25 of the RAREST 1980s Baseball Cards (Super Valuable)

[@chalupacabra1727]

RIP Rickey Henderson.

[@sportscardsedge]

I know what a bummer. He was a character. The man of Steal!

[@riverview9320]

Y - beautiful card!

[@RedmondGamer]

Very much enjoying this series, as I love collecting cards from the 1980s. Would really enjoy special segment focussing exclusively on the Topps Tiffany set. I have a 1988 Topps Traded Tiffany Roberto Alomar RC as a PSA 10 and would love to see where he fits against some of the others. Cheers!

[@sportscardsedge]

Thanks so much for the idea! I'll have to make a video about Topps Tiffany. For your amazing card only 470 have ever been graded by PSA and 100 have been PSA 10 or about 21% of the cards graded. Tiffany cards were printed on higher quality stock so more of them would be 10s

[@DonBishop-j1v]

Fantastic! Thank you for the fresh approach and clear use of the data. As a long time resident of MN, I much agree with your comment about Kirby Puckett being undervalued. This led me to taking a look at 1985 Leaf (Canadian) set that uses the same photos as the '85 Donruss but with a Leaf symbol in the corner. From the PSA data base Kirby Puckett PSA 10 last sold for $3,524 with 25 10s and 1,125 total graded. The looked at Roger Clemens is that set. His last PSA 10 sold for $5,850 with 48 PSA 10s and 2040 of his cards ever graded. Ironically, the percentage of 10s over total cards graded for both Puckett and Clemens comes out to 0.02%, i.e. two unicorns to be added to your list. Thanks, this is a lot of fun!

[@sportscardsedge]

Oh thank you so much. I am sure my data source didn’t have Leaf on there so I will add those!

[@DonBishop-j1v]

@@sportscardsedge Sorry, I forgot to move the decimal point after dividing. It's actually 2.22% for Puckett and 2.35% for Clemens. Still "extra rare" - just not unicorns. :)

[@sportscardsedge]

Awesome thank you for checking!

[@checkmugged]

While I loved Puckett growing up as a player his stats aren’t overwhelming. No major milestones for homers, batting average, hits, etc… and only a career WAR of just over 50. He’s not undervalued.

[@sportscardsedge]

You make a strong case that he is not under valued by stats, but is he under valued in our hearts? :)

[@bobvylan7215]

PSA 10 makes it so hard to create rarity. When you think about it, it’s good for them, but it’s also good for collectors. A 10 has significance, and I like that.

[@sportscardsedge]

Like that 1980 Henderson rookie for $144,000

[@YungHungNW]

Very nice list! I love videos like this.

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you so much! Comments like these make it worth the effort!

[@beowulf3303]

I really enjoyed this video!! A teacher of mine took advantage of me a dumb kid back in the early eighties and bought a whole stack of baseball cards from me and one was the 84 topps Don Mattingly so when I grew up and got a good job I bought multiple unopened boxes of 84 Topps and I got one unopened box of 84 Donruss. I have an unopened box of 87 Fleer. I have been dormant for many years when it comes to card collecting.

[@sportscardsedge]

Man I can’t believe your own teacher would do that. I did something similar once I got a job I bought graded versions of my favorite childhood cards

[@bobvylan7215]

Me after reading the thumbnail- Bruh…there’s no such thing as a rare 80s cards. After clicking and seeing the rare grade angle…Well played Sports Card EDGE, well friggin played. Earned a subscription, this is some cool trivia to know.

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you so much. Those 10s are hard to find! :)

[@thomasm155]

Thank you for the content and effort put into it. Maybe you can do one for the 1990s?

[@sportscardsedge]

That is up next!

[@MoyTauSumoBoy]

Yeah, I personally love the 1981 Topps cards, but hate the border width. I think that is what generates a majority of the cards rejected from garnering a PSA 10. There doesn’t seem to be any slack for a shift side to side or up and down. IMO

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you for watching and great insight! I love the 1980-1984 Topps designs. So classic

[@tonyhill1141]

Good info! I have a 10 Griffey UD rookie. I’ve had it since PSA was pretty new in 1999. I believe I paid 200 for it. Good to know current value.

[@sportscardsedge]

What a card! Nice work holding on to it all these years!

