I remember there was a card shop that I use to buy these cards back in the day. That blue bordered lines are so nostalgic. Was very happy when I got Darryl Strawberry in my pack eventhough I was a Giants fan.
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I watched the whole video! I love the stories and look at the old cards! I will subscribe right now! Great job, I see its from 2020, but I will go back and watch some of your older videos!
@@WaxPackGods Thank you for the high quality video with all the great information, brought a lot of good memories back,i was born in 81 so I grew up being well acquainted with this era of cards, Looking forward to watching some of your other videos
i have 2 full sets! with lots of doubles, almost enough for a third complete set. my brother and i collected these 88’s when we were kids. the cards stay with my parents stashed away.
Those were fun times -- we had a couple of places in town where I knew we could find cards, and they became regular stops, too. A pack or two here and there was a thrilling experience.
@@WaxPackGods True. When I was a kid at that time my dad would wake me up early every Saturday and we would go to the field across from my uncles house and I would practice my hitting and fielding getting ready for my season in little league. Then we would always go to Food World and I would buy a pack or two. They had the Donruss cards right in the front of the store but for some reason Donruss was the only brand they had. I remember thinking at the time that these cards would probably not be worth anything since I had never heard of Donruss. I also used to buy the magazine so I could look up how much certain baseball cards were worth. I don't even know if they still have these magazines anymore. I also remember my Dad telling me that he had a box full of cards such as Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron so we went to my grandmothers to look for them in his old closet but she had thrown them away years ago. They probably would be worth a lot today.
I remember the Jefferies hype. At the time I thought "IF" as his position was a red flag. I wasn't happy when the Cardinals traded for him, but after seeing him play, I got to really like him. He was a really good baserunner and he played hard and smart. When he was a Met, I remember him begging David Cone for the ball while Cone is arguing with the ump as runners circle the bases.
What a great in depth highly educational baseball value video! Thanks keep please keep up the good work! I just scored 8,000 from Donruss '88 & '89 ,Score 89 Topps '88 & '89 & Bowman 88. 😊
Flashback: I got my first pack of cards in 1984. April 7, 1984 (right before I watched Jack Morris no-hit the White Sox); 1984 Fleer, first card from the pack was Alan Trammell. Collected almost the entire set of Fleer. Then my mother met my stepfather. He banned getting any brand other than Topps because "those were the only ones that will be worth money". He finally started to cave in 1988 with Donruss. This was the first time I was allowed to get anything other than Topps. He wasn't thrilled though; factory sets were still Topps. He became 110% get any brand after the 89 Fleer Billy Ripken though. 😂
All I have is 2 full boxes of 1988 Donruss, Topps, Fleer & Ultra's in complete sets that I bought cheap back in the late 1990's from a millionaire estate sale.
I have always had a soft spot for ‘88 Donruss. But now I think I will concentrate on the Canadian Leaf version of this set as it is actually pretty scarce. Not rare, but a lot harder to find than any other 88 set, save the Tiffany and glossy sets.
I bought 2 boxes of 24 unopened cellophane packs for $20 each because I thought I hit the jackpot. Now after reading the comments it looks like I didn't get a good deal. But the set is loaded with rookies and stars so if I can get a buck each then I got a good deal. Some packs have good cards on the top and bottom such as McGwire on top and Schmidt on bottom. Maybe I can auction off unopened packs.
Might be able to. Check to see what similar packs are selling for on eBay. I don't think $20 for 24 cello packs is much (if any) of an overpay, either. Looks like that's pretty much the standard asking price.
A friend of the family gave us some boxes that were given to him by an old man that was going to pass away soon, I looked through them wanted to see if they had any value, so I came across this video, and looked at the list, I HAVE ALL OF THEM except for Gregg Jefferies, idk what to do now lol
Unfortunately you have to grade them($20-30) and them auction them. I love the videos because of my youth spent on theses ju k box era cards. Worth the memories alone.
