq
      @TheEnd-eg6wq 3 года назад +2

      The tiffany cards are identical to the regular Topps, so you think you have them, but you don't, I have dozens of Topps Mattingly rookies, zero are Tiffany

  • @Inka311
    @Inka311 2 года назад +2

    thanks for the video! it's awesome to see what I used to have (as I cry) and the ones I still have (jumping for joy)

  • @bornbunting1583
    @bornbunting1583 3 года назад +3

    Every card you just mentioned I have and more. Some still in the original package, also in binders and in hard case's. I also have a few boxes that have the gum in the packs from the 80's

  • @Janet_Airlines802
    @Janet_Airlines802 3 года назад +10

    First pack I ever got as a kid was 87 Topps with the wood border. I was 7 years old and just started baseball, my parents would get me packs every week for many years into the 90’s. I remember my prized card was the Upper Deck rookies of Griffey JR, I had a bunch of them, wish I knew where they went, worth a good amount these days.

    • @rage508cardsngrails
      @rage508cardsngrails 3 года назад +1

      🤔Check the folks bedroom in the vacinity of the glass pipe and metal balls of sos pads And Steel wool dust bunny's ....for a Rolla dex and look for jonito or **" landlord"*** and call to see if they made it to the pawn shop yet and if not your in luck 😂😂🤣 kinda ask if they mind turning around mom said she will make it up to u 😉 jk that's the blueprint my old neighbors showed me to fo
      find there cards 😉 silly me 🤣🤣🤣🤣 hope u hot a chuckle #salute

    • @robertmacias279
      @robertmacias279 3 года назад +2

      Damn.... I had to double take and check if I wrote this and forgot. Exactly how I started. But I was 6 in 87. The Wood egdes and stale gum. But I only had one Griffey.

    • @Firecracker321g
      @Firecracker321g 2 года назад +2

      Lmao u just described when and how I started collecting 🤣 I was 7 yrs old as well

    • @Janet_Airlines802
      @Janet_Airlines802 2 года назад

      @@rage508cardsngrails maybe I should check under your moms bed, I use to have to hide from your dad a lot.

  • @josephcirillo5292
    @josephcirillo5292 3 года назад +6

    Love your content!!!...Great brining up cards from the 'past'....I am over 60 but been collecting for years...even during the 80's so I enjoy these videos so much...I have many cards that you previewed...Have to go back upstairs to see what I have...Topps Tiffany was a great set...so was Fleer...never knew about the Bowman Tiffany..Thanks again!!!

  • @atrain132
    @atrain132 Год назад +2

    What's sad is that I have over half of these listed, but pretty sure they aren't PSA 9 quality. Didn't take proper care of them when I was a kid.

  • @williamstdog9
    @williamstdog9 3 года назад +3

    Holy crap dude! Thanks for the much-needed trip down memory lane!! :-) What a blast from the past... I still have a few of these beauties from my own child hood... MAN! YES! Great vid :-)

  • @Pullwax
    @Pullwax 2 года назад +6

    Thanks for this video! It's crazy to see how much sports cards have evolved since the 80's.

  • @ryanroberts9696
    @ryanroberts9696 3 года назад +27

    Can you do one without tiffany? Be interesting to see the discrepancy between top 3 brands to see if topps is really king for value.

    • @toddestes4020
      @toddestes4020 3 года назад +3

      I agree, Tiffany isn't even on the radar for me.

    • @snerdterguson
      @snerdterguson 3 года назад +2

      I think the first time I was even aware that Tiffany cards were even a thing was in 1998 when McGwire 85 Topps were going crazy.

    • @TheMb129
      @TheMb129 3 года назад +3

      100% agree. Tiffany cards weren't accessible cards.

    • @ninacuntowiczaka2415
      @ninacuntowiczaka2415 3 года назад +1

      What is a topps Tiffany?

