The 25 Most Valuable Baseball Cards from the 1980s

[@PhuryousOne]

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

[@IsaidQUIETnHERE]

Agreed

[@oriolesfan7807]

Road Runner is on DVD. I have one.

[@gritter781]

@@IsaidQUIETnHERE ditto. Simpler, better times.

[@Mikeknife3899]

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

[@Slimthepatriot]

💯👍

[@joshhoward1289]

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.

[@citizengar]

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]

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.

[@HungryHippoo]

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

[@mikestadulis3083]

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

[@norwegianblue2764]

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]

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

[@TheEnd-eg6wq]

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

[@WORK__HAVE_THINGSCHINGA]

@@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

[@iprshow8465]

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

[@slickdog78]

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]

🎉⁶]⁰

[@nutmegriot209]

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

[@dirtpickingusa8786]

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...

[@sgtjarhead99]

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]

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]

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

[@seal4ever778]

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

[@loungezinger]

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]

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.

[@scottmattern482]

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.

[@marciem9580]

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.

[@TheCynical82]

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

[@richardkrikorian4438]

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]

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

[@KLeeMr]

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

[@El_jefe_major]

Science.

[@michaelcalland801]

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

[@michaelanderson4458]

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.

[@AnthonyWilliams-go3wf]

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!!!

[@MrDoughboyStyle]

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

[@mccards]

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

[@collectorinvestordealer]

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

[@joelmayer4055]

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.

[@PeepsWaxPacks]

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]

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

[@drewjohnson4673]

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

[@waltercopus1485]

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]

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

[@maryc3808]

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]

Welcome to the hobby!

[@TheEnd-eg6wq]

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

[@TheEnd-eg6wq]

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

[@wknfriends4138]

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.

[@williamstdog9]

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 :-)

[@brent9516]

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

[@tenclubcards]

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!

[@icetraydemartini3963]

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.

[@b.w.302]

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]

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

[@michaelwright8748]

I agree 88 is game one !

[@legrandfromage6450]

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

[@12st4life]

And then he joined the Dodgers

[@niutak76]

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.

[@bulbamon3567]

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

[@jamesmackey1229]

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

[@larrybuss677]

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.

[@brittsbit770]

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!

[@joelmayer4055]

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]

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

[@ghytgb]

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.

[@antonybateson9060]

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 (?) )

[@jcabale17]

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

[@ematsui12]

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

[@SenorGrub]

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.

[@iambenjamin76]

Thanks man! That brought back so many memories! I was born in 1976 so these were my cards! Wish I still had them all!😢

[@damoncallaway5450]

Can’t believe my boy Eric Davis didn’t make the list......

[@ryanhill6953]

His '87 stats were nasty

[@timelesslimit5786]

When I started collecting, he was my first rookie I bought. Still have it. I think lol haven't looked at my cards in over a decade.

[@damoncallaway5450]

@@timelesslimit5786 which is it topps, fleer or donruss

[@timelesslimit5786]

@@damoncallaway5450 '85 topps with the black border.. but I haven't looked in yrs

[@briandavis9002]

Eric the Red was the best all around baseball player I’ve ever watched. Hit for power, RBI machine,speed, excellent fielder and had an absolute cannon for an arm.

[@troublez9078]

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

[@LakeFX]

I think I have about 10,000 1992 Donruss cards in my basement. I think their cumulative value is about $100. That's where you have to pay them $100 to take them off your hands.

[@john.brown.]

Same here. Was in on the card and comic boom of the late 80s and early 90s thinking I was gonna be rich in a few years. Yeah didnt go as planned.

[@Luckyjdr]

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

[@dannyocean7090]

As an 8 year old I could never afford The Canseco Donruss RC, but at 38 years old I finally got my Holy Grail (before the card boom last year) PSA 8 for $10.... And I got the Bo Jackson Tiffany Baseball RC raw for $4 bucks, it looks like a PSA 7-8 (Need to get it graded soon.) Also got a PSA 7 Griffey jr Fleer RC for $7

[@stbr9571]

I've officially have 17 of mine tops traded Ripkin. Woohoo

[@raymondarmatino5030]

I'm 42. I had most of these cards. Some I had doubles in. All in plastic card holders in mint perfect condition.

