$0.90. $5. $80. $40. $12. $12. 1992 ... while the $600 graded book value of the 1984 Fleer Update Roger Clemens XRC still trumps its peak 1993 ungraded value of $450. And while the 1987 Fleer ...

1984 Fleer Traded cards of Kirby Puckett, Roger Clemens, and Dwight Gooden At decade's end, the three most valuable cards of the 1980s all came from the same set: 1984 Fleer Update.

1989. Like 1987, this year once again marked a return to a largely serious set. Someone at Fleer must have gotten the memo that baseball cards weren't just for kids anymore.

Baseball card collecting has changed dramatically from the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... the value of the card plummeted. ... Ripken's 1989 Fleer card became famous ...

Right on the front of Bill Ripken’s 1989 Fleer card. I couldn’t have believed him. I was always falling for his pranks, always dumb enough to trust him, but this would have been too much.

Sources: Beckett Baseball Card Monthly/Beckett Baseball magazines dated April 1990, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010; Beckett.com, with permission. *The 1986 Donruss Jose Canseco RC hit $105 in ...

"By the '80s, baseball card values were rising beyond the average hobbyist's means. As prices continued to climb, baseball cards were touted as a legitimate investment alternative to stocks, with ...