Demand for 80-90s Baseball Sets

giantsfan20

Was wondering what type of demand if any is thier in the 80-90s sets especailly the 84.85 86 donruss and 84-7 fleer can they be a very good deal at card shows. Cannot find them at the shows here in Northern CA.

Yankees001

Well here is the list:

JUNK
Donruss 1981-1983, 1987 to now
Fleer 1981-1983, 1985, 1988 -Now
Score 1988- to now
Topps 1985-to now
Upper Deck 1990- to now

Donruss 1984-86 has some decent rookies. 1985-1986 are just slightly better than junk sets.
Fleer 1984, 1986-1987 same as above
Topps 1980-1984 are collectible, but production was increasing each year. By 1985 hurts their value.
Upper Deck 1989 is the only good set. 1990 production skyrocketed.

Dave

Yankees001

Many dealers don't take the junk sets. It's more work to move them in to the show, than what they sell for.

Besides most people already have the sets, and they don't sell many

dave

digicat

I've been trying to move a collection of sets like that on Nor-Cal Craigslist for a while now. No takers, just some spammers and a few deadbeats who don't show up to make the in-person transaction.

Rudedawg

Agree with the guys above. The 89 UD, 80 Topps and 84 Donruss are at the top. 1985, 1986 and 1987 were the best years, imo, for great RC's, but a lot of them got put into Traded and Update sets, so it took down demand for the base sets even more. If you look at Traded or Update sets, the 84 Fleer Update is still a solid set. 86 Donruss Rookies, Topps Traded and Fleer Update are packed with great RCs, but are still pretty cheap. As for base sets by 1987, things just got out of hand for production.

If you don't have any of these sets and want to buy, this is a great decade. If you're looking to unload extra sets................not good.

Estil

The 89UD and 84D sets have always been legendary fan favorite sets. But I'm sorry to say even those classic iconic sets are nowhere near what they were worth back in the day (late 80s/early 90s).

Bottom line, if you're gonna collect cards, do it because you love the challenge. Don't expect to pay off your mortgage someday with them.

TheTalkingWalnut

Around here not only do they not sell, but the Goodwills won't even take them.

It's hard to describe just how little value they have: my advice would be to give them to someone you don't like and convince them to invest many manhours in attempting to sell them.

miwlvrn

Ironically, I just recently bought a 30+ pound box of cards from Goodwill that was entirely 1984 Donruss and 1989 Upper Deck (yes, I know the value isn't there but the price was right, next to nothing, and the condition was great).

digicat

<< <i>Around here not only do they not sell, but the Goodwills won't even take them. >>



I've donated my unwanted commons to a couple of church youth groups over the past few years, and wrote the donation off on my taxes. I priced the cards at low-Beckett.

mygotta

I was recently offered a 1989 and 1990 sealed vending case. I told the guy I did not want them for any more than $20 bucks a case. I knew all I wanted was a Randy Johnson RC and a Frank Thomas RC. Otherwise I probably would have thrown the rest away. I was turned down, but am happy about that as well.

Hank36

<< <i>Agree with the guys above. The 89 UD, 80 Topps and 84 Donruss are at the top. 1985, 1986 and 1987 were the best years, imo, for great RC's, but a lot of them got put into Traded and Update sets, so it took down demand for the base sets even more. If you look at Traded or Update sets, the 84 Fleer Update is still a solid set. 86 Donruss Rookies, Topps Traded and Fleer Update are packed with great RCs, but are still pretty cheap. As for base sets by 1987, things just got out of hand for production.

If you don't have any of these sets and want to buy, this is a great decade. If you're looking to unload extra sets................not good. >>


The rookie craze is, in retrospect, the problem that I began to have with Topps sets starting in about 1988 or so--passing over established big leaguers in favor of attempting to be the first to slap the Next Big Thing onto a card before the next company did. I've been going through the 1992 set lately, and while it is, in many ways, a teriffic set in terms of design and attractiveness, there's also a seemingly endless number of fugly cards picturing unknown kids in street clothes--Jason Pruitt...John Farrell...worst of all was Scott Ruffcorn in his little bowtie. Yawn.

BrownBlueGreen

<< <i>Well here is the list:

JUNK
Donruss 1981-1983, 1987 to now
Fleer 1981-1983, 1985, 1988 -Now
Score 1988- to now
Topps 1985-to now
Upper Deck 1990- to now

Donruss 1984-86 has some decent rookies. 1985-1986 are just slightly better than junk sets.
Fleer 1984, 1986-1987 same as above
Topps 1980-1984 are collectible, but production was increasing each year. By 1985 hurts their value.
Upper Deck 1989 is the only good set. 1990 production skyrocketed.

