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[Throttlesteer]

Originally Posted by Eric72

What is your definition of the starting point for modern?

1980 is my definition. I know some have a different perspective.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Throttlesteer

1980 is my definition. I know some have a different perspective.

I can definitely respect that as the line of demarcation. I would personally consider cards from the 80s to no longer be "modern" these days.

We're in the same neighborhood, though. To some new collectors, a Crosby rookie would be vintage and 90s cards would be ancient.

[Peter_Spaeth]

To me, 1981 feels like the start of modern, probably because in baseball 1980 was the last year of Topps only. So in hockey, Messier vintage, Lemieux modern.

[Jim65]

To me, I always draw the line between modern and vintage at 1984, when Topps came back to the hockey market.

[Exhibitman]

We saw this in basketball earlier this year. Cards went up like skyrockets, came down some, then leveled out well above the pre-run pricing.

[vintagewhitesox]

Some basketball came down like vintage stuff. Jordan inserts are still red hot. and how his 86 fleer sticker is taking off. it's nuts out there.
also, vintage hockey rules.

[goldenage]

When prices started sky rocketing years ago, many guys couldn't wait to get out their product and sell. They were happy selling their Gretzky's for $100 that they paid $50.

Those guys who bought at $50 in 1988 now have a card that's worth
$10,000 or more.


I can safely say that anyone who buys a PSA 8 Mario Lemieux rookie for $2700 in 2020 will not lose money on that purchase any time soon.

I think we will see $5,500 on that card in two years.

People who sold their Amazon stock at 500 were happy with their gains too.