    • @TheMb129
      @TheMb129 3 года назад

      @@ninacuntowiczaka2415 they were only available in factory sets mid 80s to early 90s www.cardboardconnection.com/comprehensive-guide-to-topps-tiffany-baseball-cards

  • @richardkrikorian4438
    @richardkrikorian4438 3 года назад +4

    I watched your video and I remembered I bought the Griffey Bowman as a team set back in the day. I just found my cards and there it is. Thanks for your video!

    • @ivanrodriguez1049
      @ivanrodriguez1049 3 года назад

      I purchased at a thrift store 11 unopened packs of 1988 baseball topps cards I'm
      a collector l want to know if they have any value , there's a card Mark Grace wearing number 53 and many others R Henderson 1st year w the Yankees Canseco Tony ,Gwynn Batting title card number 403. Wade Boggs
      1987; Batting title and also all star card and many more

  • @mattf.4727
    @mattf.4727 3 года назад +11

    Great stuff. Everyone talks about the power of the pop report, which is important. But the power of nostalgia is just as important. Canseco, Gooden, Strawberry - not HOFers or rare but cards everyone who grew up in the 80s needs to have. Surprised Eric Davis 85 Topps did not make the list.

    • @rage508cardsngrails
      @rage508cardsngrails 3 года назад +1

      Agree 👍

    • @jude999
      @jude999 3 года назад +2

      1981 Fleer Valenzuela and 85 Gooden were the hottest things I ever remember from the 80s. Eric Davis was a flash in the pan.

    • @rage508cardsngrails
      @rage508cardsngrails 3 года назад +1

      @@jude999 yup and Rickey Henderson

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 3 года назад

      @@jude999 Gooden,Boggs,Gwynn and the Canseco RR were always hor

  • @chrisgrant9083
    @chrisgrant9083 3 года назад +1

    I dig the fact you get right to the point on card values.i have been a collector since 1984.and because of you I will have to take a good look at my cards ty.so very much for this video.cg

  • @GradedInMyLivingRoom
    @GradedInMyLivingRoom Год назад +6

    Enjoyed the video as I grew up with these cards in this era. May finally get me to look through my collection and maybe grade some. My fav is the Rickey Henderson when things were simple with only one to three cards vs today with so many variants. Things I learned was how the value of non rookie Nolan Ryan''s may be worth and need to dig in about Tiffany and what the differences are. Again good stuff!

  • @michaelanderson4458
    @michaelanderson4458 3 года назад +7

    Wow I have 2 shoe boxes full of 80s cards. I had no idea they were worth so much. I guess they will be ebay bound soon thanks for the info.

  • @BILLEON2005
    @BILLEON2005 3 года назад +3

    I have multiples of each card!!
    Back in the early 90s as a high school graduation present one of my uncles gifted me each year in the 80s complete card set of Donruss and fleer and tops!

  • @niutak76
    @niutak76 2 года назад +2

    This was when I was growing up and collecting cards as a kid. I still have most of them but may go hunting to get graded copies of them.

  • @davidgoodman6924
    @davidgoodman6924 3 года назад +5

    Have had my Kirby Puckett and Mark McGuire USA card in a hard case since the 80s, never touched, mint condition...thanks!

  • @blessembreaks
    @blessembreaks 3 года назад +50

    Wade Boggs the only rookie that looked like he was a 20 yr vet.

    • @roberthuot7887
      @roberthuot7887 3 года назад +1

      Yeah he did have that look. A great hitter though, he was 25 when he finally got to play regularly.

    • @BoleDaPole
      @BoleDaPole 3 года назад

      Too bad he couldn't do a routine play that my grandma could

    • @blessembreaks
      @blessembreaks 3 года назад +3

      @@BoleDaPole too bad your confusing Boggs with Buckner

    • @roberthuot7887
      @roberthuot7887 3 года назад +1

      @@blessembreaks ha ha, lmao,,,,some folks should refrain from media.

