There's no questioning the significance of 1980 Topps baseball cards in hobby history.

This set marked the end of an era in which Topps was the only mainstream company with the MLB's blessing to print baseball cards.

The legal system would clear the way for Donruss and Fleer to enter the market in 1981, sparking a ramp-up in competition that led to an overheated decade of baseball card production.

For one more year, at least, Topps was the only game in town in 1980.

And they delivered a great set with many stars and Hall of Famers...and one of the biggest rookie cards of the 1980s.

In this guide, I will cover the 25 most valuable in the set.

Let's jump right in...

For years, Wade Boggs rookie cards seemed to fly under the radar.

They weren't considered vintage (pre-1980 by most collectors' standards).

And they weren't considered as "junky" as some of the massively overproduced cards of the late 1980s.

They were somewhere in between and were often overlooked.

But things have certainly changed with the resurgence in popularity of key rookie cards of the 1980s.

As a result, Boggs rookies have seen a healthy uptick in attention and value.

His Topps rookie can sell well above $1,000 in top grade...something that used to be unthinkable.

It appears finally that Boggs's rookie cards are getting the attention they deserve.

And this guide, I take a detailed look at each of them one by one.

Let's jump right in!