late 80's early 90's cards

[bongo870]

Due to the last thread fiasco it got me thinking... We all know the cards from 88-92 were crap and over done. (except for a few). But no one has been buying them for years because of that. In a few years will they get more demand because fewer and fewer are around?
hummmmmmm.......

 

[fordman]

Ive bought at least 1 wax box of all the sets from that time period (except '89 UD) for around $5.00 each at card shows and local shops. Im putting them on the shelf unopened.

Fordman

 

[ThoseBackPages]

WAX ROCKS!

always worth buying in person

 

[mjbuchanan80]

There was so much produced in that era that it will probably be hundreds of years before they're worth anything. I imagine there will be some natural attrition of people just tired of trying to unload them Craigslist and garage sales - so they just toss them. In about 50 years when the guys that collected those cards start dying off and their kids don't want them, that's when I think the bulk of the junk wax cards disappear.

 

[MojoDan]

Ive bought at least 1 wax box of all the sets from that time period (except '89 UD) for around $5.00 each at card shows and local shops. Im putting them on the shelf unopened.

Fordman

Would you happen to have a picture? I was just thinking about how cool it would look to have a bookcase full of wax boxes in progression.

 

[1st4040]

There is soo much of this still unopened and readily available... it is worthless and will be unless someone buys all the wax out there and sets it on fire in a warehouse somewhere(my dream if I ever hit powerball and get a couple hundred million) These will basically never be worth anything unless the world goes into a deep deep depression and people cannot afford heat and need to find resources to keep warm.. in that case these will be more valuable than gold!

 

[nosterbor]

I dont have wax. Rack packs are where it's at!

 

[hive17]

I've always wondered what kind of investment it would take to corner the market on one year's release. At $10K, would you be able to put a dent in the availible supply of, say, 1990 Topps, so that it became hard to find? $50K? Maybe grade every decent Frank Thomas to defray some little part of the cost? Do it for 1991 Topps and grade the Chippers?

 

[BBCgalaxee]

The only wax from that period that has any chance....ANY CHANCE.....of going up would be 90 & 91 topps.

Theres always a chance, next to none granted, that a thomas nnof or bush can be found in 90.

91 only if the hobby goes error/ variation crazy again. That set us absolute loaded with them, from common to crazy rare.

 

[magicpapa]

 

[bongo870]

I still like opening the old packs. I remember doing the entire 90 donruss with the variations. Over the years i guess i trashed them all. But i still love to open the older wax packs..

 

[bongo870]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

The funny thing of it all is that the same quantity of cards is still being produced today... its just broken down among dozens of different sets.

 

[nosterbor]

In 88-91 i dont care where you went you could by wax packs.Get a hair cut and there was a box of Donruss. Fill up your tank in the car and there were boxs of topps and donruss and fleer.I remember in 88 you could go to Jewell/Osco and Osco would have end caps of the 88 donruss blister packs. I got one with 3 Mark Grace RR's on top,on with 2 Greg Jefferies and one Grace on top.That was cool.Go to the drug store and see case upon case of topps and donruss and fleer. If anything was harder to find it was Bowman and score. For score it was the 90 Bo card that kept them flying off the shelf. I remember in Vegas in the restroom in 90 at the airport next to the condom machine there was a machine that dispensed wax!!!

 

[predatorkj]

Dern it! None of that stuff is junk wax!

 

[olerud363]

I think wax from that era might maintain some popularity, but little monetary value. Many collectors of a certain age (myself included) began collecting during that "hobby boom" period, when like others have said you could find wax pretty much everywhere you went. Those cards have nostalgic value that far outweighs anything else, and busting it is more for the fun and memories.

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[predatorkj]

Honestly, I've actually brought this up before and I feel it will eventually be worth something. A lot of shops don't readily carry it and I rarely see it at shows. But then again, if it takes off, you'll see guys with massive hordes of it pulling it all out of storage. One thing that keeps that from happening yet is at antique malls and flea markets, it can be found easier than fake shoes. So it's out there. But there is no telling how long that will last. Especially if people start throwing it out to clear space. Who really wants to keep it all in storage with no possible way to get a return on all the storage fees? This might eventually happen...

 

[ThoseBackPages]

i think it will always be in demand, just wont have much "value" to it.

 

[bobthewondercat77]

Absolutely will not, ever, ever, be worth more than it is now. ($3-5/box or so)

Thinking otherwise demonstrates a deep misunderstanding of what the card collecting boom was.

 

[ronniedp23]

Absolutely will not, ever, ever, be worth more than it is now. ($3-5/box or so)

Thinking otherwise demonstrates a deep misunderstanding of what the card collecting boom was.

Enlighten us then, oh wise one.

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