1981 Fleer John Littefield Rev. I know this was written a while back, but its really nice that you brought attention to an era that defined the hobby of which I, and many other collectors, grew up in. 14. If you asked collectors, most would probably say they prefer the portrait poses with the green portrait more preferred to the red due to its scarcity. Thomas stock in trade, of course, was his thunderous bat, and he actually spent more time at DH than in the field. In poor condition, this card would fetch hundreds of dollars but if youre lucky enough to land a copy in PSA 10 Gem Mint condition then youre talking big-time money. This Red Refractor from the 1997 Donruss Baseball set is one such example. This isnt the most popular of Thomas rookie cards, but it still fetches around $15 in PSA 9 condition. When the infamous T206 set was being produced, Doyle was pitching for the New York Highlanders of the American League. The Say Hey Kidwas arguably the greatest all-around player to step on the field. This is my favoriteSandy Koufax baseball cardand one of the best-looking cards of the 1950s in my opinion. In my personal opinion, the term junk wax is generally used to describe all cards printed during the period of heightened (mass) production. ZDc0OWNkMmVjY2EwMTI5ZTU3ZDg5Mzk0MzcyMGUzMDc5ODYzNzRlMjI3NGY1 When he was with Boston, Nomar Garciaparra was one of the most beloved players in baseball. But 20 years from now we will complain about whats going on now.Time solves all problems because time creates all problems. And also along the way, Belle put together ten of the most amazing seasons at the plate the game has ever seen. And those that are affordable don't usually look that great. eyJtZXNzYWdlIjoiMDAxOGEyYTUxMzBmY2VlZDMwNDViZTc4ZjFmOTA3MTA4 Because he played in the thin Colorado air, Todd Helton's accomplishments are somewhat overlooked. Stay up to date on all the latest sports card and memorabilia news, articles, and products by subscribing to our newsletter below: No mention of the 1987 Topps Bo Jackson Future Stars rookie? The packs, from what I have seen, were never labeled any differently from the regular issue packs. There is no doubt that this is one of Ty Cobbs most demanded and popular baseball cards. All the little guys like me are gone-The 80s and 90s are gone- But now you have a hobby of the well to do by the well to do and for the well to do.All the down trodden have been left along the way. I am sitting here with 50 thousand sport cards. This mint-condition autographed card is selling for $3,500, making it one of the most valuable baseball cards from the '90s. The 1990 Score Sosa RC sells for about $10 in graded MINT condition. Like all Bowman cards, the eye appeal of this card is amazing as a the artwork of the young Mick is simply stunning. Once the owner of the career mark for home runs (755), Aaron possessed some of the strongest hands and wrists that produced some of the quickest bat speed the game has ever seen. (kids know when they come into my store and use manners, I give them even more free things). Wax Pack Gods, 100 Most Expensive Magic The Gathering Cards Sold on eBay in the Last 30 Days, 1989 Upper Deck Baseball Cards 28 Most Valuable Wax Pack Gods. ZWEzYTBmNDFhYWRmMTkwYzdkODdmNTUzZTY2NDM2NzFiOTBlMTM0YzdmZTNj Pitchers with 300 Wins and Their Baseball Cards. Seldom seen at auction, the 48 card set distributed by the American Caramel Co. of York, Pa. released some of the rarest type cards in existence. That story is enough to make any collector cringe. Even if you don't collect baseball cards, you've probably heard of the 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken with its profanity-laden bat knob. This is one of them. He also loves to write about the hobby and has written for Beckett, Topps, SABR and of course, this website. 