    • @chazzanschutz6096
      @chazzanschutz6096 3 года назад

      It was all the chicken. Ask him, he will tell you. (Heh)

  • @chelle77771
    @chelle77771 3 года назад +7

    I have the Rickey Henderson card… I have had it since I was a kid.

    • @chop3625
      @chop3625 3 года назад

      Worthless, sorry.

    • @kroberts4922
      @kroberts4922 3 года назад

      @@chop3625 Yeah, videos like this make you think you got something incredible when you really don’t.

    • @lindatownsend2005
      @lindatownsend2005 3 года назад

      So,are you saying this guy is lying?
      Umm pretty sad when there are women that are smarter than some of you men sports card collector,,,,I would say he is in the ball park with his prices,,,,you all just want this guys card for free,period,good day❗❗💙

  • @jcabale17
    @jcabale17 2 года назад +1

    Thank your for this video…Griffey and that swing basically sums up my childhood

  • @toddgriffith9831
    @toddgriffith9831 2 года назад +11

    For the next version of this video, you might consider including:
    - 1983 O-Pee-Chee Tony Gwynn
    - 1983 O-Pee-Chee Ryne Sandberg
    Both of those are rarer in PSA 9 or above, and often command prices over US counterparts.
    - 1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds error (showing Johnny Ray)
    This card is quite scarce, and in PSA 9 and above, often sells higher than standard rookie cards

    • @johngeraghty2757
      @johngeraghty2757 2 года назад

      Just about no one has the O-Pee-Chee cards either.

  • @bobbysavell2635
    @bobbysavell2635 2 года назад +1

    Yes I have alot of those cards I am new to this an still learning how do you get cards graded .

  • @bulbamon3567
    @bulbamon3567 3 года назад +7

    Awesome vid as always, me brudda! Makes me want to pull out my old cards right now and start digging through them!

  • @nashvillespeedsofter
    @nashvillespeedsofter 2 года назад +1

    you have no idea how much this has helped, watched this video as i was going through my dads old binder, turns out he has the rare darryl strawberry, and 3 of the rare roger clemmens, aswell as the future stars cal ripken rookie.

  • @freshpack8928
    @freshpack8928 3 года назад +5

    I remember in 1986 the donruss don mattingly card was the highest value card that year. I had 2 complete sets. Also in 1986 I went to about 30 met home games because a company that came to our restaurant had season tickets 10 rows behind the Mets dugout. The only 2 players that signed autographs, and they did every time, was Raphael Santana and Darrel strawberry . I had at least 20 signed cards of each of them.

  • @tenclubcards
    @tenclubcards 3 года назад +17

    This type of video never gets old, Chris! Thank you for all the time and research you put into these and keep up the great work!

  • @ematsui12
    @ematsui12 3 года назад +18

    Think you should have done the list minus the parallels (Tiffany, Glosses, etc..).

    • @SenorGrub
      @SenorGrub 3 года назад +1

      I agree. He said he wasn't going to include those types, then most of the list is Tiffany with 3-5,000 print runs.

  • @jamesmackey1229
    @jamesmackey1229 3 года назад +1

    The Kirk Gibson HR is unforgettable - as is the reaction of Tommy Lasorda. Enjoyable video.

  • @KLeeMr
    @KLeeMr 3 года назад +10

    I ran the numbers. Gwynn and Boggs did combine for 90 batting titles. At least that’s how I remember it.

    • @El_jefe_major
      @El_jefe_major 3 года назад +1

      Science.

    • @michaelcalland801
      @michaelcalland801 3 года назад +2

      Yup....90 Batting titles.!
      And coincidentally the two combined for a total of 900k hits exactly. Just another one of those fun baseball oddities.!

  • @brent9516
    @brent9516 3 года назад +3

    Heading home to check my cards, I collected heavy in the late 80's. I bought complete sets of most major brands and left them in the box

  • @toddrichardson8595
    @toddrichardson8595 3 года назад +45

    I remember I had 4 of the Bill Ripken Error Cards and my little Brother ran his mouth and told my Parents who immediately confiscated them! They were going crazy that one of their boys had a card with "Such Language" on it... I had every intention of killing my Baby Brother... The Good Old Days...

