I remember the hobby's popularity skyrocket in the early/mid-1980's with the introduction of Fleer/Donruss and also that's when Pete Rose was approaching Ty Cobb's hit record. I think that's when the rookie card craze started where Rose's rookie card became very sought after. There was even some speculation that some key industry figure(s) started buying up all the rookie cards, old and new, to drive the prices up. This created sort of a card mania that pulled everyone in, me included.
I remember the hobby's popularity skyrocket in the early/mid-1980's with the introduction of Fleer/Donruss and also that's when Pete Rose was approaching Ty Cobb's hit record. I think that's when the rookie card craze started where Rose's rookie card became very sought after. There was even some speculation that some key industry figure(s) started buying up all the rookie cards, old and new, to drive the prices up. This created sort of a card mania that pulled everyone in, me included.