Here is a list of some of my favorite baseball cards, mostly topps vintage baseball cards.
1985 Topps Baseball cards are one of the best Topps sets of the 1980's. The cards feature three key rookie cards and many hall of famers. The cards are still affordable for sets and a little more expensive for unopened boxes. This is a great set for your collection. The three key rookie cards to the set are Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, (his only major league rookie card as this year's card is an Olympic card subset within the set) and Kirby Puckett. There are also lesser expensive rookie cards including the once very popular Dwight Gooden rookie card. There are many hall of famers in the set including Nolan Ryan and there is a nice second year card of former all star and New York Yankees superstar Don Mattingly. The complete set of these cards will cost you about $50 for a complete set if you get a good deal on it. You might even be able to get a little bit of a better deal if you shop for it on ebay or a place similar to that. Unopened wax boxes cost more and so do rack and cello boxes and cases. If you get a gem mint graded Roger Clemens or Mark McGwire rookie card, it can be worth at least several hundred dollars. Adding a complete set of these cards to your collection, or holding on to your existing set in your collection is highly recommended. These cards have great rookie cards and the former all star and hall of fame selection is typical of the 1980's and includes many good cards.
The 1981 Topps baseball set is right on the threshold of being considered a bonafide vintage baseball card set. I personally recommend that collectors own a set of the regular series and also the traded set. It is the first year that Topps issued a traded set of 132 cards. There are rookie cards of Harold Baines, Tim Raines and Fernando Valenzuela (there is an additional rookie card of him in the Traded set as well). These cards can run about $60-$100 for an unopened wax box and a little bit less than that for a complete master set and a bit less for just a 792 card set. There are many hall of famers in the set highlighted by Rickey Henderson's second year card, George Brett, Pete Rose (not a hall of famer), Robin Yount, Mike Schmidt and many more. There are multiple cards of the players because there are highlight cards as well. These book well in the Beckett price guides, if you have a copy to look at it is worth looking up. There are many cards worth more than $1 in the set and this set has great long-term potential for price increase in my opnion because it was still not yet to the point of overproduction according to many people. A great place to buy the cards is at your local dealer or card show because you can see the condition in person. I find, however, that buying them on ebay from a reputable seller that promises the condition of the cards is better because you can get a better price and in many cases you are buying from a fellow collector that is just selling part of their collection. Those are the best deals is when someone wants to get rid of their cards and does not list cards often many times. I highly recommend this set because it is undervalued and a great borderline vintage set.
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