    • @saintmiller3584
      @saintmiller3584 3 года назад

      But... I bet you kept your Garbage Pail Kids cards nice and safe?

    • @toddrichardson8595
      @toddrichardson8595 3 года назад

      @@saintmiller3584 Yeah! You should come take a look at my Collection so I can have the opportunity to Slap you!

    • @saintmiller3584
      @saintmiller3584 3 года назад

      @@toddrichardson8595 Sorry, not in to BDSM...

    • @hirolla74
      @hirolla74 3 года назад +1

      what was written on the bottom of Billy Ripkin's bat?

    • @jehof
      @jehof 3 года назад +1

      Terrence, The words written on the bottom of the bat were Fu$k Face.

  • @JayVonck
    @JayVonck 6 месяцев назад +1

    How can you say these are worthless!!!!!! They are priceless to me. The years I’ve put into going to shows ripping packs and categorizing with my son are some of our fondest memories. Could truly care less how much they sell for. Mine (all 3 sports) have endured the years and wouldn’t be for sale anyway

  • @thomasm155
    @thomasm155 3 года назад +17

    Another interesting video might be "The Most Valuable Cards(Inserts) of the 1990's" as this is when inserts took off. And there are some very big prices for some of these inserts!

    • @CranstonSandwich
      @CranstonSandwich 3 года назад

      I approve this message

    • @rage508cardsngrails
      @rage508cardsngrails 3 года назад

      Times a 1000 likes we need not want my brother Kris $ Fur 💪🤣

    • @AtomicZombieAndroid
      @AtomicZombieAndroid 3 года назад +1

      The is nothing cooler in the hobby than 90's inserts.

    • @rage508cardsngrails
      @rage508cardsngrails 3 года назад

      @@AtomicZombieAndroid my absolute PC never sell are this comment 💪💪💪💪🎯 couldn't agree more

    • @raezor82
      @raezor82 3 года назад +2

      I put my 98 Collectors Choice Star Quest Home Run Juan Gonzalez card on eBay hoping maybe I could get $20, went for $262.

  • @swampfoxworldwide
    @swampfoxworldwide 3 года назад +1

    No idea why your video showed up in my feed but I am glad it did. Just recently started going through old boxes from the 80's that are full of cards.

  • @AnthonyWilliams-go3wf
    @AnthonyWilliams-go3wf 3 года назад +5

    I have a majority of those cards. Some are graded PSA 7, 8, and a lot of them in raw form with sleeve protectors. Nice video overall & thanks for sharing!!!

  • @nicholasmantia5031
    @nicholasmantia5031 3 года назад +1

    I have the Ricky Henderson rookie in a PSA 9 & Griffey's Upper Deck rookie in a PSA 10.......
    Had them for years.

  • @Meni69
    @Meni69 3 года назад +12

    I remember buying up Canseco Donruss rookies from $1 to $6 as the season progressed.

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry 2 года назад

      I guess no one on here has an Ozie Canseco card?

  • @wknfriends4138
    @wknfriends4138 2 года назад +1

    stumbled onto this video today. My Youngest Son and I started collecting these cards in the early 80's. I cant remember the exact year we started, now after watching this video i want to get them out. They have been in storage for years. I dont even know if my Son still has his. He ended up joining the service in the early 90's, at a much older age than most young ppl join. He did very well, he was with the 3rd Infantry division who first went into Iraq for that war. He took care of all the weapons for them, and his vehicle he rode in, armored, was kept back in the line, and well protected. He came home eventually, but was in one of time/life magazine called 21 days to Iraq.
    He then started teaching weaponry at our local base here in Wi. He earned many certificates, and was trained in many different jobs he held. He had framed certificates that covered all of one wall in his large study. He really enjoyed teaching there at that base. But the work he had to do in Iraq caught up with him, and he separated from the Military employment. But it didnt stop him from going to school. He is in the last page's of that Time/Life magazine, he is pictured with one other, and they were tasked to do what we would find very hard to do as citizens/non military, and that work came back to haunt him in later years. It is a picture, their backs only, and they are just following orders, tagging and Identifying.
    Now I want to get those cards out and remember a better time with him as a teenager, the fun we shared with those baseball cards. They have been well stored. Should all be in good condition. All bought new.