100 Most Valuable Baseball Cards: The All-Time Dream List The most valuable baseball cards in the hobby can easily fetch six and seven figure price levels these days. Griffey looks sort of concerned here, doesnt he? Mathewson won 30 or more games four different times in his storied career, attributing much of his success to a specialty pitch that was comparable to a screwball. The card shows a young Ruth in a Boston Red Sox uniform before they traded him to the rival New York Yankees. Nadja was a brand name of the Blake-Wenneker Candy Co. of St Louis and the set features 62 cards in total. There are only a handful of known copies of this card in the hobby making it a rare and highly demanded issue. In 2016, seven copies of this card were miraculously found in an old paper bag. I was born in 82. This instantly recognizable card is easily one of Mathewsons most popular. As with any colored border, though, theyre susceptible to showing chipping and wear. He would finish in the top five in Cy Young balloting a total of seven times in his career, and he was undoubtedly one of the elite pitchers of his generation. But, the fact that his is the last card in the iconic 407 card set gives it an extra bump due to the inherent difficulty in collecting the card. The 1952 Andy Pafko card is so expensive simply because it resided at the #1 position of the most important set of the postwar era. The 1991 Topps Desert Shield Chipper Jones RC should have been mentioned along with the 1992 Score Franchise autographed card featuring Mantle/Yaz/Musial. The 87 Donruss Maddux Rated Rookie is my all-time favorite. The card features a great image of the Sultan of Swat seated in pinstripes looking over his right shoulder atop a green background. What if he had stayed healthy? The set is one of if not the most condition sensitive of the early E class era. Add in a checklist that was jampacked with hot rookies and up-and-coming prospects, and you had a recipe for fire. The cards design is beautiful and easily distinguished from others of the 1950s. I dont make a living buying and selling sports cards and I dont think I would ever want to. In high grade, this card can fetch big bucks. It's not going to come close. And its one of the most famous error cards in the entire hobby, too. Distracting print lines usually hold this card back from higher grades, though. 1993 SP Michael Jordan Holoview Red There is something nostalgic about the 85 Topps McGwire Rookie card. Your forgot to mention the 1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds/Ray error card still has top value from junk wax era. The T206 set is special for many reasons but one of them is no doubt the numerous brand advertisements on the backs16 different backs in total. If youre a collector, just stick to what you love and collect only what you love. So, if you're looking tosell baseball cards then you might want to check this list to see if you're sitting on something special. The price would certainly be astronomical. Considered by most to be the greatest lefty of all-time, Sandy Koufax has one rookie card to his name and this is it. But its almost certainly the gaudiest Sosa RC out there and today fetches $10 or so in graded PSA 9 condition. And because it features a close-up of Mantle, print defects on his face can also sometimes turn off collectors. The glossy coatings of these cards present a bit of an issue with cracking at times but they are nonetheless some terrific cards. This card is as visually stunning as it is rare. Being card #261 in the set, its not a high number card (#311 407) which means it is not as scarce as Mantles #311 card. I remember seeing one of these in abaseball card shop near where I grew up and I would just stare in awe. Along the way, he built a reputation for being about as cantankerous a player as weve seen in the last 70 years or so. This card is often thought to be Jacksons most attractive and popular baseball card. Also, Classic was only released as a complete game. The 1992 Bowman Mariano Rivera, his lone MLB card from the year, is part of the reason the set continues to be very popular at a time when many similar sets have dropped significantly. Yet another great card from the classic set, Ramirez's popularity peaked early in his run with Boston. 