Thoughts on Tiffany/Glossy 80s baseball?

ThoseBackPages

i have never been "into" them. How do you guys feel about them?

digicat

They're pretty. For the Topps issues, the white card stock and the gloss tends to make the cards look a little more vibrant. Make sure you get clean ones, I've seen some 84-86 Topps Tiffany cards that have yellowed a bit.

When I'm looking for someone's rookie card, I like to get the parallels than for the regular card. For chrome cards, I like refractors, and when glossy or tiffany versions are available, I go for those.

I also like that they have fairly modest print runs (compared to other cards from that era).

1984 Topps Tiffany base and traded: 10,000
1985 Topps Tiffany base and traded: 5,000
1986 Topps Tiffany base and traded: 5,000
1987 Topps Tiffany base and traded: 30,000
1988 Topps Tiffany base and traded: 25,000
1989 Topps Tiffany base and traded: 15,000
1990 Topps Tiffany base and traded: 15,000
1991 Topps Tiffany base and traded: <5,000

1989 Bowman: 6,000
1990 Bowman: 3,000

1988 Score Glossy base: 5,000
1988 Score Glossy Traded: 3,000

1987 Fleer Glossy base and update: 75k-100k
1988 Fleer Glossy base and update: 40k-60k
1989 Fleer Glossy base (no update was made): 30k

GDM67

In my experience, that yellowing is a real problem with '85's.

Other than that, I like having deluxe versions of what can be somewhat drab base cards. As Rich writes, they just look more colorful and vibrant. I like cards from the Topps Traded sets for the same reason.

estang

I prefer the regular issue. I remember these were sold in sets at Saks 5th Avenue... I've never been into paralleled cards...

Rushhead2112

When I was a kid, I had only seen a Tiffany issue once in a great while... maybe an oddball in a friend's collection. I collect for nostalgic reasons... if I didn't collect it then, I won't collect it now. They look nice though!

ThoseBackPages

<< <i>I collect for nostalgic reasons... if I didn't collect it then, I won't collect it now. >>




ohhh i LIKE that line! Can i use it?

when i was a kid in the 80s, im sure there were Tiffany sets available, but i'd never have the coin for them. i collected T/D/F and the T/F Traded/Update Sets that i could afford (ie. all but that damned 84FU)