How old does a card have to be to be vintage?
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For football, I would say sometime around the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. So maybe 40 years old is reasonable for vintage.
I would venture to guess anything pre 1980 would qualify. Why are you asking? J
At least according to Beckett grading services, everything pre-1981 is considered vintage.
Hope that helps. Banner by mattfastiggi Collecting: Brett Favre (7,771 unique as of 6/1/2015), Packers, UW Huskies (Shaq Thompson, Shelton, Peters, Kikaha, Sankey, ASJ, Trufant, Locker, Brunell, Dillon, etc.)
A few of us came up with a Baseball time line chart:
Antique:: Pre WWII Vintage:: WWII to 1955 Classic:: 1956 to 1975 Modern:: 1975 to 2k New:: 2001 to date Lol, hard to think that most of the cards we collect/have today Modern - New. Hope this can help...
I have been gone a long time, my ideas on collecting have changed as I have aged. Will only be here Off and On because things are different. Not going to do much Trading but will offer some items For Sale. As Always, Have FUN !...Mel
(06-27-2013, 01:53 AM)uwash97 Wrote: At least according to Beckett grading services, everything pre-1981 is considered vintage.That's what I've always gone by, and you have a darn nice Payton, by the way.
I appreciate Chicago players that begin competing within the city's sports organizations and stay with these teams throughout their careers.
I like the chart that radarblip posted, I think it's very accurate.
Some people tend to think of vintage (when talking sports cards) as being more of an era that had to do with when/how the cards were produced, cut, packaged, etc.. For instance, modern or new cards today are mostly laser cut which gives the cards smoother almost flawless edges but a long time ago the laser technology wasn't available and the cards were left with rough and jagged edges. Technology has gotten a lot better through the years which makes for nicer cards. But it's kind of hard for me to say a card from 1980 is vintage. Just something to think about. |
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