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Barry Bonds rookie PSA 9, which to buy??

TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
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Used to collect cards as a kid, buy a few here and there, thought it would be neat to have. All politics aside, which would you buy 86 Topps Traded, which 87, fleer, topps, etc. rookie would you buy?? I am a coin and currency guy, I do have a few "slabbed" cards, 68 topps Ryan, 87 fleer Jordan, and so on.

Thanks,

Jeff

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  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725 ✭
    I would go for the 86 Topps traded and then the 87 Fleer.
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1987 Fleer will hold more value in the long run.
  • metalmikemetalmike Posts: 2,152 ✭✭
    I have one of those shop at home auto cards from back in the day-it is a WCG auto and the card looks like a 8 but I'd bet (sorry Pete) the auto is real and the card is overgraded........ edited to add the 1986 Topps is a good choice but so is the 1986 Fleer, the auto's look better on the Topps and the rarest rookie sucks to get auto'd a.k.a. 1986 Sportflics unless it is on the back which is weaksauce...........
    USN 1977-1987 * ALL cards are commons unless auto'd. Buying Britneycards. NWO for life.
  • CubbyCubby Posts: 2,096 ✭
    1986 Topps Traded Tiffany


    BTW: Cubby=Cub Fan
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,617 ✭✭✭✭
    His more valuable card is '87 Fleer, but his best true rookie card is '86 Fleer Update. '86 Topps Tiffany is not a mainstream issue, or that would count as his most valuable true rookie card. For me, I like the '86 Fleer Update.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭


    << <i>His more valuable card is '87 Fleer, but his best true rookie card is '86 Fleer Update. '86 Topps Tiffany is not a mainstream issue, or that would count as his most valuable true rookie card. For me, I like the '86 Fleer Update. >>



    Do you mean by best, his most valuable?? What about his 86 Topps update, not the Tiffany version?? Not as far as value, but what would be considered his true rookie card.
  • basestealerbasestealer Posts: 1,579 ✭
    I like the 86 Topps Tiffany and the 87 Fleer Glossy. And if you like obscure issues, the 86 Sportsflicks is pretty neat.

    This is an 87 Topps, falsely advertised as an 86, and bidders are lapping it up
  • 1960toppsguy1960toppsguy Posts: 1,127 ✭✭
    Stay away from every single one of them, they are massed produced and if you live to be 200 their value will continue to be what it is today, if he is not convicted.image
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,617 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Do you mean by best, his most valuable?? What about his 86 Topps update, not the Tiffany version?? Not as far as value, but what would be considered his true rookie card. >>



    Yes, by best I mean Bonds' most desirable card is his '87 Fleer. It drives me crazy that people consider this his rookie card when he had a slew of cards in '86. I mean is Roger Clemens' '84 Fleer Update card not a rookie??? Anyway, in terms of true rookie cards (mainstream), '86 Fleer Update is tops, followed by '86 Topps Traded, '86 Donruss Rookies and '86 Sportsflics. If we're talking non-mainstream issues, '86 Topps Traded Tiffany is the most valuable.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • bobsbbcardsbobsbbcards Posts: 3,254 ✭✭✭
    1987 Donruss Opening Day Error card. image
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  • basestealerbasestealer Posts: 1,579 ✭


    << <i>Stay away from every single one of them, they are massed produced and if you live to be 200 their value will continue to be what it is today, if he is not convicted.image >>


    The 86 Topps Tiffany is limited to 5,000 sets. In my opinion it is the card with the most potential for a sizeable value increase.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Bonds was a Criminal Justice major in college!!image
  • summerof68summerof68 Posts: 748 ✭
    I agree with 1960toppsguy. His rookie cards were produced in unimaginable quantities and will only fall in value after he drops from the scene. But if you have to have one I would recommend the '87 Donruss Opening day as it is the only rookie card where he actually smiles and you won't have to stare at his arrogant face as with his '87 fleer. On vacation I visited a card shop in Eugene, Oregon. The owner hated Bonds so much he wouldn't allow any Bonds cards to pass through his store......
    "You tell 'em I'm coming...and hell's coming with me"--Wyatt Earp
  • colebearcolebear Posts: 886 ✭✭


    << <i>1987 Donruss Opening Day Error card. image >>



    I agree, that one will always be desired the most. So much so that many people do not even consider that as one of his "rookie" cards because they come up for sale so little.
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,396 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Are you asking bc your out of TP?
  • Ladder7Ladder7 Posts: 1,221 ✭
    I suggest a nice Hank Aaron, late '56- should be affordable. (I like the '57 UER)
    some cards
  • bigdcardsbigdcards Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭
    Why not just look at them all and see which is the most appealing to you? I think I'm alone on this, but I actually like the 87 Topps the best. He's not playing baseball in any of the others. If I ever bother to get a 10 of his that's what I will get.
    To bigdcards: "you are right" - cpamike "That is correct" -grote15
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