1980's Baseball Rookie Cards & Sets

[bcbgcbrcb]

Dave:

It's great to continue corresponding with you after our many discussions on the pre-war side revolving around BB HOF RC's. Nice to see a lot of diversity on your end. I have not only branched into the more modern rookie cards realm but have also started to assemble a modest collection of ice cream collectibles, primarily Baskin Robbins, Dairy Queen, Carvel & Howard Johnson's. That has been a lot of fun as well over the past couple of years and with many items under $20, not nearly as expensive as the BB HOF RC thing.

[majordanby]

that's quite an undertaking and it seems like you got the right plan. It'll get rough once you get into the 90's. How are you planning to deal with regional sets? Count them as rookies or ignore and focus on the major brands? Ignoring minor league issues?

[bcbgcbrcb]

For now, I am going to stick to only major sets: Topps, Fleer, Donruss, Score, Upper Deck, Sportflics, etc. No minor league sets at this time.

Once I complete the 80's run, I will probably go back to the mid-late 70's and work on those first before the 90's. Prior to 1976, the sets start getting expensive so I may just go after the Rookies that I want individually, roughly 8 - 12 per set going back to the late 60's - early 70's. That's as far back as I will go as I am only interested in those Rookies that I saw play when I was a kid growing up in the mid-70's.