Dave >>



Once again in my short time I think your opinion is stupid.

1982 Topps, Donruss and Fleer all had Ripken rookies. Don't think that's junk.
1983 had 3 major HOF rookies but they are junk and 1984 Topps isn't?
You consider 84 Topps collectible but 84 Fleer is garbage? Same main rookie and Fleer is more desirable.
Somehow 86 Donruss and Fleer aren't on your junk list and they are devoid of anything exciting unless your a juicer or McGriff fan.

mattinglymint23

agree with the list
but personally i would love to own a high grade 86 topps set

mcolney1

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<< <i>Well here is the list:

JUNK
Donruss 1981-1983, 1987 to now
Fleer 1981-1983, 1985, 1988 -Now
Score 1988- to now
Topps 1985-to now
Upper Deck 1990- to now

Donruss 1984-86 has some decent rookies. 1985-1986 are just slightly better than junk sets.
Fleer 1984, 1986-1987 same as above
Topps 1980-1984 are collectible, but production was increasing each year. By 1985 hurts their value.
Upper Deck 1989 is the only good set. 1990 production skyrocketed.

Dave >>



Once again in my short time I think your opinion is stupid.

1982 Topps, Donruss and Fleer all had Ripken rookies. Don't think that's junk.
1983 had 3 major HOF rookies but they are junk and 1984 Topps isn't?
You consider 84 Topps collectible but 84 Fleer is garbage? Same main rookie and Fleer is more desirable.
Somehow 86 Donruss and Fleer aren't on your junk list and they are devoid of anything exciting unless your a juicer or McGriff fan. >>



The OP was talking about sets. Many individual cards out of those sets go for some $ in top grade, but more than likely, if you purchased a set, your Ripken won't be a 9 or 10. The overall majority of the cards in the set are junk.

epatmythes

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<< <i>Well here is the list:

JUNK
Donruss 1981-1983, 1987 to now
Fleer 1981-1983, 1985, 1988 -Now
Score 1988- to now
Topps 1985-to now
Upper Deck 1990- to now

Donruss 1984-86 has some decent rookies. 1985-1986 are just slightly better than junk sets.
Fleer 1984, 1986-1987 same as above
Topps 1980-1984 are collectible, but production was increasing each year. By 1985 hurts their value.
Upper Deck 1989 is the only good set. 1990 production skyrocketed.

Dave >>



Once again in my short time I think your opinion is stupid.

1982 Topps, Donruss and Fleer all had Ripken rookies. Don't think that's junk.
1983 had 3 major HOF rookies but they are junk and 1984 Topps isn't?
You consider 84 Topps collectible but 84 Fleer is garbage? Same main rookie and Fleer is more desirable.
Somehow 86 Donruss and Fleer aren't on your junk list and they are devoid of anything exciting unless your a juicer or McGriff fan. >>



The OP was talking about sets. Many individual cards out of those sets go for some $ in top grade, but more than likely, if you purchased a set, your Ripken won't be a 9 or 10. The overall majority of the cards in the set are junk. >>



At 660 to 792 cards per set... I'm pretty certain the overall majority of the cards in "any" set from the 80's are junk

ElToroLoco

Player and team collectors dominate the 80's and 90's now. Sets aren't very popular from that time.

blee1

<<I was recently offered a 1989 and 1990 sealed vending case. I told the guy I did not want them for any more than $20 bucks a case. I knew all I wanted was a Randy Johnson RC and a Frank Thomas RC. Otherwise I probably would have thrown the rest away.>>

You know eventually, maybe a hundred years from now. Those commons will be scarce. As they get thrown out as people pull the star from sets and cases....etc....

mygotta

<< <i><<I was recently offered a 1989 and 1990 sealed vending case. I told the guy I did not want them for any more than $20 bucks a case. I knew all I wanted was a Randy Johnson RC and a Frank Thomas RC. Otherwise I probably would have thrown the rest away.>>

You know eventually, maybe a hundred years from now. Those commons will be scarce. As they get thrown out as people pull the star from sets and cases....etc.... >>



True. It has now been 23-24 years since they were printed. And a wax box should sell slowly at $5. The fact that they sell slow should also pose a problem in getting them to be scarce on any level.

frankhardy

I don't think I could put a 1982 Fleer and Donruss Complete Set in the same category as a 1990 Score Set. Those are still very collectible and sell decent.

Also, have you ever sold some of those late 1990's Topps sets (especially factory sets)? A 1997 Topps Factory set sells anywhere from $50 to $100 consistently.

I think the only Topps sets that are truly junk are 1987 to 1992. They were massively mass produced. A 1993 Topps set still does pretty decent selling for around $30.