100 Most Expensive Pokemon Cards Sold on eBay in the Last 30 Days. No one wanted them they said sell everything that has a baseballl on it. Check out my other Baseball Card Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrmolUXjojPMbnGNd9g9-DtE4gqbTGPTHHow to submit to PSA: https://youtu.be/. Clean-looking raw versions regularly sell for over $1,000 on eBay, with buyers hoping to strike gold by getting it graded. The card in question shows an ad for Marlboro cigarettes on the scoreboard. YTlhMTY0ZThmYTM4MGYyOWY2NmNkZjI2MzYyMmE0NDIwOGM5YTIyZGQwMjM1 Of course, by the time Leaf got in on the Thomas game, Topps had already been pumping out Big Hurt rookies for months. With Mays, the opposite is true: his Bowman rookie card is worth more than his 1952 Topps card. Theyre undoubtedly very condition sensitive. Arguably the greatest hitter of all time, Williams posted some truly jaw-dropping numbers over his career: a .344 batting average, a .483 on-base average and a .634 slugging average. The main reason why #311 Mickey Mantle became one of the rarest cards because Sy Berger father of modern baseball cards dumped most of the cards into the ocean to expand the space. There are four different Babe Ruth cards in the 1933 Goudey set, #s 53, 144, 149 and 181. One of the most popular players of his era, Vladimir Guerrero was the No. The most important post-war card in the hobby, price movements of the 1952 Topps #311Mickey Mantle baseball cardare often seen as an indicator of the health of the sports card market overall. 1957 Topps Baseball Cards 15 Most Valuable, 1967 Topps Baseball Cards 17 Most Valuable, 1959 Topps Baseball Cards 17 Most Valuable, 1961 Topps Baseball Cards 16 Most Valuable, 1986 ProCards Pittsfield Cubs Rafael Palmeiro Left Room for Interpretation Wax Pack Gods, 1998 Upper Deck Final Tribute Captured Eddie Murray in His Second Home Wax Pack Gods, Players with 3000 Hits and 500 Home Runs Wax Pack Gods, Card Traders Near Me: Where to Find Them! If so, then please fill out the form below and I'll be in touch right away. Juniors second Upper Deck card is not quite as symmetrical or iconic or valuable as his hobby-changing rookie card. 1990 Topps George Bush USA1 Glossy Albert Belle was once Joey Belle but didnt want to be called Joey anymore, so he became Albert Belle. 17. 22. 1996 Bowman's Best #164 Ray Lewis RC. With the odds rated at approximately 1:5000 packs for an autograph version, I hope you have someone that will gladly purchase all of the commons you end up with during your search! 1990 Fleer Baseball Cards: Which Are Most Valuable? First, you have to realize that 1990 represented a sort of turning point in the hobby, a year when other card companies began to acknowledge the inroads that Upper Deck made into the market during their inaugural year in 1989. The end result is several versions. 7. NjJhNWM2MzY5MmVlNGJlNTMwNGJjZDNmN2RkOGUwMmE2ZTRmNTcxZDVkM2Zh For years, the real story behind the 1989 Fleer Billy Ripken was a mystery. Whos the most desired player in the set? Also worth noting, the factory-issued Tiffany sets are another key example of value from the era. Cobb turned in an absolute monster of a season in 1911 as he set career highs in batting (.420), hits (248), doubles (47), triples (24), RBI (127), runs (147) and slugging percentage (.621). :}He will say you must have spent thousands of dollars. Today, his 1990 Leaf rookie card bears just a trace of the good times, checking in at about $5 in PSA 9 condition. Interestingly, this card was not originally part of the 1933 Goudey set. Just as in his career on the diamond, Walker has always been kind of the quiet star among 1990 rookies, and especially in the high-profile 1990 Leaf set. So, if you can get your hands on one of these cards in high grade then you are looking at some big bucks. Adults took over something that belonged to kids for generations. However, the gold borders of the T205 cards leave them vulnerable to chipping and wear. As with the American Caramel Cobb card mentioned just a bit ago, the design of the card isnt unique but it is certainly one of the more desirable Cobb poses in the hobby. There are now only a handful of these cards on the market. Because of his alleged participation in the Black Sox Scandal during the 1919 World Series, Jackson was banned from baseball during his prime. In addition to the Satchel Paige and Stan Musial rookie cards, Robinsons rookie is key to the set. Ho, hum another Sosa rookie card, another slot on our list. 1985 Topps Tiffany Rodger Clemens And their continued popularity and demand prove that baseball cards still do hold great value. 