09-05-2020, 07:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-05-2020, 07:06 AM by zeprock.)
RE: Zeprock Collection
RE: Zeprock Collection
Moving up into a new decade today. 1980 was the last year Topps was the sole company that issued baseball cards and by most accounts is the last of the "vintage" years. I was managing my own convenience store in central Florida and one of my responsibilities was ordering stock to sell in the store. When I saw baseball cards on the list of potential things to order, I ordered two boxes, one for me and one to sell in the store. After minimal sales on them, I ended up buying most of the second box too. I put together the entire set that summer. Here are nine "1980" cards from my collection.
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1980 Burger King Pitch/Hit/Run #13 George Brett
1980 Kellogg's #20 Nolan Ryan
1980 O-Pee-Chee #55 Johnny Bench
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1980 O-Pee-Chee #141 Mike Schmidt DP
1980 O-Pee-Chee #235 George Brett
1980 Topps #393 Ozzie Smith
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1980 Topps #482 Rickey Henderson RC/UER
1980 Topps #540 Pete Rose
1980 Topps #580 Nolan Ryan
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1980 Burger King Pitch/Hit/Run #13 George Brett
1980 Kellogg's #20 Nolan Ryan
1980 O-Pee-Chee #55 Johnny Bench
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1980 O-Pee-Chee #141 Mike Schmidt DP
1980 O-Pee-Chee #235 George Brett
1980 Topps #393 Ozzie Smith
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1980 Topps #482 Rickey Henderson RC/UER
1980 Topps #540 Pete Rose
1980 Topps #580 Nolan Ryan

My Huge Wantlist: http://www.zeprock.com/WantList.html