  • @MrDoughboyStyle
    @MrDoughboyStyle 3 года назад +10

    Great video, Chris! I found it interesting that less than half of these cards featured hall of famers (only 12/25).

    • @mccards
      @mccards 3 года назад +2

      yet* eventually the BWAA ban will lift and in the future fewer will ask why and just see the numbers.

    • @collectorinvestordealer
      @collectorinvestordealer  3 года назад

      Wow I didnt notice that but 12/25 is definitely much lower than I would have thought

    • @joelmayer4055
      @joelmayer4055 3 года назад

      Looking at the numbers Bonds and Canseco belong in the HOF. Jackson probably would have had he just played baseball. Murphy probably belongs there too.

  • @davidlarsen-tj4tn
    @davidlarsen-tj4tn 10 месяцев назад +1

    I was 20 in 1988 and usually every weekend we’d go to this bar in the next town over that would serve us but one Saturday night I was sick and watched the Gibson homer live. Crazy.

  • @PeepsWaxPacks
    @PeepsWaxPacks 3 года назад +41

    Great video, Chris. I know the Tiffany cards bring rarity, but the fact that they could not be pack pulled has always been a sticking point for me personally. It would be cool to see what shakes out when non pack pull-able cards are taken away. Great video none the less. Thanks for being such a key contributor to the hobby, and the YT hobby community!

    • @SpudinAZ
      @SpudinAZ 3 года назад +8

      Agree. Like to see this done without the Tiffany cards. Leave them out for the same reason the "oddball" cards were omitted.

    • @drewjohnson4673
      @drewjohnson4673 3 года назад +1

      Rarity is the key. There is no asterisk for what makes it rare.

    • @waltercopus1485
      @waltercopus1485 3 года назад +5

      Tiffany's were not for sale in 82-91 the years of production. They were given to certin people that Topps thought deserved them such as hobby shops, advertisers, employees, and dealers. 1984 only had 10,000 boxes produced from Ireland. Don't know why the show's even put a Tiffany card price up. 99,% of collectors don't even own 1. I know I don't after 55 years of collecting.

    • @basketballleaguephiladelph9387
      @basketballleaguephiladelph9387 2 года назад +1

      Yes I never ever heard of the Tiffany card. Everyone I know just bought packs

  • @collectiblesource3902
    @collectiblesource3902 3 года назад +47

    You should make a list that doesn't include Tiffany. It would be interesting to see and a lot more unpredictable.

    • @VintageBaseballCardPacks
      @VintageBaseballCardPacks 3 года назад +11

      I agree. For future videos, I would be interested in these lists without Topps Tiffany.

    • @AtomicZombieAndroid
      @AtomicZombieAndroid 3 года назад +1

      You should make a list that doesn't include pitchers. It would be interesting to see and a lot more unpredictable.

    • @sludge4125
      @sludge4125 3 года назад +2

      Or Score Glossy. 🙄

    • @adamshotts6097
      @adamshotts6097 3 года назад +3

      What is the difference between Topps / Bowman n Topps / Bowman Tiffany?

