But whats not up for debate is whether its one of his most important. The first of two Donruss cards on this list, this one features a headshot of the 1985 American League MVP, Don Mattingly. 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. All-Stars Estimated PSA 10 Value: $25 1990 Fleer #3 Jose Canseco Estimated PSA 10 Value: $20 1990 Fleer #217 Darryl Strawberry Estimated PSA 10 Value: $20 1990 Fleer #297 Juan Gonzalez Rookie Card Estimated PSA 10 Value: $20 1990 Fleer #485 Albert Belle Rookie Card Estimated PSA 10 Value: $20 1990 Fleer Update #U-87 Frank Thomas Rookie Card Click on any card to see more graded card prices, historic prices, and past sales. Whatever the reason, there are only approximately 50-75 or so known copies in circulation today as a result. 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. So those that remain are some of the most sought after in the hobby. Just so you guys know, the 1987 Donruss Opening Day issues was only released as a complete set, so the Barry Bonds / Johnny Ray error card is therefore NOT considered a junk wax issue. Neg. When all is said and done (for now, at least), with Thomas in the Hall of Fame and the Pandemic Boom a reality, PSA 9 copies of this classic rookie card sell for about $20. Griffey Jr. was arguably the best player in baseball during the 90s and sported an engaging personality that match his elite playing style. The Left Arm of God as he was known, Koufax possessed raw power that helped him once strikeout an astounding 382 batters in a season. The glossy coatings of these cards present a bit of an issue with cracking at times but they are nonetheless some terrific cards. This list is updated regularly, so come back often to see a rolling tally of mind-blowing b-ball cards as they blow through the market and set new records. It's not going to come close. These days, this Hall of Fame cardboard checks in around $40 in slabbed MINT condition. One of the rarest pre-WWI candy issues ever distributed is the 1912 Plows Boy Candy set that included 69 different baseball players. This plentiful Sammy RC brings around $7 in graded MINT condition. Today, even PSA 9 copies of this card sell for just $2 or $3. Heritage Auctions sold a copy of this card graded in PSA 10 Gem Mint condition for a jaw-dropping $612,359 in August of 2016. 1986 Donruss HL Bo Jackson White Var. Mike Trout is a generational talent, and his . Ho, hum another Sosa rookie card, another slot on our list. You would end up with a lot more commons trying to dig up one of those than hitting a autographed 92 score card. 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. Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, and Cy Young were also featured in the set but Cobbs issue is undoubtedly the most desired. The No. I carry one in the back of my phone case cover. Centering that favors the bottom and slight angular cuts are usually the factors that prevent these cards from reaching higher grades. Numbers don't lie. 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 1991 Topps Desert Shield cards were distributed to US Troops in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm by Topps as a special thank you to the troops. The 87 Donruss Maddux Rated Rookie is my all-time favorite. I still have all of those cards. Only a finite number of them still exist and as likely as it is that baseball will remain a very popular sport, collectors will do anything to get their hands on them. This is the other, less expensive, version of this card in the 1938 Goudey set. Error cards like Joe Doyles that make it into circulation usually end up being very popular with collectors and this one is no exception. (You might also enjoy our lists of the most expensive football cards and the most expensive basketball cards .) Although Mark McGwire's appeal in baseball and the hobby has dropped, it's not nearly as severe as Sammy Sosa. After a slow start to his minor league career, he put together a breakout season at High-A in 1991, hitting .277/.344/.540 with 27 doubles, 29 home runs and 80 RBI in 117 games. I am trying to create that old Feeling I had back in the 70s when we would bike up to the local corner store and buy some candy and a few packs of Baseball Cards. What if there werent a bajillion of these cards made? MzQzNTMwYjIxOWI5NTBiMThiZjUyMzQwZjFhZDliODUzZDZmZGZlMzE4NTZm Johnson is considered by many to be the best pitcher of all time after turning in an amazing 12 seasons of 20 or more victories, including two with more than 30. So, whoever says that baseball cards are no longer valuable simply doesn't know what he or she is talking about Sure, the massive print runs during the late 80's and early 90's killed the value of most post-1980's cards. Player stats culled from Baseball-Reference.com. Matty was on the backside of his career in 1911 but still managed to lead the league in ERA (1.99) and put up 26 wins. 2) Being a high number card (cards 311 407 in the set) means that fewer Mickey Mantle rookie cards were printed than the average 1952 Topps baseball card in the first place. Estimates place the number of front/back combinations around 5,500 which led to this set being nicknamed The Monster.. 18. A PSA Gem Mint 10 #128 Aaron sold for $357,594 in 2012, a price that would easily be overcome in todays market. While Ty Cobb might be the most desired player in the entire set, there is no doubt that Honus Wagner is also an incredibly sought after player as well. This is the holy grail of 1990s baseball cards. Kobe Bryant 1996/97 Topps Chrome Rookie. He went on to rack up 541 home runs, 1,769 RBI and three World Series rings on his way to first-ballot Hall of Famer status. Not many players were as consistent as Musial was over their careers as he went on to win seven batting titles and three MVP awards. Maybe the garish red borders of his 1990 Donruss card are giving him premonitions of whats going to happen when he goes home to the Cincinnati Reds ten years down the road. Young appears three times in the epic T206 set with this being the most desired and priciest of them all. Also worth noting, the factory-issued Tiffany sets are another key example of value from the era. For some reason, collectors had to send in for the card a year later in 1934 by contacting Goudey if they wanted to complete this set. 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. Its condition sensitivity has made high-grade versions very scarce and very valuable. The hype surrounding Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Travis Lee and Chicago Cubs phenom Kerry Wood helped drive interest initially, but it's Adrian Beltre who wound up having the most valuable rookie card in a set that also contains first-year cards of Roy Halladay, Aramis Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, Lance Berkman, Eric Chavez, Vernon Wells and many other notable 2000s standouts. 