21. And thats where were going to glean our hard numbers. What we did care about, though, was that sweet RC, driving demand and prices for the Thomas and Leaf in general to the stratosphere. 1985 Donruss Roger Clemens Baseball Card Rookie (RC) #273 Red Sox Mid-Grade $199.99 1987 Topps Barry Bonds Rookie (RC) #320 Pirates Graded FGA 10 Gem Mint O/C $107.58 Sammy Sosa 1990 Bowman ROOKIE Card #312 WHITE SOX - Error Card - Wrong DOB $129.00 (20) 1987 Topps Traded Gref Maddux XRC #70T $219.99 1993 Finest Nolan Ryan Promo Refractor No one ever accused 1990 Fleer baseball cards of being anything other than a nuisance species, but the big cards from the set still make some waves (or at least ripples) from time to time. Centering that favors the bottom and slight angular cuts are usually the factors that prevent these cards from reaching higher grades. Today, it sells for about three bucks in PSA 9 condition. It is by far the most important of allHank Aaron baseball cards. This 1990 Score rookie card brought collectors an early look at that Big Hurt megawattage, and it remains popular today despite being another very plentiful card. This is the second most desirable card in the famed T206 set and the only pose of the HOF pitcher. The black borders are susceptible to showing wear and chipping but finding any card from the 19th century in high grade will undoubtedly be difficult anyways. Both of theDiMaggio cards in this set feature a caricature of the Yankee legend, the only difference between the two versions is that this one features small cartoons and information in the background while the other has a blank background. ZjU5YTRmNWQ3ODg2MzYzZGZmMDNkMTFiZjM2OWI1NDlmYzQ0ZTQwOGE5Nzlm And, while the no name on front version of this card has become legendary and ridiculously expensive over the years, this more plentiful corrected version has garnered plenty of attention on its own. For real I remember all the trouble I was in when I used my brothers cards. The 1993 Pinnacle Derek Jeter rookie card isn't only affordable, but the look is one of his strongest. Collectors love the eye appeal of this beautiful pre-war set. He continued to impress at Single-A the following year, and that was enough to earn him a spot on the 1992 Bowman checklist. Need help buying or selling cards or have a general question about the hobby? Expect prices in the $10-15 range for copies in PSA 9. 11. 1990 Hoops #5 Michael Jordan All-Star. Ahead, we've taken a closer look at the 10 most valuable rookie cards of the 1990s. I never went thru them, instead, I have been throwing a bunch of them in Freebie Bags, along with some candy, gum, small toys like rubber balls, etc. Destiny fulfilled all these years later, this sophomore issue sells for $15-20 in PSA 9 condition. In one of the great stories about this card, a collector once purchased an unopened five-card pack of1952 Topps baseball cardsand pulled the only Pafko to ever be graded PSA Gem Mint 10. On it, Gehrig is shown with a huge bright smile atop a yellow background giving the card tremendous eye appeal. He's still not a top-tier hobby talent but his appeal has grown post-retirement as collectors look to a Cooperstown induction. This card is a key classic in the hobby and is Aarons only recognized rookie card. Drafted in the 62nd round of the 1988 draft as a favor to Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, who was a family friend and the godfather of his younger brother, Mike Piazza went on to become the greatest offensive catcher in MLB history. Its arguably the most visually pleasing and desirable of all the Ted Williams baseball cards in the hobby. At one time, the 1986 Donruss Jose Canseco traded around the $100 mark. 30. But, Joe Jackson is instantly recognizable on this card depicting him as a member of the Cleveland Naps minor league team, the New Orleans Pelicans. Even more so than the Sosa card, this gorgeous Thomas RC helped transform Bowmans image in a hurry. In PSA 4.5 grade, it is estimated this card would reel in over $1 million. ZTU2YjdhMDQ3YjE5YWVmMjMyMTI5MGVjOTk5MTNiODg4YzFjMGY2ZDA5NTU3 When found in gem mint condition these sell for $1,500, on average. It might be more plentiful than his 1992 Fleer Update card, but the 1992 Bowman Mike Piazza is more attractive and iconic. But it does give us an early look at that