    • @caffeinatedanddead
      @caffeinatedanddead 3 года назад

      Agree 100%

  • @el4174
    @el4174 3 года назад +1

    The John Littlefield error was cool... I remember seeing that in the Beckett back in the 80s and being intrigued

  • @brittsbit770
    @brittsbit770 3 года назад +3

    I have sold all of these cards raw this year! I only have a couple serious collectors around me here where I live. Of course can't get any retail,but there is a store called second hand Sam's that a friend has a booth with just about any thing from the 50s to the present. He has a Satchel Topps that he is asking 200$ for. Looks good,just a little corner wear. Piece Chris!

  • @jakestoe
    @jakestoe 3 года назад +1

    Ryne Sandberg is from where I live. Spokane, WA..
    Had that Nolan Ryan card and Rickey Hendeson rookie until they were stolen along with others out of a storage unit back in the early 90s..those were the two cards that got me back in the hobby though!

  • @michaelsmith5769
    @michaelsmith5769 3 года назад +5

    I think I may have some of the Randy Johnson Donruss cards in my garage. I remembered having a (just about) complete set of the '89 collection, but like a lot of people, felt overwhelmed when everyone and their aunt started producing cards.

    • @yell0wberry
      @yell0wberry 2 года назад

      I’m just shocked that Randy Johnson allowed somebody to take his picture

  • @markruiz9265
    @markruiz9265 3 года назад +2

    I bought that greg maddux card you mentioned. I also bought the gem 10 leaf black border

  • @chadtellevik5479
    @chadtellevik5479 3 года назад +4

    I’ve been gobbling up star Tiffany cards for a few years now. Beautiful cards. Great share.

  • @gsmooth6037
    @gsmooth6037 3 года назад +2

    I just purchased the Ken jr fleer. Just found it a place that has tons of cards, going back soon. Fell pretty lucky

  • @larrybuss677
    @larrybuss677 3 года назад +3

    I have all of Sandberg's and Boggs. Several of the others I have 1 each. Mostly Topps. Have been trading and buying this era the past year during the pandemic.

  • @stevenguevara2184
    @stevenguevara2184 2 года назад +1

    Im used to the Vin Scully Gibson call. They are both great. Gwynn had 8 titles

  • @831farmeros2
    @831farmeros2 3 года назад +10

    I have each and every single card in this video. My dad use to buy me complete factory sets. ⚾️👍🏻

    • @houndhog4886
      @houndhog4886 3 года назад

      Same. My father actually worked for the foil printing company that stamped the upper deck cards among others.

    • @pittsox36
      @pittsox36 3 года назад

      I have 86 and 87 topps complete sets so yeah I have a few of these

    • @jackraylongiii9663
      @jackraylongiii9663 3 года назад

      Thats awesome, but gotta say go Dodgers! Got that W against you guys tonight!

    • @kristoferammons9620
      @kristoferammons9620 3 года назад +1

      Make sure they are limited edition Tiffany cards
      They were not sold in sets
      They look just like the other cards but have a different code

    • @michaelcolen2523
      @michaelcolen2523 3 года назад

      Go Giants......

  • @nicktraviglia4423
    @nicktraviglia4423 2 года назад +1

    I just saw this video for the first time, but I have seen and heard that Gibson play a million times. It still gives me goosebumps to this day! Lol! What an awesome moment in baseball history!

  • @tonyrandall8344
    @tonyrandall8344 3 года назад +3

    Thanks a bunch for doing this video Chris,I learned a few things about my older Cards !! Keep up your Awesome info videos 💯🤘🇺🇸

  • @donney-
    @donney- Год назад +2

    I have so many baseball cards ranging from the late 1950's to 2020. I have a couple of the Rickey Henderson cards on this list amongst many other I have no idea the value honestly. Binders on binders bro.

  • @aceofwizardsnephelite829
    @aceofwizardsnephelite829 3 года назад +3

    Wow, I have a binder full of cards from this era. I know I have at least 3-6 of these cards in great shape.

  • @kennyrakes1297
    @kennyrakes1297 3 года назад +2

    First pack ever was 1988 Topps. Pulled the Mac all star rookie. The card that started it all for me!!!!