All these cards sell for 15 to 20 PSA 10 but it costs about 40$ with shipping and insurance to get the PSA grading so each card is worth - 20 to - 35. You are losing money. What a great service PSA offers!!!!
You can get an idea of how much the Alomars are selling for these days by looking at the PSA APR tool (link below). Looks like 10s are going for $40+, but PSA 9s are around $10 or so. The price drops from there. Considering you'd be paying somewhere around $10 for each graded card, you would come out on top for 10s, but not so much for the lower grades. So it depends on how good you are at picking out true 10s -- probably would be tough to make good on all 100 as some are almost surely less than perfect. www.psacard.com/auctionprices/baseball-cards/1988-donruss/roberto-alomar/summary/226129
PSA is offering a service that costs them pretty much the same to perform no matter what card they're looking at (there are some exceptions to that). It's up to the person with the raw card to determine if it's worth it. If the goal is to sell for a profit in the short term, then probably not.
It'll depend on condition. Most ungraded copies won't be very valuable. You can get a pretty good idea of current prices by looking at "sold" listings on eBay. www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=1988+donruss&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1
The '88s are the last Astros cards of Ryan issued while he was still pitching for the Astros -- that's what we said. The '89s that show him with the Astros were issued while he was pitching for the Rangers. No "warming up" at all.
These were by far the most cheapest card ever massed produced. You cant even give these away to a real collector. You can still go into a card shop & buy a whole set for $5.00.
Agree they were way overproduced and cheaply made, but there are plenty of collectors who still enjoy them. Quite a few sales still happening on eBay, too.
I bought a 12 box case of 24 pack cello's of these at a flea market a couple of years ago for $40. A case! Sold a couple, opened a couple, still have about 8 boxes left haha
I used to pay a standard $8 for a 30-day service. Grading companies is a big money making racket and they destroyed the hobby and everyone are victims of social engineering indoctrination and brainwashed that allowed it to happen. Things were so much better before grading came into existence when everyone graded and priced cards using the Beckett card price guide.
Yeah, they're pretty rough from a quality standpoint. The cardstock even *feels* thinner than in previous years, though I've never bothered to caliper them.
Nice piece on a set I just....loathed. Everywhere is right. Everywhere. Ugly, ugly, ugly. To this day, probably most valuable as kindling. The first terrible Donruss set. Not the last, alas.
That seems early to me. I generally think 1987 is there for sure, and a few sets before that started to ge dicey, print-run wise -- 1986 Topps comes to mind. Thanks for watching!
@@WaxPackGods I'm with you. I don't think collecting was even very popular in the 70s. I seems like it was early to mid-80s before it really took off. This made me realize the baseball card boom didn't really last very long. The 87 rookie class made things look better than they were at the time. By 88, it was getting ridiculous.
There was, indeed ... not in Schmidt's class as a third baseman, though. I don't think anybody made the All-Star team at as many different positions than Rose, though.
You honestly think Mike Schmidt was a better baseball player than George Brett? You have no credibility whatsoever. And anyone who would pay more than $3 for a PSA ten of any 1988 donruss should follow you to the very end.
Mike Schmidt was a 3x MVP and finished his career with a 107+ WAR at 3B; Schmidt is considered the best 3B of all-time and MLB Baseball Reference confirmed this statement.
I remember there was a card shop that I use to buy these cards back in the day. That blue bordered lines are so nostalgic. Was very happy when I got Darryl Strawberry in my pack eventhough I was a Giants fan.
It was always a good day when you pulled a Darryl!
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I really enjoyed this video. I have collected baseball cards for a number of years but not too many before 83. Thank you for the information
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Beautifully written. You have a great perspective on an era 30 years ago.
Thank you very much. It was a great time to be a fan and collector ... now is pretty good, too!
I watched the whole video! I love the stories and look at the old cards! I will subscribe right now! Great job, I see its from 2020, but I will go back and watch some of your older videos!
Thank you!
Spot on with everything you say. Good clip.
Thank you
Thoroughly enjoyed this and very well done
THank you!