[@getawaydriver5363]

I’m a bit older and mind ended up in my bike spokes.

[@backwoodspiper3033]

Ryan Sandberg was my fav player when i was a kid in the 80s and 90s. passed all of my cards off to my son long ago but held on to an entire album of Sandbergs. i have most of his cards up until around '98

[@joncampisi8311]

Sweet, I have the Ricky Henderson card. I was 12 at the time.

[@kevinc1593]

I got sick during USAF Basic Training in 1988 and a Sergeant in the hospital got me into collecting Baseball cards as a means to keep me sane. He had me use gloves and acid free holders to store my cards; some of which are on your list. Not surprisingly these cards have a special meaning to me. - Thanks for the video, I hadn't thought about them in years. I spent a total of 45 days in the hospital. The first five in isolation as they had no idea what was going on; the next five in ICU and the remaining 35 in the cardiac ward. End result I had a thyroid storm that caused congestive heart failure. I spent an additional 4-5 months in casual status (sickness/injury recovery/separation flight). During that time with help I successfully dogged the medical review board till the point if they kicked me out the USAF would have had to retire me. I was honorably separated in 1992. I wasn’t offered reenlistment assuming either from my medical history or the reduction in size of the military at that time.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Sorry to hear of that experience you went through. Thank you for your service. Cool to hear that cards helped you a little get through a tough time.

[@kevinc1593]

@@collectorinvestordealer Thanks, they really did.

[@MerkinMuffly]

Yeah, the Rated Rookie Canseco was super hot back then.

[@troytanner1693]

Henderson probably has the most lead off homeruns too

[@vgardner1688]

I have it. That was my guy in the 80's. I probably have 30 of his cards.

[@ugaais]

Born in 1970 had a decent collection made a ton when I sold them back in the early 90’s I had 12 of those Ricky Henderson cards…man that hurts…I traded one in 1982 with a few others for. 1971 Reggie Jackson card..

[@toddrichardson8595]

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]

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

[@toddrichardson8595]

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

[@saintmiller3584]

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

[@hirolla74]

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

[@jehof]

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

[@joelowens5211]

Yeah I had about 90% of these also. Ken Griffey Jr was a great player he just could not shake injury problem the second half of his career and had to retire early. Canseco, Mcguire, and Sammy Sosa likely taking something who knows for sure but it was fun to see the 500 plus foot home run bombs that many times left the parks.

[@johnlarson4254]

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

[@gsmooth6037]

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

[@tubenachos]

Greg Maddux my favorite pitcher of the junk era, his cards are still cheap

[@LambeauLeeeper]

Played HS ball with him. Valley High Las Vegas.

[@Rfflllss]

Absolutely filthy pitcher!

[@GymAndSun]

@@LambeauLeeeper that’s dope

[@jakestoe]

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!

[@larryravenswood9889]

Don Mattingly card: the topps year '83 was displayed, but was really an '84 topps card

[@jeffshepherd6208]

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.

[@Boatright]

I had over 10 signed of each of Ken Griffey Jr's double A cards and baseballs from when he played in San Bernardino Ca... unfortunately they were stolen along with my whole collection back in the early 90's when my house was robbed. I cant imagine what that collection would be worth today.

[@bwgraider]

Reading this gave me chest pains. That's terrible man.

[@rockerbob949]

Have all except Kirk Gibson. I still remember pulling my 84 Topps Don Mattingly and Strawberry! The 86 Donruss Jose Canseco was HOT! My cousin gave me his Ricky Henderson!

[@ericshears7563]

I'm going to get my cards out of storage tomorrow. I know I have most of the cards show and more.

[@spockasmick]

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

[@stevenwalker9013]

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.

[@markruiz9265]

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

[@nkmason8284]

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

[@Rfflllss]

Errors were the rage! Every new beckett i’d get, i’d go straight to frank thomas nnof to see latest price.

[@nicholasmantia5031]

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

[@pigskinablanket9886]

Maybe limiting to one card per player, but I think the 1981 Henderson would make the list.

