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sportscardtheory
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Since we are upon a new decade, let's vote on which decade means the most to our hobby in the most general sense. I am using this older thread I created to use the Baseball Card Hall of Fame to help keep up with the innovations throughout each decade and such. Please explain why you voted the way you did.
BASEBALL CARD HALL OF FAME
This is to commemorate the sets and singles that through innovation, scarcity and general likability, have paved the way for the hobby we know and love today...
-SETS-
PRE-50's
1909-11 T206 - Holds arguably the best and most sought after baseball card produced
1933 Goudey - One of the first widely released sets, featuring the true rookie cards of Babe Ruth and many others
50's -
1952 Topps - First widely released Topps set
60's -
70's -
80's -
1981 Donruss - First, along with Fleer, to end the long-standing Topps monopoly on licensed baseball card production
1981 Fleer - First, along with Donruss, to end the long-standing Topps monopoly on licensed baseball card production
1984 Donruss - Brought life into a dying hobby full of over-production in the mid eighties
1984 Fleer Update - One of the first update/traded sets to be produced in scarce quantities
1984 Topps Tiffany - The first ultra premium limited edition set
1989 Upper Deck - First widely released premium pack product
90's -
1990 Upper Deck Reggie Jackson Heroes - First autograph card to be inserted into packs
1991 Bowman - First Major League draft pick/prospect based set
1992 Bowman - First premium Major League draft pick/prospect based set
1993 Finest - First super premium pack product
1993 Finest Refractors - One of the first highly sought after chase insert sets
1994 Stadium Club Draft Picks - First Major League draft picks only set
1996 Leaf Signature - First one auto per pack Major League product
1997 New Pinnacle Press Plates - First inserted printing plates and one-of-one insert set
1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Red - First serial numbered true rookie cards
1997 Upper Deck Game Jersey - First game-used memorabilia cards
1998 Donruss Crusade Green/Purple/Red- One of the most popular insert sets ever produced
1999 Topps Traded Autographs - One of the first, most influential and popular rookie autograph sets of all-time
1999 Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 Club - Quite possibly the most popular game-used insert set of all-time
00's -
2000 Greats of the Game Autographs - One of the first and most influential large all-time greats autograph insert sets
2000 SPx - First true rookie autograph cards
2001 eTopps - First set that you could purchase and flip like stock without having to actually have the card in your possession.
2001 SP Legendary Cuts Autographs- First time cut signatures were inserted into packs
2005 Absolute Memorabilia - Houses some of the most influential game-used inserts ever created
2005 Bowman Chrome Superfractors - First Superfractor 1/1's
-SINGLES-
PRE-50's
1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner
50's -
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
60's -
1963 Topps Pete Rose rookie
70's -
80's -
1984 Donruss Don Mattingly rookie
1985 Topps Olympic Mark McGwire rookie
1986 Donruss Jose Canseco rookie
1989 Fleer Billy Ripken F-Face error
1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie
90's -
1990 Score FB/BB Bo Jackson
1993 SP Derek Jeter
1994 SP Alex Rodriguez rookie
00's -
2001 Bowman Chrome Albert Pujols rookie autograph
BASEBALL CARD HALL OF FAME
This is to commemorate the sets and singles that through innovation, scarcity and general likability, have paved the way for the hobby we know and love today...
-SETS-
PRE-50's
1909-11 T206 - Holds arguably the best and most sought after baseball card produced
1933 Goudey - One of the first widely released sets, featuring the true rookie cards of Babe Ruth and many others
50's -
1952 Topps - First widely released Topps set
60's -
70's -
80's -
1981 Donruss - First, along with Fleer, to end the long-standing Topps monopoly on licensed baseball card production
1981 Fleer - First, along with Donruss, to end the long-standing Topps monopoly on licensed baseball card production
1984 Donruss - Brought life into a dying hobby full of over-production in the mid eighties
1984 Fleer Update - One of the first update/traded sets to be produced in scarce quantities
1984 Topps Tiffany - The first ultra premium limited edition set
1989 Upper Deck - First widely released premium pack product
90's -
1990 Upper Deck Reggie Jackson Heroes - First autograph card to be inserted into packs
1991 Bowman - First Major League draft pick/prospect based set
1992 Bowman - First premium Major League draft pick/prospect based set
1993 Finest - First super premium pack product
1993 Finest Refractors - One of the first highly sought after chase insert sets
1994 Stadium Club Draft Picks - First Major League draft picks only set
1996 Leaf Signature - First one auto per pack Major League product
1997 New Pinnacle Press Plates - First inserted printing plates and one-of-one insert set
1997 Pinnacle Totally Certified Platinum Red - First serial numbered true rookie cards
1997 Upper Deck Game Jersey - First game-used memorabilia cards
1998 Donruss Crusade Green/Purple/Red- One of the most popular insert sets ever produced
1999 Topps Traded Autographs - One of the first, most influential and popular rookie autograph sets of all-time
1999 Upper Deck A Piece of History 500 Club - Quite possibly the most popular game-used insert set of all-time
00's -
2000 Greats of the Game Autographs - One of the first and most influential large all-time greats autograph insert sets
2000 SPx - First true rookie autograph cards
2001 eTopps - First set that you could purchase and flip like stock without having to actually have the card in your possession.
2001 SP Legendary Cuts Autographs- First time cut signatures were inserted into packs
2005 Absolute Memorabilia - Houses some of the most influential game-used inserts ever created
2005 Bowman Chrome Superfractors - First Superfractor 1/1's
-SINGLES-
PRE-50's
1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner
50's -
1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle rookie
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
60's -
1963 Topps Pete Rose rookie
70's -
80's -
1984 Donruss Don Mattingly rookie
1985 Topps Olympic Mark McGwire rookie
1986 Donruss Jose Canseco rookie
1989 Fleer Billy Ripken F-Face error
1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie
90's -
1990 Score FB/BB Bo Jackson
1993 SP Derek Jeter
1994 SP Alex Rodriguez rookie
00's -
2001 Bowman Chrome Albert Pujols rookie autograph