@@WaxPackGods Thank you for the high quality video with all the great information, brought a lot of good memories back,i was born in 81 so I grew up being well acquainted with this era of cards, Looking forward to watching some of your other videos
Well done very impressed subscribed and will share!!!
Awesome, thank you!
i have 2 full sets! with lots of doubles, almost enough for a third complete set. my brother and i collected these 88’s when we were kids. the cards stay with my parents stashed away.
Nice. Who says all moms throw out baseball cards, huh? Thanks for watching!
I broke open my sets or set breaks more like it!
Love the vid had to watch it again!
Thank you!
I have all of these cards I think. I still have a box full of 88 Donruss cards that would buy every Saturday at Food World when I was a kid in 1988
Those were fun times -- we had a couple of places in town where I knew we could find cards, and they became regular stops, too. A pack or two here and there was a thrilling experience.
@@WaxPackGods True. When I was a kid at that time my dad would wake me up early every Saturday and we would go to the field across from my uncles house and I would practice my hitting and fielding getting ready for my season in little league. Then we would always go to Food World and I would buy a pack or two. They had the Donruss cards right in the front of the store but for some reason Donruss was the only brand they had. I remember thinking at the time that these cards would probably not be worth anything since I had never heard of Donruss. I also used to buy the magazine so I could look up how much certain baseball cards were worth. I don't even know if they still have these magazines anymore. I also remember my Dad telling me that he had a box full of cards such as Mickey Mantle and Hank Aaron so we went to my grandmothers to look for them in his old closet but she had thrown them away years ago. They probably would be worth a lot today.
I remember the Jefferies hype. At the time I thought "IF" as his position was a red flag. I wasn't happy when the Cardinals traded for him, but after seeing him play, I got to really like him. He was a really good baserunner and he played hard and smart.
When he was a Met, I remember him begging David Cone for the ball while Cone is arguing with the ump as runners circle the bases.
Cough up the ball, man! Jefferies really was a good player, just not as good as the early expectations. Really good career, though.
Thanks for you perspectives
You bet. Thanks for watching.
Gregg Jefferies is what got me into card collecting. I still collect to this day. I own a PSA 10 of Gregg Jefferies and a PSA 9 of the Leaf version.
What a great in depth highly educational baseball value video! Thanks keep please keep up the good work! I just scored 8,000 from Donruss '88 & '89 ,Score 89 Topps '88 & '89 & Bowman 88. 😊
1988 was a great year.
I enjoyed it!
Flashback: I got my first pack of cards in 1984. April 7, 1984 (right before I watched Jack Morris no-hit the White Sox); 1984 Fleer, first card from the pack was Alan Trammell. Collected almost the entire set of Fleer.
Then my mother met my stepfather. He banned getting any brand other than Topps because "those were the only ones that will be worth money".
He finally started to cave in 1988 with Donruss. This was the first time I was allowed to get anything other than Topps. He wasn't thrilled though; factory sets were still Topps.
He became 110% get any brand after the 89 Fleer Billy Ripken though. 😂
I bought the Fleer basketball set for $19 in 88
I have tons of these cards they are best used to start up a bbq.
lol ... yes, that is a possibility. You just have to be careful of the blue-tinted hamburgers that result.
🤣
Hilarious, done that.
Hahahahahaha so dang true!!
Still got some send them to me and I will put it on my channel
I have the Whole set
I completely forgot that Roberto Alomar made the Hall of Fame.
Yeah, it's been awhile --- 2011, before the huge run that inducted so many in the '10s.
All I have is 2 full boxes of 1988 Donruss, Topps, Fleer & Ultra's in complete sets that I bought cheap back in the late 1990's from a millionaire estate sale.
Gregg Jefferies. Enough said.
Such a cool card when it was issued, and for a couple of years running after that.
I had no idea he played 14yrs
It was a single print high number too.
I have always had a soft spot for ‘88 Donruss. But now I think I will concentrate on the Canadian Leaf version of this set as it is actually pretty scarce. Not rare, but a lot harder to find than any other 88 set, save the Tiffany and glossy sets.
