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What's your definition of vintage?

zendudezendude Posts: 210 ✭✭✭
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For me it's Pre-1980. Do you think the garbage from the 80's, 90's, 00's, etc. will ever creep into vintage status and actually be considered collectible? I don't think so. Your thoughts?

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    BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    Surprised nobody's jumped in with the ever-so-witty 'your wife' response yet.

    To me the cutoff is 1974, since this is the year that Topps quit releasing cards in series'.
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anything not made of plastic
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    thenavarrothenavarro Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭
    I consider cards that are older then me to be vintage. Therefore, pre 1970.
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    TNP777TNP777 Posts: 5,711 ✭✭✭
    '80 & below.

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    DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,222 ✭✭
    I consider cards from my youth to be the beginning of the "vintage" cards. I was born in '58 and collected mostly in the mid to late 60s, so my definition is, like Mike's, Pre 1970.
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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    cards from my youth I consider modern. But that just me on that edge.
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    topps1959guytopps1959guy Posts: 23
    Vintage:

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    Not Vintage:

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    Being born in the late 70's, I consider anything before 1981 to be vintage. So, I guess I'm vintage too. But, it's different for everyone. I've always been surprised that it was never broken down into "ages", like comics. Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc.


    Just two cents from a newbie.


    Chris


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    SOMSOM Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭
    Add me to the "pre-1981" group.

    1980 was the final year of the Topps monopoly. Starting in '81, two new manufacturers begat overproduction, which has yet to really cool down.



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    captainthreeputtcaptainthreeputt Posts: 1,235 ✭✭
    I would start vintage from 1969 down, but 1970-1975 are very collectible.
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    1935 National Chicle
    1961 Golden Press
    1962 Bell Brand Dodgers
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    jgrigalijgrigali Posts: 364 ✭✭
    im with three putt...i mostly concentrate on 59 and earlier...but i have a nice 73 set almost done in psa-8...so yeah, 69 and earlier but early 70s are great value for "vintage"
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    Sean1125Sean1125 Posts: 3,479


    << <i>Surprised nobody's jumped in with the ever-so-witty 'your wife' response yet.

    To me the cutoff is 1974, since this is the year that Topps quit releasing cards in series'. >>



    From my experiences most collectors agree with this comment.

    I personally consider pre 81 vintage.
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    cone10cone10 Posts: 1,021
    Pre 1960
    A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
    Yogi Berra

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    handymanhandyman Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pre 1AD
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    JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 12,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mid seventies. I agree with 1974 but could stretch it to 1975 because of the "mini's"
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    EstilEstil Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭✭✭
    To borrow comic book terminology:

    Platinum Age: pre-WWII
    Golden Age: 1948-69
    Silver Age: 1970-80
    Bronze Age: 1981-98
    Modern Age: 1999-present
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    Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
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    WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭


    << <i><< Surprised nobody's jumped in with the ever-so-witty 'your wife' response yet. >>




    umm I think someone did.



    1945 and prior.
    Good for you.
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    Yankees001Yankees001 Posts: 1,496 ✭


    << <i>For me it's Pre-1980. Do you think the garbage from the 80's, 90's, 00's, etc. will ever creep into vintage status and actually be considered collectible? I don't think so. Your thoughts? >>



    Vintage 1979 and older.

    I'd be OK with going as high as 1984-1985. I believe in 1986 Topps started to increase production.

    Dave


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    GriffinsGriffins Posts: 6,079 ✭✭✭
    Pre WWII.

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    fiveninerfiveniner Posts: 4,111 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I consider cards from my youth to be the beginning of the "vintage" cards. I was born in '58 and collected mostly in the mid to late 60s, so my definition is, like Mike's, Pre 1970. >>




    Hey Doug i got my first two baseball cards from a pal in 1958 one was Frank Zupo and the other was Billy Martin both Italians."YES"!!!!
    I actually stated serious pak rippin and flippin in 1959.
    Tony(AN ANGEL WATCHES OVER ME)
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    smtjoysmtjoy Posts: 617
    I consider Pre WWII "Vintage"
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    RonBurgundyRonBurgundy Posts: 5,491 ✭✭✭
    Pre 1946: pre war
    1946-67: vintage
    1968-80: semi-vintage
    1981-now: carp
    Ron Burgundy

    Buying Vintage, all sports.
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    stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Personally, always viewed it as at least a generation or two older than me.
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    msassinmsassin Posts: 1,564 ✭✭✭
    One thing eBay does right....


    Pre-WWII
    1948-1980
    1981-Present (not vintage)

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    judgebuckjudgebuck Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭
    Either pre-1974 or pre-1970.

    Always looking for Mantle cards such as Stahl Meyer, 1954 Dan Dee, 1959 Bazooka, 1960 Post, 1952 Star Cal Decal, 1952 Tip Top Bread Labels, 1953-54 Briggs Meat, and other Topps, Bowman, and oddball Mantles.

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    BrickBrick Posts: 5,004 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Depends on your perspective. A 40 year old man robs a bank. One witness, a teenager says some old guy ran out with a bag of money. Another witness, a senior citizen in the bank to cash her Social Security check says this young guy grabbed the money and ran.
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    twileytwiley Posts: 1,923 ✭✭✭
    pre - 1970
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