[@nycside7724]

Loved ripping that Tiffany’s wax. Hit these literally every box ;)

[@barbaralulling9067]

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

[@montrealsports29]

I'm obviously biased based on my channel name, but it's a shame that Tim Raines didn't even make the list. When you compare his career to the players with rookie cards from 1981 who are on the list (Baines, Gibson and Valenzuela), his career was so much better than all of theirs. He was the 2nd best leadoff hitter of all-time. At least he finally got voted into the Hall of Fame. That's a more important list to be a part of.

[@collectorinvestordealer]

Raines was actually 26th, just missed the cut.

[@matthewquinn4400]

Imagine all the cocaine Tim Raines could buy with today’s high dollar contacts.

[@montrealsports29]

@@matthewquinn4400 Ha ha. Very funny. He had a problem and he overcame it to have a Hall of Fame career. And he definitely wasn't the only baseball player doing drugs back then.

[@El_jefe_major]

Tim Raines was a beast. Loved watching him play.

[@chrisa.d.7460]

I had so many of these. At least I gave them to the Dominican kids in my old neighborhood back in NYC. Hardcore baseball fans, good kids.

[@xtctrader1467]

The reason Kirby Puckett only played 11 seasons, was getting beaned in the head (eye injury), which ended his career way too early. RIP KP

[@toothybj]

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.

[@cedarjustin]

Great video as always. On your next one like this, it would be interesting to see the pop counts for those cards to understand how much of the price is driven by scarcity vs popularity

[@reign5563]

Have all of them cards also have a Ken griffy Jr rookie card, but it has Sr on the back. Love that mess up card lol

[@jude999]

1988 score best in junk era, I love the backs. Baines in Hall is an outrage. Canseco peaked at $60. Tiffany should not be considered, I never heard of them when I was an obsessive collector in mid 80s. Mattingly best player of 80s. Disappointed that McGuire, Clemens and Bonds are on any list. Bo love.

[@rolandlafrance9950]

Baines is in the HoF while Dwight Evans is not... how is that?

[@thetrain5785]

What a treat ! I have every single card mentioned 👌I don’t collect cards but I did when I was 10 haha still have them all guess it payed off

[@jeremykabacinski9451]

Excellent video! I just wanted to add - the value of that Ken Griffey Jr. Bowman is justified given it's abnormal dimensions.

[@bwgraider]

Agree

[@angellamyers9758]

Roger Clemons best pitcher in baseball won't make the hall of fame

[@redwing1214]

I have 17 of these cards. I have been collecting MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL cards since I was 8yrs old, I’m 36yrs old now. I have the Ken Griffey Jr Bowman card. It’s in mint condition. I’m willing to sell it for the right price.

[@MerkinMuffly]

I hade everyone of these cards one time or another.

[@CHAMPDOGZ]

Yeah same here probably have a few somewhere still

[@TheEnd-eg6wq]

You most definatly didn't have all those Tiffanys!!!!

[@ericbond5276]

I collected on and off. The newer cards (chase cards) are out of site. I outgrew the hobby.

[@underrated7725]

I had so many cards in the late 80s and 90s and I still dont know what happened to them. I started collecting again about 6 months ago and got a nice little collection going

[@TheEnd-eg6wq]

@@underrated7725 I hear yeah, however 80's and 90's were mostly the worst years.

[@GREENMTGENE]

Thank you, I have a few of these coincidently

[@icetraydemartini3963]

Gibson had a huge clutch homer for the Tigers title too

[@rf14dmb]

Hoping to get a little insight on the value of my old cards but it seems this is mostly just "Tiffany" cards. meh

[@MelvinZoopers]

I love this video but as a kid growing up I never even heard of Topps Tiffany. You should do a video and exclude all of the error cards and all of the Glossy and Tiffany cards.

[@BigEd_R]

If only Jack Buck’s son could have a call like that one of these days, sports would be as fun to watch now as back in the 80’s. Nah, probably not

[@El_jefe_major]

I really friggen dislike that guy’s kid. Jack Buck was talented entertaining and really did his homework. The kid is … at best he was a good receiver, but he should have a microphone.

[@chazzanschutz6096]

I agree, Joe is a very pale imitation of his father. That Kirk Gibson at bat still gives me goosebumps to this day. (And I like the A's). Nothing Joe has done has done anything but maybe put me to sleep a few times.