  • @joelmayer4055
    @joelmayer4055 3 года назад +9

    That is for the memories. Like approximately 108% of kids I collected heavily from 1986-1990. But this list brought a smile to my face as I remembered having many of these cards and was able to watch with my 12 year old daughter and show her the cards. I know I had the Jr. Bowman and remember trading it to a friend of mine. But I might still have one.
    I also got the 1986 Topps Traded set for my birthday. Mostly I wanted the Wally Joyner card but was willing to take the Canseco, Bonds, Jackson, et al. if that had to be so.

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 3 года назад

      I have a plaque with a Wally Joyner signed baseball and his rookie card attached.

  • @timcook7730
    @timcook7730 2 года назад +2

    I have most of these cards if not all of them. (Have to look) I’ve been collecting since 1969. I collect certain players that have their own binders like Rose, Bench, McGwire, Ripken, Boggs, Sandburg, Ozzie Smith and a few others. As a kid I’d buy boxes of tops, fleer, donruss and UD and put together sets and buy the update and traded sets. This has been a great hobby for a long time. Plus I’ve always loved baseball. Have a lot of football cards too. And some really good hoops rookies as well. I still love it. :)

  • @mbd501
    @mbd501 3 года назад +4

    I have several of those 1980 Rickey Hendersons. That was the first year I collected baseball cards as an 8 year old. But they're not in mint condition.

    • @kcash6359
      @kcash6359 3 года назад

      I have a bunch too, although they have been put away. I know there were a couple of really nice ones, but what grade they are, I don't know.

  • @toothybj
    @toothybj 3 года назад +1

    I have a couple Griffey Jr rookies (‘89 Donruss).
    I also have that Bo Jackson Future Stars card you showed, as well as the ‘87 Topps Barry Bonds card, and an ‘89 Donruss Randy Johnson rookie.

  • @costaricacardcollector3524
    @costaricacardcollector3524 3 года назад +4

    Nice video Chris.. Nice video I love these videos.. Old cards just have a great look to them

  • @johnlarson4254
    @johnlarson4254 2 года назад +1

    I have a couple of the kriby Puckett rookie cards for sure. One he signed at twins fest in the early 90s when I went as a kid

  • @tommayrant2279
    @tommayrant2279 3 года назад +6

    Thanks for the super video, Chris! Hope you have a great time at the show. I pulled the Littlefield error when I was a kid. Sold it years later to help pay for my daughter's adoption.

    • @collectorinvestordealer
      @collectorinvestordealer  3 года назад +1

      Very cool!

    • @brianb5745
      @brianb5745 3 года назад +2

      My wife and I adopted a baby from Kazakhstan in 2008. I've got 1,250 cards at PSA to pay for his college. Lots of Griffey, Bonds, Bo Jackson, Thomas, Shaq and Jordan's! Thankfully, I was able to take advantage of the $9 bulk rate.

    • @tommayrant2279
      @tommayrant2279 3 года назад +2

      @@brianb5745 Very smart!

  • @stevenwalker9013
    @stevenwalker9013 3 года назад +1

    I had a few of these cards as a kid. 38 now. Time to dig out the containers and look thru. I know I still have the Nolan Ryan one and the upper deck Griffey.

  • @michaeldelano9233
    @michaeldelano9233 3 года назад +3

    Gotta go and find out if I have the John Littlefield card in my commons boxes buried under all sorts of other boxes.

  • @jeffshepherd6208
    @jeffshepherd6208 2 года назад +1

    I've got several complete sets from this era and a bunch of loose ones I haven't touched them in years . Cool video thanks now I have to go dig them out.

  • @mickschnabel
    @mickschnabel 2 года назад +3

    I wish you would've done Tiffany value vs 'regular' Topps value, that would be interesting since not many of us have the Tiffany ones.