[@Sports_Card_Collector78]

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing! ⚾️⭐️🔥

[@sportscardsedge]

Thanks so much! I appreciate it!

[@mikekamine7654]

Try getting a psa 10 is rare

[@sportscardsedge]

Exactly. And some PSA 10s are a lot rarer than others!

[@boxingologyl.l.c.367]

I have a 1998 Topps John Franco card mint condition where it says David justice on the name and the picture is John Franco and it’s upside down- 2 errors as I mention- it’s a factory errors card - not graded - There is no card of its existence- how much would it be worth?

[@sportscardsedge]

Wow. Sounds like an amazing card and very unique. I’d put it on eBay to see what it would go for. Ultimately it’s worth whatever someone will pay for it which for a unique card it’s hard to guess

[@kennethgros2969]

As I watched this had to keep going to my cards to look have most of them not graded

[@sportscardsedge]

Yeah since it costs lie $40 with shipping to have PSA grade a card, you need a pretty good chance at a $200+ value after grading to make it worth it

[@ilovebaseballcards9334]

Great video. Maybe there was no way to do the 1981 dodgers rookies (Fernando) since there are no 10s. But that one has a 0%. I agree with other commenters that a list like this for football would be fun too. Nice work.

[@sportscardsedge]

Yes I plan to do one of cards with no PSA 10s in an upcoming series!

[@christophergrover3790]

@@sportscardsedge Great thinking for content. I have tried almost all of the cards in the list from my 80's collection and in all cases the best I have come up with was a PSA 9. I had thought while watching that you missed the Valenzuela but it seems like this will be covered later. All of those have severe centering issues on the back. One other, the 1982 Topps Tom Seaver is also very difficult with only 8 of 884 0.9%

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you, I will update my list. My data set started with the most commonly graded cards so there are a few that will sneak by

[@CollectingNolan]

Nice video. I think a rarer card is the 1985 Topps mini card, especially the Nolan Ryan. There are in 25 graded by PSA, but three are 10’s (so the percentage of 10’s is higher). But they are in general next to impossible to find

[@sportscardsedge]

Totally agree. These are the rarest of cards that have been graded a lot. I am sure my data source didn’t have these smaller niche cards.

[@chad3533]

Always liked the 86 Jose canseco

[@sportscardsedge]

Me too. Great card!

[@godisgreat8462]

Well done

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you so much!

[@bran7134]

This should be titled rarest graded cards

[@sportscardsedge]

Makes sense. I’ll fix the title for the next video of the series.

[@TheBiggestHurt35]

PSA pop control front and center.

[@sportscardsedge]

I’ve definitely heard rumors about that but how it prove it and why some random cards but not others.

[@Kevin_40]

I bet they swap cards too

[@sportscardsedge]

I've heard that too, I took "finger print" pictures of my last submission so I could confirm I got MY cards back based on their unique printing flaws

[@el4174]

Great info....fun!

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you so much. Be sure to check out our History of Upper Deck video!

[@jimmycaldwell8099]

How about a Kirk Gibson rookie , Topps , number 315, 1981.✌️👍

[@sportscardsedge]

Another great example, I just looked it up! of the 2,425 cards PSA has graded only 14 are PSA 10, just 0.57% so definitely an EXTRA RARE card as well! It didn't make my list because my list had the most graded cards of all time, but I will add this! It is worth about $10,000

[@johnrusselman1364]

You should list the PSA 9 population to demonstrate that PSA is purposely limiting giving PSA 10 s to create rarity...

[@sportscardsedge]

I think a ratio of 9s to 10s would be a good analysis, let me look into that!

[@ASMRPeople]

If somebody really wanted dive in the weeds one could look at sheet placement of the cards with the highest 10 to 9 ratio. I think it's fair to say cards on the edges & corners of the sheet are more likely to have a high ratio or at least that's what psa would say. One could also compare a psa pop to the sgc pop.

[@sportscardsedge]

I love this idea about sheet location. I know the Donruss 1986 The Rookies set had to offer replacement #1 Wally Joyner cards for this reason

[@ACollectorsDream]

Great video

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you so much! I love using data to find rare cards like these hard to get PSA 10a

[@therealdjway]

Is there a particular reason why you excluded O-Pee-Chee cards from this video?

