What's YOUR "Vintage" cutoff year?

[ThoseBackPages]

Would like to hear what my fellow Vintage Lovers think.

If you could, please share why you've picked which year you did.

Like most everyone back in the day, i was a Beckett reader, and went
by their "1980" ruling. As of late, i am really feeling that "vintage"
died with the discontinuation of the packs being issued in Series.
That being said, I feel that 1972 was the last "vintage" series.

How about you?

 

[jay1065]

I've always considered 1969 to be the vintage cutoff year. The only reasoning behind that number is that I was born in the 70's (1979.) I find it hard to call anything from the 70's vintage (especially myself....or my wife .)

I use the following categories for vintage:

19th century: 1859-1899
Prewar: 1900-1941
Postwar: 1942-1969

 

[Card Magnet]

Part of me wants to say anything before I was born, but then I realize that 1986 isn't really vintage :lol:

I think of things from the 70s as vintage. I only really pick stuff up for my own collection, so I don't pay much mind to what may or may not be "correct" when referring to a vintage card.

 

[rc4157]

1st - Never, I repeat....NEVER refer to your wife/girlfriend as "vintage". You will definitely regret it!

2nd - Vintage for me would probably have to be cutoff in 1959. It's probably along the same lines as was already mentioned, I collected in the '60's so those cards just don't seem to be that old, even though I realize at least 40-49 years have passed. Nobody said it has to make sense.

Actually, the more I think about my collecting interests, the date would be more in tune with WW2 era cards and earlier.

RC

 

[NYCrulesU]

69

 

[wolfmanalfredo]

I know I've had this conversation with others before on here, and I'll true to keep true to past statements.

You'll never find a unanimous decision with this question. Just about every vintage collector will have their own idea of what that consider to be vintage. I can't seem to make up my mind on the matter as I switch from 75-79 every year or two. I like to say that 76 is vintage because I consider it the first "vintage" set I ever put together. Even though I seem to change my mind alot, I am pretty solid when I say the vintage cutoff for me is sometime in the mid-late 70's before 1980. Whether it be 75,76,77,78 or 79, I personally feel there is a general consensus that somewhere in the 70's is the cutoff date.

On a side not, does it bother anyone else that some of the newer generation of collectors consider everything pre 1990 to be vintage. That just seems wierd to me. Either way I've got a hoard of unopened wax from 82-90 that hopefully will be in demmand come 10-20 years.

 

[JackLondon]

I have two answers:

For serious collector types, I would say that 1970 is a pretty good cutoff year.

For my personal, nostalgia choice, I think 1983 is my cutoff. It was the last year I was completely enamoured with baseball cards and had several trading pals. Took a few years off after '83 as my high school friends told me cards weren't cool anymore. For some reason I listened to those jerks. :x

Started back collecting in 1988-present, but it has never been the same.

O youth, so fleeting, never to return...

 

[scotty21690]

I have two answers:

For serious collector types, I would say that 1970 is a pretty good cutoff year.

For my personal, nostalgia choice, I think 1983 is my cutoff. It was the last year I was completely enamoured with baseball cards and had several trading pals. Took a few years off after '83 as my high school friends told me cards weren't cool anymore. For some reason I listened to those jerks. :x

Started back collecting in 1988-present, but it has never been the same.

O youth, so fleeting, never to return...

Agreed on the 1970 date, Andrew.


Also....congrats on 2,000 vintage board posts, everyone!

 

[dano7]

I will go with 1969, which ended the 60's and was Mantle's last card.
DANNY

 

[jeff550]

for me its 1979. as 80 cards are found in good condition way to cheap to be vintage

 

[allstars]

I think vintage runs through the 70's. The card boom happened in the early 80's.

 

[che stadium]

I have always felt that 1973 would stand as the vintage cutoff year. My reasoning is that it was the last set to be issued in series for many years. Even when companies revived the series concept, they were limited to two or three. I would feel comfortable though if anything 1980 or older was considered "vintage" since it was the last year that Topps was the lone soldier to issue cards.

Now I think that most collectors on these boards are a bit baseball-centric when it comes to collecting and I am guilty of that myself. If one looks at hockey cards for instance, the lines become blurred.

 

[jeff550]

EDIT: i like to reapte myself ::facepalm::