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This blog will discuss the 1980s and the baseball card collecting hobby, with a focus on the Chicago Cubs. Contrary to vintage baseball cards, the majority of modern cards are affordable. The various sets will be considerably simpler to obtain. So, with thousands of cards in between, we'll start with 80 Topps and end with 89 Upper Deck. The apex of this period was represented by the Sandberg Rookie of the Year in 1983.


Friday, March 28, 2025

1983 Broder: unlicensed cards

An unlicensed card is referred to as a "broder" in the card collecting jargon.

In 1983, there was a Cubs sets that met this description, as will be seen in this post. Broder's features athletes who are currently employed by a professional sports league. Ed Broder and his son Rob, who worked as freelance photographers at big league games, didn't pay a licensing fee. Broder cards have zero value as an investment. By the middle of the 1990s, MLB had shut down these sets and permanently banned Broder cards.

1983 Starliner Stickers or Touchdown(unlicensed)- 16 cards that included one great Cubs player

The stickers can be found with either white ("Mactac Starliner") or tan ("Touchdown Splitless") paper on back.