[@sportscardsedge]

Great question. My data source (gem rate) only includes the most commonly graded cards, so these are the rarest of base cards. I owe a whole series on OPC and leaf because they are more rare. Could do Tiffany too but like 20% of them get Gems in part because of better card stock

[@bwoods43]

Using a percentage to determine rarity doesn't make much sense in this context. The "rarest" card would have a population of 1. More people have HOF cards/rookies graded, so that's why the percentage of PSA 10s of those cards are lower.

[@sportscardsedge]

Are 1/1s rare or scarce? I had a tough time with it too. If there are a lot of cards but only a few make it to PSA 10 then I think a 10 is rare and for some of these super rare cards but I do get your point. I’d love to know a better way to describe it

[@bwoods43]

@@sportscardsedge by definition, a 1/1 card is rare. That doesn't make it valuable though. If there's a card that has 1 PSA 10 copy, and another that has 10 PSA 10 copies, the one with only one is rarer. It doesn't matter how many copies have been graded, so percentages aren't involved. What people generally say about it, however, is that it's more difficult to get a PSA 10 for certain cards (like Rickey in particular). That can be illustrated with percentages.

[@doctor8342]

There are more PSA 10 89 Upper Deck Griffey Jr's then any single year of Tiffany cards produced.... in no way are these rare cards.

[@sportscardsedge]

Yup. Got it. But to find a Gem Mint PSA 10 out of all those cards is a rare occurrence

[@AllanAdamson]

He was the reason they won the World Series and it is tragic that he took that ball to the head

[@sportscardsedge]

You have a great memory. I just looked that up he helped them with the 87 and 91 World Series and then in 95 he took that pitch to the face from Dennis Martinez. It seems like he recovered the next season and actually hit .344 in spring training but then woke up without vision in his right eye from glaucoma and that was it. I loved watching him as a kid even as a Red Sox fan.

[@unamazon6107]

I clicked on the video because I was like “rare” cards from 80s, there aren’t any! None of these cards are rare, THE grade of a PSA 10 is rare. Maybe it’s semantics but it’s a little click baitish, just saying. Did enjoy the statistics of the Gem rate though.

[@sportscardsedge]

Thanks for watching. I’m always looking to improve so thank you for the feedback. I was trying to say how not all PSA 10s are equally rare, some almost never happen

[@unamazon6107]

@ The title is 25 of the RAREST 1980s Baseball Cards, no mention of of grades. If it were an honest not click bait title, it would say “The Hardest cards of the 1980s to Gem”. “The Lowest Pop Count of PSA 10 cards from the 1980s”!

[@bobvylan7215]

I had the same thought like ‘Rare?’ But I liked the rare graded 10 aspect, thought it was a good idea. And for people who know 80s bubblegum overload, we click just to say there’s no such thing. I was fairly pleased with how he did it, probably got 100 views from people who thought like us. He baited me in, respect.

[@Will_The_Ripper]

Where’s Nat to claim all these have a common printing flaw & PSA doesn’t pop control

[@sportscardsedge]

Population control is a hot topic in this thread!

[@Kevin_40]

0:55 population control much? Griffey is one of the goats and Randy is great but not nearly as collectible plus its junky score.

[@sportscardsedge]

Could be

[@MRCANTGETANAME]

Randy did his job MUCH better than Griffey did his!

[@sportscardsedge]

Score made cards with fewer centering issues that year

[@ASMRPeople]

A lot of Leaf & O Pee Chee left off the list.

[@sportscardsedge]

Yes my data source was the rarest cards that have a lot of graded cards. Leaf and OPC weren’t on there but I’ll do a sub set

[@ASMRPeople]

@sportscardsedge I figured. I collect a lot of opc, leaf & tiffany. My theory is younger collectors being used to the idea of parallels will value these higher than today as they get into vintage at least vintage to them. Some day I'll like to do a 91 rainbow on something. Topps, tiffany, opc, desert shield, & mini. Am I forgetting any? 🤣

[@sportscardsedge]

For just 91 Topps PSA says there are 9 KGJ's 1991 Topps Ken Griffey Jr. #392 1991 Topps Ken Griffey Jr. #790 1991 Topps All-Star Glossy Set of 22 Ken Griffey Jr. #007 1991 Topps Desert Shield Ken Griffey Jr. #392 1991 Topps Desert Shield Ken Griffey Jr. #790 1991 Topps Micro Ken Griffey Jr. #392 All-Star 1991 Topps Micro Ken Griffey Jr. #790 1991 Topps Tiffany Ken Griffey Jr. #392 1991 Topps Tiffany Ken Griffey Jr. #790

[@lrieish]

I get the 52 Mantle is a great card, but why use it to highlight 1980s cards?