[@mystermysterio5348]

The Dale Murphy card is awesome ... Topps in my book ... Both cards 👍

[@danielduroy3517]

Hey man just took me back to my childhood had several of them cards. I’ll be in the attic tonight, forgot about the Bomens Best

[@jedhart1259]

Wow.. I have to start going through my boxes I had a baseball card shop when I was a kid. I know I have 2-4 dozen Jr. rookies and pages (3 ring binders) of the Ricky rookies. Back then.. they where NOT the hot sellers. This is going to be fun!

[@OhioRiverFisherman]

I have a Griffey Jr rookie card that I actually got signed by JR Griffey when he played for the Reds. It's my holy grail!!

[@raphaelbiello9095]

i love randy johnson. sucks his rookie is so low, he is such a character i feel like he is going up in the future

[@collectiblesource3902]

The traded rookie is even better imho. It may be worth less but looks a hell of a lot more iconic in that Mariners Uni. The Topps Traded Tiffany is my favorite if his rookies for that reason alone.

[@raphaelbiello9095]

@@collectiblesource3902 yup I agree, Randy Johnson and maddux traded Tiffany cards are incredibly under priced right now but only because it was mid junk wax era, once the junk wax era population eventually goes down all these topps traded and 90’s cards are going to be fucking gold

[@northernking4787]

Kirk Gibsons home run (With full context) was absolutely the greatest moment in baseball history…. IMO.

[@rip_blue150]

I completely agree BUT Vin Scullys call of it is wayyyyy more historic and dramatic

[@wilsonri]

@@rip_blue150 Maybe but my greatest memory was when Goose Gossage convinced Dick Williams, (padre's manager), to not walk him...Gibby proceeded to hit one into the upper deck of Tiger Stadium driving in 3! They won the world series that day. Wow!

[@artvandelay1967]

the only one I would rank higher (off the top of my head) was the Joe Carter world series clinching home run vs Mitch Williams in 93

[@buster3108]

The tiffany are worth more and I see why you show them but PSA 10 of the regular set would help out people more when they want to send in a card to try getting a PSA 10 great channel

[@138NastyNate]

Welp looks like I have to go digging. Was huge into collecting back then. I know I have several of these cards upstairs stored away in my boxes. Have never gone through them because everyone always says the 80s cards were worth nothing so I never bothered digging threw them. Thanks for the heads up and upload.

[@joeyharpe2360]

Exactly how I am lol I gotta go looking ! 😂🤣

[@ronyeahright9536]

I definitely have a nice handful of these......gotta get'em outta my closet and start going thru them! winter project

[@MrOmega300]

A had a decent amount in the 80s when I was a kid. I had dream cards from 85 of Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonilla(Pirates), Dave Winfield and Willie Randolph(Yankees). Had a Sid Fernandez card(Mets). Not a lot of Mets or Yankee cards though. I did have a Billy Martin card. Had a Dusty Baker card when he was playing for the A's. These are just from 85 which of course weren't on sale until 86.

[@HldnTudix00]

I have about a handful of griffy rookie cards that I got from collecting as a child and I remember when it was up to a couple thousand in the early to mid 90’s this was when you had to look in a becket to find your prices was awesome

[@lindamarzano6042]

i loved going into stores and buying all the boxes if possible.. the looks of sadness on people lol

[@stevemartinez6006]

Great video. It was nice to show my kids that dad had many of these. I was about their age when I started collecting. Good thing I was into baseball cards and not girls at 14. haha.

[@107BLANE]

im 43 now and im pretty sure i have 20 of these 25 in my closet. I know i got Canseco, Griffey, Mcgwire, Bo Jackson, Mattingly, Bonds. I had no idea they were worth this much

[@joebobmarley2854]

Great video. Brings back alot of wonderful memories. The 1980 Rickey Henderson rookie card to me is one of the most beautiful cards I've ever seen. Everything about it. Just beautiful. And interesting tid bit at the end. Just goes to show how many great players have the PED shadow hovering over their prolific careers..

[@hectoralonzo7909]

Thank for rubbing that Oakland loss in. Appreciate it.

[@robvegart]

Had Don Mattingly and Maquire... Then again a few friends had a few of those as well.

[@PhillAndersonGuitarist]

When I got married and then had my son 20 years ago I sold a bunch of my cards. I still have the Rickey Henderson rookie though.