1989 Broder: unlicensed cards

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

In 1989, there were a lot of 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.

Most these set have one Cubs player

This counterfeit is from the 1989 Pacific Cards & Comics American Flag Series II (unlicensed) set

Broder Sets

1989 Action Superstars (unlicensed)- 21 card baseball set
1989 Action Superstars Display Cards (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 All-American Promo- 10 card baseball set
1989 Baseball's Best One (unlicensed)- 21 card baseball set
1989 Baseball's Best two (unlicensed)- 21 card baseball set
1989 Baseball's Finest Stars (unlicensed)- 21 card baseball set
1989 Baseball's Hottest Rookies (unlicensed)- 8 card baseball set
1989 Baseball's Top Twenty (unlicensed)- 20 card baseball set
1989 Big Apple Sportscards Superstar Photos (unlicensed)- 14 card baseball set
1989 Black and Silver (unlicensed)- 20 card baseball set
1989 Blue Rectangle (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 Collector's Choice (unlicensed)- 12 card baseball set
1989 Franklin Caramel Series 2 (unlicensed)- 12 card baseball set
1989 Golden Superstars (unlicensed)- 25 card baseball set
1989 Playball '89 (unlicensed)- 12 card baseball set
1989 Preview (unlicensed)- 20 card baseball set
1989 Rookie Fever Series I (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 Rookie Fever Series II (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 Rookies I... (unlicensed)- 19 card baseball set
1989 Rookies Superstars (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 Rookies Superstars Final Series (unlicensed)- 14 card baseball set
1989 Singles Superstars (unlicensed)- 21 card baseball set
1989 Stat Back (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set

Pacific Cards and Comics Sets

"Pacific Cards and Comics, Los Angeles, CA" is NOT Pacific Trading Cards, which was headquartered in Washington.

1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Action Superstars Series One (unlicensed)- 21 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics All-Stars (unlicensed)- 12 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics American Flag Series I (unlicensed)- 8 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics American Flag Series II (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Baseball's Best Five (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Baseball's Best Four (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Baseball's Best Three (unlicensed)- 11 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Big League All Stars (unlicensed)- 20 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Crossed Bats (unlicensed)- 17 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Rookies Superstars (unlicensed)- 21 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Rookies Superstars Two (unlicensed)- 16 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Series II (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Series III (unlicensed)- 21 card baseball set
1989 Pacific Cards & Comics Signature (unlicensed)- 10 card baseball set