Nice video! I’m actually in the middle of putting back together all the Tiffany sets from 84-91. I have completed the 88 and 89. They are surprisingly hard to find a lot of the commons. Without spending a ton of money. The star cards were the easiest to get! Thanks for the video
@ yes sir! I bought a partial set of each ( over the spell of three years when I could find them cheap) and now I’m scouring card shops and eBay listings trying to find deals! Haha. I know when I get done with each that it will cost more in the long run than just buying the completed sets. But there is a certain satisfaction in bringing them back together. As there is only a finite amount of each card. Let me know if you run across lots of these. I’d make some offers on them! Thank you. Nate
@ yes thank you. Such a limited number of sets and seems like in the past 10 years or so these sets have been dismantled to pull the good cards out to grade
@@sportscardsedgevery true. My goal was to just get the cards I loved as a kid but in a better form. There's a video of a guy on UA-cam that has an incredible Tiffany rookie collection. Probably the most amazing collection I've ever seen.
Great video! Thanks. A couple things though, like someone already brought up the football and hockey sets but on your main cards in sets, 1984 is not Sandberg's rookie,that's 2nd year,if it was rookie it would be a lot higher! Also 1990 Topps the Frank Thomas is the most expensive one($2600-$3k) and doesn't pop up for sale very often,and the price of a 90 Bowman Tiffany Frank Thomas goes for a lot more, $1700-$1900 range. PSA 9's go for $150-$200. Otherwise great video, keep them coming!
Awesome, great catches! I try my best to get it all right but as you can see I don't always! Especially when the mic is rolling I can often mispeak about a rookie card etc
One reason the premium might not be as high as the population difference is because the Tiffany cards came in sets only so will tend to be in better condition. That said I agree that they are much better investments long term due to their limited supply in an era of extreme oversupply.
@ yes sorry. I replied and then you mentioned the ** in the video. My phone ran and I missed that part and when I went back to watch what I missed you had mentioned than. So I want to apologize from what I said about you forgetting them. You don’t forget I was distracted. Haha. Great video sir! I subbed to your channel.
Did you happen to find information on what these sets retailed for? Also, I have a vivid memory of one of these years being available through a Christmas catalogue like Sears or FAO Schwartz. Seems like the price was 3 times a normal set
The stars are an indicator but not always reliable. I had an 87 Maddux without the stars the was a base traded, and PSA verified it as base. The only true way to verify those is having them side by side.
I had a card store and pur based one of the 84 sets, sold it back then, wish I had put it away, but I have the same feeling about a lot of cards from those days, oh well I didn't want to be rich anyway. 😃😅
You made a mistake in your video with the Pete Rose Cards. You showed a base tiffany instead of a traded tiffany. I was very confused at first. I had to go to ebay to find out. Otherwise great video
Yes I found a source that scoures sales of Tiffany sets and their serial number and condition (opened or sealed etc) and they have some of the best estimates out there based on the highest serial numbers ever found and keep it all in a Google doc by year www.tiffanycards.com/card-sets/topps-tiffany/1984-topps-tiffany
The Football set is very expensive. I have key cards from the 1990 Topps Hockey set, but the 1990 Bowman set has a poor checklist & don't forget Topps made a Tiffany "Desert Storm" factory set from the 1st Gulf War.
Good question I cover this in my history of fleer video but in short fleer constantly fought against Topps’s exclusive rights to baseball cards and got a small win in court in 1962 that led them to make the 1963 cards but that decision was quickly overturned in Topps’s favor and it wouldn’t be until 1981 that Fleer could win again in court
Nice video! I’m actually in the middle of putting back together all the Tiffany sets from 84-91. I have completed the 88 and 89. They are surprisingly hard to find a lot of the commons. Without spending a ton of money. The star cards were the easiest to get! Thanks for the video
Oh wow you are reassembling sets from loose cards! Impressive!!
@ yes sir! I bought a partial set of each ( over the spell of three years when I could find them cheap) and now I’m scouring card shops and eBay listings trying to find deals! Haha. I know when I get done with each that it will cost more in the long run than just buying the completed sets. But there is a certain satisfaction in bringing them back together. As there is only a finite amount of each card. Let me know if you run across lots of these. I’d make some offers on them! Thank you. Nate
Nate that is amazing and if I see any I will let you know. Glad someone is bring the sets back together!
@ yes thank you. Such a limited number of sets and seems like in the past 10 years or so these sets have been dismantled to pull the good cards out to grade
YES! every Tiffany card is from a set that is no longer complete
I've been on a non-stop Topps Tiffany mission for years now. I'm glad they're getting some love.
Awesome you are ahead of the game!
@@sportscardsedgevery true. My goal was to just get the cards I loved as a kid but in a better form. There's a video of a guy on UA-cam that has an incredible Tiffany rookie collection. Probably the most amazing collection I've ever seen.