    • @sbswtnchoice
      @sbswtnchoice 2 года назад

      Yeah it seems unfair that the Tiffany were only available to card dealers. It's like the hobby was already going in the direction of the rich in the mid 1980's. Personally, those pictures of the Tiffany cards looked kind of blurry anyways and the card stock doesn't seem to impress me. It made the players look more soulless and lifeless. I think regular Topps cards would be more valuable as they're on regular card stock and they have soul!

  • @Luckyjdr
    @Luckyjdr 3 года назад +2

    I own 17 of the 25 cards.. been collecting 40 years.. just started grading some of them.

  • @antonybateson9060
    @antonybateson9060 3 года назад +6

    Loved watching ... brings me back to being a kid in the late 80's for sure ... I agree that a list without Tiffany would be more relevant for almost everyone (i have 1 topps Tiffany... orel hershiser... dont remember how I got it but I was always told tiffanys are 10X the value of regular topps (?) )

  • @snakemadness4553
    @snakemadness4553 3 года назад +2

    My wife has a book of Nolan Ryan cards from back when she was a catcher in her days . May take them in to get a pricing on them

  • @jakesbreaks8487
    @jakesbreaks8487 3 года назад +4

    Population on the Henderson in PSA 10 is 25. Recent sales are well into the 6 figure range. Wow!

    • @billsimms2511
      @billsimms2511 2 года назад +1

      6 figures for that Rickey card? I have 2 of them laying around somewhere

  • @stevenartascos2918
    @stevenartascos2918 3 года назад +1

    Thank you brother for this info, I know absolutely nothing about card, but I have several boxes of them, Kool video.. keep up the good work, and may God bless you!!

  • @timdusterwinkle5958
    @timdusterwinkle5958 3 года назад +7

    i had a rickey henderson rc back in the day, and like 35 years ago i sold it for ten bucks

    • @jasonmartin7137
      @jasonmartin7137 3 года назад +1

      Same here. I forgot I had it once upon a time until I saw it in this. Old age is catching up to me!

    • @timdusterwinkle5958
      @timdusterwinkle5958 3 года назад +1

      @@jasonmartin7137 yeah cuz those are like worth 10,000!

  • @spockasmick
    @spockasmick 3 года назад +1

    Chilly bumps off that Jack Buck call. Great content man - -thanks for the efforts :)

  • @ghytgb
    @ghytgb 3 года назад +9

    The thing with Nolan Ryan is he’s an all time great and like all of those old time greats their cards don’t have to be rookies to be big collectables.

  • @nkmason8284
    @nkmason8284 3 года назад +1

    I really like these videos and the ones where you go year by year listing the hall of famers (any sport)

  • @TheRmm1976
    @TheRmm1976 3 года назад +7

    I feel like Beckett kind of screwed me over as a kid... For a long time they didn't list the "traded" sets as RCs, but called them "XRC's" so me and my friends didn't think they were rookie cards. So of course I collected the ones from the regular Donruss and Topps sets that aren't worth much anymore!

    • @jays0909
      @jays0909 3 года назад

      It was pretty common knowledge even as a kid that the XRC was the rookie card before the rookie card and even more valuable

  • @troublez9078
    @troublez9078 2 года назад +2

    Crazy how that Griffey one has changed since this video. Now the upper deck RC is the sought after one.

  • @b.w.302
    @b.w.302 3 года назад +14

    As a Tigers fan Gibson's 84 homerun off Goose Gossage in game 5 when Goose refused to walk him is better than his '88 homer....but I could be bias..😊

    • @GymAndSun
      @GymAndSun 3 года назад +1

      As a Dodgers fan I was also going to bring up the ‘84 homer. 😆 Gibson was a beast

    • @michaelwright8748
      @michaelwright8748 3 года назад

      I agree
      88 is game one !

    • @legrandfromage6450
      @legrandfromage6450 3 года назад

      Yes, my dad and I used to reminisce about that 84 gibson home run with great delight years afterward!

    • @12st4life
      @12st4life 3 года назад

      And then he joined the Dodgers