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[Jeff Howe]

On 5/31/2026 at 7:53 PM, Kevin Tingley said:

Just picked this up last month to complete my Nolan Ryan card collection from every year and over 170 different cards.  

Love it! That’s on the Mount Rushmore of baseball cards for me!

I want to cross mine over to an SGC slab, but I don’t want it to come back as trimmed/altered or find out it doesn’t meet size requirements.

[JMarquette]

9 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Love it! That’s on the Mount Rushmore of baseball cards for me!

I want to cross mine over to an SGC slab, but I don’t want it to come back as trimmed/altered or find out it doesn’t meet size requirements.

Vintage stuff is the best man, my dad and I collect vintage solely and they’re just so superior to the modern cards.

[Jordan91]

2 minutes ago, JMarquette said:

Vintage stuff is the best man, my dad and I collect vintage solely and they’re just so superior to the modern cards.

This. Vintage is costly because nobody knew what they would be worth years later which made them rare. And there was a time the rookie card was the most valuable card. Card companies intentionally make cards rare to drive up the price now. You can get a rookie card, but an insert three years later cost more because the quantity is intentionally low. 

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

28 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Love it! That’s on the Mount Rushmore of baseball cards for me!

I want to cross mine over to an SGC slab, but I don’t want it to come back as trimmed/altered or find out it doesn’t meet size requirements.

If you do crack it you should send it to Nolan with his fee to get it signed first. I think he raised his fee to the foundation recently but would look awesome with a signature 

[Jeff Howe]

35 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

If you do crack it you should send it to Nolan with his fee to get it signed first. I think he raised his fee to the foundation recently but would look awesome with a signature 

I've thought about it, but sending it through the mail is too risky for that card.

[Roysterr]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

Love it! That’s on the Mount Rushmore of baseball cards for me!

I want to cross mine over to an SGC slab, but I don’t want it to come back as trimmed/altered or find out it doesn’t meet size requirements.

My brother had this card but he use to play baseball on the floor with the cards and basically mutilated the card. Same brother that played with a signed Ted Williams hall of fame glove in little league until signature wore off. 

[Jeff Howe]

1 hour ago, Roysterr said:

My brother had this card but he use to play baseball on the floor with the cards and basically mutilated the card. Same brother that played with a signed Ted Williams hall of fame glove in little league until signature wore off. 

It's good to have the memories, but, yeah... That's tough!

[Jeff Howe]

2 hours ago, JMarquette said:

Vintage stuff is the best man, my dad and I collect vintage solely and they’re just so superior to the modern cards.

What year do you consider the end of vintage age cards?

I think it's anything up to '80 because Donruss and Fleer started producing baseball cards that year and led into the junk wax era.

The Rickey Henderson rookie, to me, is the last great vintage baseball card.

[Roysterr]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

It's good to have the memories, but, yeah... That's tough!

It's really kind of funny. When your 8 years old stuff happens. 

Should I tell you of the story of my father (who was saving a 1st edition Batman comic book) he came home from the army and found out his mother threw it away.  Those 1st editions are currently worth 1.7 million

[JMarquette]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

What year do you consider the end of vintage age cards?

I think it's anything up to '80 because Donruss and Fleer started producing baseball cards that year and led into the junk wax era.

The Rickey Henderson rookie, to me, is the last great vintage baseball card.

I have generally considered 1970 to be my cutoff date, since I don’t collect baseball past that, but an argument could be made for mid 80’s. I would think 83-84 is cut off. Can’t be ‘89 because that’s junk wax. I say that while one of my favorite cards is the UD Griffey rookie.

[cmk4pres]

Just a few of my dad's collection. Has Hank Aaron, roberto Clemsnte, warren spahn, frank robinson, yaz rookie and others

[Jordan91]

5 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

What year do you consider the end of vintage age cards?

I think it's anything up to '80 because Donruss and Fleer started producing baseball cards that year and led into the junk wax era.

The Rickey Henderson rookie, to me, is the last great vintage baseball card.

Technically Griff jr rookie card and back is now vintage. They do call that era the junk era too though. For me it’s 1980 and back. 

[Quinncent McManning, Jr.]

5 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

What year do you consider the end of vintage age cards?

I think it's anything up to '80 because Donruss and Fleer started producing baseball cards that year and led into the junk wax era.

The Rickey Henderson rookie, to me, is the last great vintage baseball card.

The Ricky Henderson was the last year of truly vintage cards but junk wax was more 1987 to 1993. There are some great cards from 80 to 86 starting with Ripken 82 traded and the fleer update 84 rookies of Clemens and Puckett.  You also had iconic cards in 84 Donruss  Mattingly and 86 Donruss Canseco.  

[Ojeezy]

Is this a fine place to sell cards? I’m in the process of moving and trying to lighten the load, so my card collection has to go. Nothing major but have some Texas players like Collin Johnson, Duvernay, Brandon Jones. Assortment of rookie cards (Texas jersey) and some autos. Would rather sell them to someone here than take them to a card shop. 

[Migas & Fajitas]

42 minutes ago, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

The Ricky Henderson was the last year of truly vintage cards but junk wax was more 1987 to 1993. There are some great cards from 80 to 86 starting with Ripken 82 traded and the fleer update 84 rookies of Clemens and Puckett.  You also had iconic cards in 84 Donruss  Mattingly and 86 Donruss Canseco.  

The 84 Donruss is one the nicest cards made imo

[cmk4pres]

11 hours ago, Ojeezy said:

Is this a fine place to sell cards? I’m in the process of moving and trying to lighten the load, so my card collection has to go. Nothing major but have some Texas players like Collin Johnson, Duvernay, Brandon Jones. Assortment of rookie cards (Texas jersey) and some autos. Would rather sell them to someone here than take them to a card shop. 

Curious to what all you got.

[Ojeezy]

43 minutes ago, cmk4pres said:

Curious to what all you got.

So it’s 3 Duvernay autos (1 Ravens jersey), 1 Collin Johnson auto, 1 Brandon Jones auto, and then several other rookies of each in a Texas jersey. 
 

Would prefer to sell this all together to a Texas fan. 

[Jeff Howe]

On 6/4/2026 at 8:39 PM, Migas & Fajitas said:

The 84 Donruss is one the nicest cards made imo

I want an SGC-graded copy of the Mattingly rookie card. I slightly prefer the Donruss, but I wouldn't mind the Topps card either.

[Jordan91]

On 6/4/2026 at 7:56 PM, Quinncent McManning, Jr. said:

The Ricky Henderson was the last year of truly vintage cards but junk wax was more 1987 to 1993. There are some great cards from 80 to 86 starting with Ripken 82 traded and the fleer update 84 rookies of Clemens and Puckett.  You also had iconic cards in 84 Donruss  Mattingly and 86 Donruss Canseco.  

Right around when I started. At one point I had ten Canseco Rookie cards. Mattingly, Clemons, Srawberry, Gooden, etc had no clue anyone was juicing. I refocused on Boggs, Ripken, Sandberg, Henderson and Gwynn. Gwynn is one of the greatest players to ever play and his cards are nowhere near what they should be worth.