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This blog will explore the baseball card collecting hobby of the 1980s, particularly highlighting the Chicago Cubs. Unlike vintage baseball cards, most modern cards are quite budget-friendly. The different sets will be much easier to find. Therefore, with thousands of cards in the mix, we will begin with the 80 Topps and conclude with the highly valuable 1985 Topps Mini Test. The pinnacle of this era was marked by the Sandberg Rookie of the Year in 1983.


Wednesday, January 17, 2024

1987 Broder: unlicensed cards

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

In 1987, 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



Unlicensed Cards Sets

1987 Action Superstars 3x5 (unlicensed)
1987 Action Superstars Series I (unlicensed)
1987 Action Superstars Series II (unlicensed)
1987 Action Superstars Series III (unlicensed)
1987 Action Superstars Series IV (unlicensed)
1987 Rookies (unlicensed)
1987 Rookies by Rob Broder (unlicensed)
1987 The Press Box (unlicensed)
1987 The Press Box Collector's Choice of the 80s (unlicensed)