electric smile that tantalized the world when the young man hiself was still mostly just promise and hope. This one checks in around $10 in slabbed MINT condition. Just like the Clemens from the box set, the 1984 Fleer Update Kirby Puckett is a giant in part to being the late Hall of Famer's only MLB card from 1984 and its general rarity. Even though it is not Mickey Mantles official rookie card it is definitely his most important. How the mighty have fallen. As with pretty much any pre-war set that features Cobb, his card is the heart and soul of this legendary set. Those were the good old days. 1990 Hoops #391 Gary Payton Rookie Card. His only rookie card is part of the last Topps Traded box sets to come with USA Baseball players. 1989 Topps Heads Up Ken Griffey Jr. His career ERA of 2.13 proves just how difficult it was to hit off of him. Its amazing to think of the stats that Williams could have produced had he not missed nearly five full seasons of his prime to military service. The 1989 Fleer Randy Johnson isn't nearly as infamous as another variation in the set, but the Marlboro version of the card is one of the best cards of one of the most dominant pitchers of the 1990s. Add to that the fact that the 20-card "Premiere Prospects" subset that Jeter is included in has a foil design that shows any and all imperfections, and it's virtually impossible to find a gem mint version of the card. The first non-rookie card on our list, this at least qualifies as Juniors First Leaf Card if you discount the Leaf trademark on the back of his 1989 Donruss rookie, that is. These days, this Hall of Fame cardboard checks in around $40 in slabbed MINT condition. His first Topps card didn't come until the 1998 flagship set. MGYwZGI5OWNiOWU4YTYwNDJjMDhhYWU4ZjA2Yzg3YTcwYTY2Iiwic2lnbmF0 That's not the case anymore, but it's greater affordability makes it worth a second look now that the Big Hurt is enshrined in Cooperstown. The eye appeal is top-notch, as with most 1914 Cracker Jack cards. The E106 cards feature identical artwork on their fronts as the E90-1 and E92 caramel issues but differ by the advertising on their backs. The four Ty Cobb cards in the T206 all differ in popularity, scarcity, and appearance but they are all just as important to the hobby as the 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth quartet. He was also clutch, maintaining a sub-1.00 World Series ERA and twice being named series MVP in 1963 and 1965. The record for this card was set at a Goldin auction for $26,400. But whats not up for debate is whether its one of his most important. MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice played on the radio alongside Wilson Phillips and Sinead O'Connor. 1990 Fleer Update: Key Cards and Checklist, 1990 Leaf Baseball Cards 11 Most Valuable. Due to poor sales of the previous Fleer Update sets, the print run was slashed for the 1992 release, making it one of the few hard-to-find sets of the Junk Wax Era. It is one of the most difficult cards to find overall, making it one of the most important cards on this list. Its connection to a long-standing brand also helps. NTJjOTUyZTAyMzc5NzUzN2FiNjYyNjg0ZDNiNzA0OTZhZDA5MzY1ZTEwZGQx This has always been the Frank Thomas Rookie Card to get. I truly enjoyed looking through this list of cards. 1990 Donruss Baseball Cards 25 Most Valuable. So why would one of his cards be so expensive? The deal is, this issue featured the 150 guys who made their MLB debut in 1989, plus a couple of checklists. Contact him at [emailprotected]. The cards were sleek, featuring great photography, and at least purportedly quite limited. Because they were distributed in packages of hot dogs, its extremely difficult to find them in high grade. Most players on this list only have one recognized rookie card to their name. His incredible career makesStan Musial baseball cards extremely popular with collectors. But, there are two major glaring differences overall between Mathewsons cards. 1992 Donruss Elite Signatures Cal Ripken Jr. Predating his other MLB cards by a year, the 1984 Fleer Update Roger Clemens is legitimately rare in top condition. If you look at the bottom, Sherry Magees last name is mistakenly spelled Magie. 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