You're right -- it is a lot more scarce. Smaller set, too, so it shouldn't be impossible to put together.
I bought 2 boxes of 24 unopened cellophane packs for $20 each because I thought I hit the jackpot. Now after reading the comments it looks like I didn't get a good deal. But the set is loaded with rookies and stars so if I can get a buck each then I got a good deal. Some packs have good cards on the top and bottom such as McGwire on top and Schmidt on bottom. Maybe I can auction off unopened packs.
Might be able to. Check to see what similar packs are selling for on eBay. I don't think $20 for 24 cello packs is much (if any) of an overpay, either. Looks like that's pretty much the standard asking price.
A friend of the family gave us some boxes that were given to him by an old man that was going to pass away soon, I looked through them wanted to see if they had any value, so I came across this video, and looked at the list, I HAVE ALL OF THEM except for Gregg Jefferies, idk what to do now lol
Unfortunately you have to grade them($20-30) and them auction them. I love the videos because of my youth spent on theses ju k box era cards. Worth the memories alone.
All these cards sell for 15 to 20 PSA 10 but it costs about 40$ with shipping and insurance to get the PSA grading so each card is worth - 20 to - 35. You are losing money. What a great service PSA offers!!!!
I have all these in mint condition
Nice!
Man still want that Jeffries card
I have it you need it
It's a classic.
i have 100 Roberto Alomar MINT cards - I have not had them rated. Would it be worth to have them rated?
You can get an idea of how much the Alomars are selling for these days by looking at the PSA APR tool (link below). Looks like 10s are going for $40+, but PSA 9s are around $10 or so. The price drops from there. Considering you'd be paying somewhere around $10 for each graded card, you would come out on top for 10s, but not so much for the lower grades. So it depends on how good you are at picking out true 10s -- probably would be tough to make good on all 100 as some are almost surely less than perfect. www.psacard.com/auctionprices/baseball-cards/1988-donruss/roberto-alomar/summary/226129
If you would like another hundred, let me know.
Are you reading this from a book? If not, you should write a book. I’ve really enjoyed your video and insight.
Thank you!
I enjoy the junk wax era but I image by now the supply is starting to dwindle?
Definitely been a lot of it bought in the last couple years.
how old is the pic in the back of the ballpark
I have every one of these cards In my set, question is, how can I justify psa grading if it costs the same as the card? I’d say every one is a psa10
PSA is offering a service that costs them pretty much the same to perform no matter what card they're looking at (there are some exceptions to that). It's up to the person with the raw card to determine if it's worth it. If the goal is to sell for a profit in the short term, then probably not.
Chucked 2 5,000 count boxes of this crap in the dumpster. Great share
Darn near every pitcher in this era HATED pitching to Alomar....but hated Mark Grace even more, he was impossible to strike out
Don`t forget Alomar`s spitting ability.........
Truth
David Wells rookie card is not among those ten in the '88 Donruss set? WTH?!
What's the value price on these cards
It'll depend on condition. Most ungraded copies won't be very valuable. You can get a pretty good idea of current prices by looking at "sold" listings on eBay. www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=1988+donruss&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1
@@WaxPackGods thanks ♥♥
Im lost on the Nolan Ryan card... I have a 89 Donruss of him on the Astros. So no in 1988 he was not "warming up" with the Rangers. 1989 Donruss #154.
The '88s are the last Astros cards of Ryan issued while he was still pitching for the Astros -- that's what we said.
The '89s that show him with the Astros were issued while he was pitching for the Rangers.
No "warming up" at all.
@@WaxPackGods Oh I gotcha, sorry I miss heard what ya said. My bad. I get it now ;-)
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We try. :)
Problem with those cards is there more available than there are people to buy them
1990 Donruss were even worse in my opinion. Couldn't go anywhere without finding them!!
They were awful. The colors worked OK with my Reds, though, so I could tolerate them.