[@sportscardsedge]

I just had the mantles in every PSA grade images already so I used that to describe condition.

[@jpb9119]

Feed that cat! 😂

[@sportscardsedge]

Could you hear my cat in the video?

[@jpb9119]

@ yes, I was laughing.

[@ScottGenX]

Im not sure you get rarest? but ok they are the scarcest maybe. not Rarest at all.

[@sportscardsedge]

I had the same debate. I think a 1/1 is scarce but 1 PSA 10 out of 10,000 is rare. But I agree there are cards that not many exist if and cards that there are tons but very few in a 10. Open to suggestions

[@JPKJPK19]

Awesome No 1986 topps? Would love to see this for football and or hockey

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you! I am working on the different decades for other sports as well so stay tuned. My source is Gemrate so it would have to be a popular enough graded card to be on their list and then be rarely a PSA 10 so for example we already found some 87 leaf cards that I will add to the list

[@corymcewen5943]

Just one person's opinion but it is mathematically a fact. PSA has a habit of grading a player not the card to keep pop counts down. Example is the Jeter Upper Deck SP. That card is stupid hard to get a 10 BUT all other players percentages are much higher. PLUS grading is a human element as you can have 2 identical cards in condition and one may get a 10 and one may not. It's a coin flip which isn't fair but it's how it is.

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you for watching and great insight!

[@RalphCamacho-g4s]

O-pee-chee ?

[@sportscardsedge]

Great question. My data source (gem rate) only includes the most commonly graded cards, so these are the rarest of mostly base cards. I owe a whole series on OPC and Leaf because they are more rare. Could do Tiffany too but like 20% of them get Gems in part because of better card stock

[@jeremygriffin205]

Omg Am I the only person who understands "grading". IT IS ALL ABOUT THE PRICE YOU PAY TO GRADE THE CARD!!!! If you cheap out and think you are going to pay $15 per card to get a Gem Mint 10 that is worth more then the $150 "insurance/declared value" your delusional!!! Also PSA HAS TO HAVE YOUR EMAIL AND # so they can contact you to up charge you which you have to be a member to get!!

[@sportscardsedge]

Using that as the basis - do you think for example the people submitting the Rickey Henderson cards were just that much less likely to claim a higher insurance value to pay the premium grading fee?

[@jeremygriffin205]

@sportscardsedge a 10 will cost you $4375 to get. A 9 costs $349. 8 costs $49. 7 and below will cost you $25 (or $15 special) for 1980 topps Ricky Henderson!!

[@jeremygriffin205]

@@sportscardsedge I don't see my reply so will do it again... To get a 1980 topps Ricky Henderson will cost you as follows. $4375 to get a 10, $349 to get a 9, $49 to get an 8, and $25 (minimal) to get a 7 or below. The price you pay to get the card graded is based upon the value of the card after grading. That is what they mean by "declared value" now changed to "insurance". Also if you give them the $4375 to get a 10 up front cause it is identical to the 10 you already have. They will take your money and give you a 9....

[@sportscardsedge]

Yeah ok I got that i use PSA. I thought you were saying if you paid more you get the 10s but that is not guaranteed.

[@JayMerrill-ge4yb]

Click bait not worth nothing if not graded it cost more graded more than the cards worth

[@sportscardsedge]

I like to buy already graded cards. So you could get a deal on a rare card at a low price then. Buy one for less than the cost of grading one

[@TootlelooCardsCollectibl-xz8zo]

Great video. Great info. Nice work! 🫡

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you so much. Check out our History of Upper Deck if you haven’t seen it yet!

[@brutusonbaseball]

Great video

[@sportscardsedge]

Thank you so much. I appreciate that!