GOING THRU A COLLECTION-TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO 1991 PRICING

CARDSANDCOINS

INTERESTING

craig44

seems about right, for early 90's pricing. Did I ever want the 91 Ultra Update set back then.

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Stone193

Wow.

All and all, I have really good memories from that era. Every Saturday I would hit at least 3 to 4 shops and the flea market.

And my SCD had 300+ pages!

CdnOsfan

Wow,

I bought all 4 of those for $14 total in the last few months. I have bought all the 1976 - 1980 Topps, 1980's Topps, Fleer, OPC, Leaf and Donruss sets and picked 1 or 2 sets from each year of the 90's to present. I know that they won't be worth much ever, but that was my collecting era and I got out in my early 20's and sold almost everything (I know I lost money on it but would have lost even more if I was selling it now.) It's fun getting the sets I had and some I couldn't afford, cheap! There are a few small holes in the 2000's but I wait for deals to fill them. For example I just bought a 2012 Topps baseball sealed factory set for $20 CDN at a show last month.

RedHeart54

Refresh my memory why 1987 Donruss Rookies was a $45 set in '91. Both Mark McGwire and Bo Jackson were near the to top of the Beckett "cold" list (remember that??), Greg Maddux was never a high dollar card and I can't think of any other card in the set that was even worth $5 in '91.

Nathaniel1960

In addition to a good crop of now-proven stars and HOFs, the 1987 Rookies had some studs which flamed out a bit:

1 Mark McGwire
2 Eric Bell
3 Mark Williamson
4 Mike Greenwell
5 Ellis Burks
6 De Wayne Buice
7 Mark McLemore
_8 Devon White _
9 Willie Fraser
10 Les Lancaster
11 Kenny Williams
12 Matt Nokes
13 Jeff Robinson
14 Bo Jackson
_15 Kevin Seitzer _
16 Billy Ripken
17 B.J. Surhoff
18 Chuck Crim
19 Mike Birkbeck
20 Chris Bosio
21 Les Straker
22 Mark Davidson
23 Gene Larkin
24 Ken Gerhart
25 Luis Polonia
26 Terry Steinbach
27 Mickey Brantley
28 Mickey Stanley
29 Jerry Browne
30 Todd Benzinger
31 Fred McGriff
32 Mike Henneman
33 Casey Candaele
34 Dave Magadan
35 David Cone
36 Mike Jackson
37 John Mitchell
38 Mike Dunne
39 John Smiley
40 Joe Magrane
41 Jim Lindeman
42 Shane Mack
43 Stan Jefferson
_44 Benito Santiago _
45 Matt Williams
46 Dave Meads
_**47 Rafael Palmeiro **_
48 Bill Long
49 Bob Brower
50 Jim Steels
51 Paul Noce
52 Greg Maddux
53 Jeff Musselman
54 Brian Holton
55 Chuck Jackson
56 Checklist

Nathaniel1960

I should add you can pick up 1987 Rookies Sets in bargain bins for $2 - 3 each. They are often stuck in with the lesser expensive 88 - 91 sets, although I really like the design of all Rookies sets.

RedHeart54

Ah yes, I'd forgotten about Matt Williams. His cards got some love for a while.

craig44

@CdnOsfan said:
Wow,

I bought all 4 of those for $14 total in the last few months. I have bought all the 1976 - 1980 Topps, 1980's Topps, Fleer, OPC, Leaf and Donruss sets and picked 1 or 2 sets from each year of the 90's to present. I know that they won't be worth much ever, but that was my collecting era and I got out in my early 20's and sold almost everything (I know I lost money on it but would have lost even more if I was selling it now.) It's fun getting the sets I had and some I couldn't afford, cheap! There are a few small holes in the 2000's but I wait for deals to fill them. For example I just bought a 2012 Topps baseball sealed factory set for $20 CDN at a show last month.

It really is a blast to go back and buy all the stuff we couldnt afford as kids. I have done the same. now i have lots and lots of shelves with binders of very low value cards from that era, but i sure do love looking at them.

krisd3279

@craig44 I totally agree. Several shelves full of junk wax in binders.