For collectors in their 40s, 1980s baseball cards bring very positive nostalgia. Sure, we now know it as the beginning of the "junk wax era," when almost everything was grossly overprinted, but we ...

The 1980s are synonymous with the junk wax era, a time when baseball cards were printed in enormous quantities. During this time, baseball cards were sold almost everywhere. Gas stations, 7-Elevens, ...

For collectors who were active in the Hobby in 1986 or just today's collectors with a penchant for history, chances are the 1986 Fleer set is mainly known for one thing: its Eric Plunk/Jose Canseco ...

The 1980s are often remembered as the peak of the junk wax era. Production numbers were massive and for years many assumed that cards from the decade would never command serious money. That thinking ...

The 1980s was the Decade of the Rookie Card. That's not to say there haven't been great rookie cards, or even better rookie cards, in other eras. It's more that the 1980s was the decade when rookie ...