Great idea for a video, I still have my 1984 through 1986 regular and update Tiffany sets. I believe these early Tiffany sets are underpriced..
Totally agree they are under valued currently for how rare they are
Great video! Thanks. A couple things though, like someone already brought up the football and hockey sets but on your main cards in sets, 1984 is not Sandberg's rookie,that's 2nd year,if it was rookie it would be a lot higher! Also 1990 Topps the Frank Thomas is the most expensive one($2600-$3k) and doesn't pop up for sale very often,and the price of a 90 Bowman Tiffany Frank Thomas goes for a lot more, $1700-$1900 range. PSA 9's go for $150-$200. Otherwise great video, keep them coming!
Awesome, great catches! I try my best to get it all right but as you can see I don't always! Especially when the mic is rolling I can often mispeak about a rookie card etc
Awesome video, I have four different years sets.
4 sets is awesome! Each one is so rare!
One reason the premium might not be as high as the population difference is because the Tiffany cards came in sets only so will tend to be in better condition. That said I agree that they are much better investments long term due to their limited supply in an era of extreme oversupply.
Good point by not being in packs they were probably in better condition to begin with
We sold those in the 80s. We priced them 10x base price. We were one of the few dealers to have them.
What was the base price for a set back then?
Fleer & score glossy might be interesting
Great topic suggestions!
Oh! And one more thing is look for the ** on the backs. They can determine the traded sets a lot easier. I learned the hard way
Yes depending on the year those ** really help
@ yes sorry. I replied and then you mentioned the ** in the video. My phone ran and I missed that part and when I went back to watch what I missed you had mentioned than. So I want to apologize from what I said about you forgetting them. You don’t forget I was distracted. Haha. Great video sir! I subbed to your channel.
Thank you so much for subscribing! I think our video on the history of Upper Deck and Score are some of our best work, with plenty more to come!
@ oh I love score. My favorite retro company by far is score. I’ll watch them for sure!
For sure, when I did the research I was really impressed with the quality of score cards and all the different parallels they had
Awesome my friend
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!
I have a case of 1989 unopened sets. With original case. Case is not sealed but all six sets have not been touched.
That’s so great. A case of 6 unopened sets, what a treasure
Did you happen to find information on what these sets retailed for? Also, I have a vivid memory of one of these years being available through a Christmas catalogue like Sears or FAO Schwartz. Seems like the price was 3 times a normal set
I didn't see a retail price comparison at the time but I will look
@@sportscardsedge i just found something that says they were $100 which is what I remember. Thanks for doing this video!
The stars are an indicator but not always reliable. I had an 87 Maddux without the stars the was a base traded, and PSA verified it as base. The only true way to verify those is having them side by side.
I didn't know that could happen - good watchout!
Great breakdown! What video editing software do you use for videos like these? A combo of photoshop and premiere? Just curious. Thanks!
I had a card store and pur based one of the 84 sets, sold it back then, wish I had put it away, but I have the same feeling about a lot of cards from those days, oh well I didn't want to be rich anyway. 😃😅
You made a mistake in your video with the Pete Rose Cards. You showed a base tiffany instead of a traded tiffany. I was very confused at first. I had to go to ebay to find out. Otherwise great video
So sorry about that I will check on that and correct it. Thanks for letting me know!
With no intent to question the validity of the stated numbers will you cite your source for the production numbers? Were all the sets numbered ?
Yes I found a source that scoures sales of Tiffany sets and their serial number and condition (opened or sealed etc) and they have some of the best estimates out there based on the highest serial numbers ever found and keep it all in a Google doc by year
www.tiffanycards.com/card-sets/topps-tiffany/1984-topps-tiffany
@@sportscardsedge oh that's very cool!
What about hockey & football in 1990?
The Football set is very expensive. I have key cards from the 1990 Topps Hockey set, but the 1990 Bowman set has a poor checklist & don't forget Topps made a Tiffany "Desert Storm" factory set from the 1st Gulf War.
Good points - i guess I was just focused on baseball
If Topps had a monopoly on baseball cards in those 25 years, how do you explain fleer 1963 baseball?
Good question I cover this in my history of fleer video but in short fleer constantly fought against Topps’s exclusive rights to baseball cards and got a small win in court in 1962 that led them to make the 1963 cards but that decision was quickly overturned in Topps’s favor and it wouldn’t be until 1981 that Fleer could win again in court
Thr 63 fleer cards were sold with cookies not gumo
Kellogg's and Hostess also did baseball cards in the 1970s sold with their products.
Why did you totally forget about the football Tiffany 1990?
So sorry I should have stated I was doing baseball cards, I know everyone in the comments is like WTF?
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hahahaha thats the Topps Tiffany version of being Rick Rolled