I was a Topps guy anyway
'88 Topps was really good looking -- underrated, I think.
I have that al leiter
It was super popular for awhile there in the late 80s.
These were by far the most cheapest card ever massed produced. You cant even give these away to a real collector. You can still go into a card shop & buy a whole set for $5.00.
Agree they were way overproduced and cheaply made, but there are plenty of collectors who still enjoy them. Quite a few sales still happening on eBay, too.
I bought a 12 box case of 24 pack cello's of these at a flea market a couple of years ago for $40. A case! Sold a couple, opened a couple, still have about 8 boxes left haha
@@seekanddestroy7343 Junk wax or no, that's still a great, fun buy!
Some really nice cards in this set, but nothing worth getting graded here, especially since it would cost about $35 per card for grading.
Plenty have been graded, though, and you can buy them on the secondary market. It's an interesting phenomenon, to be sure.
I used to pay a standard $8 for a 30-day service. Grading companies is a big money making racket and they destroyed the hobby and everyone are victims of social engineering indoctrination and brainwashed that allowed it to happen. Things were so much better before grading came into existence when everyone graded and priced cards using the Beckett card price guide.
Roberto alomar The best Second baseman ever!!! Only coz he was spanglish.His cards dont sale...No One did it better...
$20.00 for the Mark Grace rookie card? I'll sell the whole set for $20.00!😂😂😂😂😂
I like the Bonds a lot. The rest of the set is garbage.
Yeah, they're pretty rough from a quality standpoint. The cardstock even *feels* thinner than in previous years, though I've never bothered to caliper them.
Tough set for Rookies and millions and millions of them out there. I kept 20 percent purge the rest!!
Nice piece on a set I just....loathed. Everywhere is right. Everywhere. Ugly, ugly, ugly. To this day, probably most valuable as kindling.
The first terrible Donruss set. Not the last, alas.
I didn't hate it, but it definitely fell short of its predecessors. And it was definitely EVERYWHERE. Sort of still is.
Derrick May Rookie Card anyone? I think I had like 20 of them.
What year do you think started the "junk wax era?" I've even read one person that thought 1977 was the beginning year.
That seems early to me. I generally think 1987 is there for sure, and a few sets before that started to ge dicey, print-run wise -- 1986 Topps comes to mind. Thanks for watching!
@@WaxPackGods I'm with you. I don't think collecting was even very popular in the 70s. I seems like it was early to mid-80s before it really took off. This made me realize the baseball card boom didn't really last very long. The 87 rookie class made things look better than they were at the time. By 88, it was getting ridiculous.
I poop you not lol
Wouldn't do it!
Anyone else waiting for this to collapse?
Not waiting for it, but the hobby has boomed and busted before. Won't be surprised to see lower prices down the road for at least some cards.
Supply and demand too much Supply not enough demand
These are without any doubt the UGLIEST cards ever made!!!!
I might vote 1991 Fleer, but these are no beauties.
Are you kidding me? This is the best you got? Oh boy! I'd like to sell you my cards
Schmidt best 3rd baseman LOL DON'T THINK SO! You know there was this guy PETER EDWARD ROSE!
There was, indeed ... not in Schmidt's class as a third baseman, though. I don't think anybody made the All-Star team at as many different positions than Rose, though.
Mark Grace IS in the hall of fame. dummy
The one-and-done Hall of Fame, maybe. And, fwiw, I actually am able to speak.
Bonds found his power cause he was a cheater
You honestly think Mike Schmidt was a better baseball player than George Brett? You have no credibility whatsoever. And anyone who would pay more than $3 for a PSA ten of any 1988 donruss should follow you to the very end.
Yes, I think Schmidt was absolutely a better overall third baseman than Brett. Thanks for watching!
Mike Schmidt was a 3x MVP and finished his career with a 107+ WAR at 3B; Schmidt is considered the best 3B of all-time and MLB Baseball Reference confirmed this statement.
No one cares about the details of the players!! We know who they are..