17 overall pick in the 1995 draft, Roy Halladay debuted in 1998 and pitched well in a swingman role the following year, but he was shelled to the tune of a 10.64 ERA in 67.2 innings in 2000. 7. Besides being the best Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card, it helped usher in a new era in the hobby that included glossy card stock and premium production values. 1991 Topps Stadium Club set a new benchmark for premium quality. While his 1952 Topps card is more popular and more expensive, some collectors forget that this is the only recognizedMantle rookie card. This is the first Topps card to feature Willie Mays, putting it high on Mays collectors wish lists and making it a key card in the hobby overall. If you are looking to just Give Away your old late 80s & early 90s cards, check with the local Boys Clubs, Boy Scouts clubs, etc. :}He will say you must have spent thousands of dollars. That is unless youre talking about the Red Portrait with the Ty Cobb back that was showcased earlier on this list. Juan Gone helped the 1990 Bowman set along, too, and plenty of hobby dollars have been dropped on this head-and-shoulders(-and-chest) shot over the years. 14. Estimated PSA 8 NM-MT Value: $125,000. The T210 Old Mill set features hundreds of minor league ballplayers that most people have never heard of before. The question is: where do you start on this list? eyJtZXNzYWdlIjoiMDAxOGEyYTUxMzBmY2VlZDMwNDViZTc4ZjFmOTA3MTA4 It should come as no surprise that the rookie card of the greatest player who ever lived would be on this list. There is no doubt that this is one of Ty Cobbs most demanded and popular baseball cards. 10 Most Valuable Baseball Cards from the 1990s July 31, 2022 by Gold Card Auctions The 1990s were a strange time to be a baseball card collector. In PSA 8 condition, this card would likely sell for $1 million or more. Craig Biggio isn't your typical hobby superstar. M101-5 cards are more difficult to find than the M101-4 cards but pricing of the M101-4 version is also expected to realize around $1 million in PSA 8 condition. For its part, Sammys first Bowman card sells for around $10 in PSA 9. Bowman did not include him in their 1953 set so that makes his Topps card of that year even more sought after. As with Mantles 1952 Topps card, some still mistake this card as Mays rookie, too. They need to nurture it with the young kids or they wont have anyone interested in collecting them in 20 years. You can't go wrong with any Derek Jeter rookie cards. One day the 80s cards will be a treasure, especially unopened. This is one of them. The list of the most wanted baseball cards from 1990 (below) is a bit of a history lesson in itself at least if you use hard numbers to do your research. Even though this one is not an RC, and even though there were more than plenty produced, it still brings $40 or more in PSA 9 condition. The New York Yankees signed 20-year-old Mariano Rivera out of Panama on Feb. 17, 1990, and he allowed just 17 hits and one earned run with 58 strikeouts in 52 innings in his pro debut at the rookie ball level later that year. Many collectors prefer the portrait versions of Cobbs T206 card and specifically the Green Portrait. 1989 Topps Tiffany Randy Johnson Its sad what is happening to the hobby. As an adult I joined PSA and have had thousands of my cards graded. Ross is the founder of Old Sports Cards and has been collecting sports cards for over 30 years. 27. Despite being a first-round pick in '95, he did not appear on his first MLB licensed card until 1997 when he was included in the Bowman, Bowman Chrome and Bowman's Best sets. It's never going to rebound to its highs of 1998 when the slugger made a run at the single-season home run record. The end result is several versions. 2. # 441-660. While some of the cards listed below have long seen their glory days wither away and their values evaporate along with it, they still hold their place in hobby history. The Big Train is a true legend of the game and this card is a great tribute to him. It's not necessarily the most valuable cards of the decade. Issued by the Mayo and Brother Tobacco Works of Richmond, VA, the set contains 48 different cards overall but Anson's is undoubtedly the most coveted. 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. And if you remember, the 1952 Mantle card is relatively more expensive than his 1951 Bowman card. 21. So, released in 1990, but highlighting the rookies of 1989. 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. 1990 Topps George Bush USA1 Non-glossy A dynamic power-speed threat early in his career, he eventually settled in as more of a middle-of-the-order run producer. Today, it sells for about three bucks in PSA 9 condition. This pre-rookie card of Ruth is one of rarest cards in the hobby with 10 copies known to exist and can be found with either blue or red borders. ZWNhMTIyN2Q1OTkzMDEyMDc4NGQ0ZmJmMGY1MWRlYmViMDJjNmNlNWQwOGEx The record for this card was set at a Goldin auction for $26,400. MWIzNzI4ZjIwMDNlNGRjMjBhYWUyYzUifQ== And this is one of the few Ruth cards overall that show him in a Boston Red Sox uniform. The hobby has never been more popular, while sets were expanding into crazy territory. 1990 Fleer Baseball Cards: Which Are Most Valuable? These are our picks for the top 100 baseball cards of the 1980s. How much are YOUR cards worth? For example, one easy way to tell if youve got an M101-4 Ruth rookie is if the Sporting News ad is on the back of the card as no M101-5 Ruths featured that ad. Anything Michael Jordan and/or Kobe Bryant. MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice played on the radio alongside Wilson Phillips and Sinead O'Connor. Values listed are roughly the average selling prices for PSA 9 copies as I write this in late summer of 2021. Upper Deck released its super-premium SP product line during the same year that Topps (Finest) and Fleer (Flair) unveiled their own high-end set, but SP is the only one that contains a rookie card of New York Yankees superstar Derek Jeter. Beltre is viewedas a likely first-ballot Hall of Famer when he is eligible for the first time in 2024, andthis is a card that still has some room to grow in value. You might want to break into R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" when you first see the 1993 Select Derek Jeter rookie card. 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. 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