25 years ago, a California company named Upper Deck exploded onto collectible sports card scene. What followed was a surge in the popularity of baseball cards that hasn’t been matched since.

Last summer, Upper Deck issued Goodwin Champions, a baseball card set featuring the design and look of the 1880s tobacco cards of the same name -- but with a modern twist that included autographs ...

The 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card transformed baseball card collecting with its next-level design and innovation. In many ways, the hobby never looked back.

When I was a kid, I, like many of you I assume, collected baseball cards. I was an O-Pee-Chee and Topps kids, but the holograms on Upper Deck cards did occasionally strike my fancy. At one point ...

It was 1989 and the word was out that the new hot baseball card was being produced in Orange County. Upper Deck, a glossy, sharp looking card with beautiful crisp photos, had the card industry ...

It was card No. 1 to the new kid on the block, Upper Deck -- a company cobbled together by Anaheim, California, businessmen in time to usher in the era of investing in the baseball card business.

Baseball legend Sammy Sosa's 1990 Upper Deck sports card is creating a stir among collectors. This rare find features an intriguing error, with Sosa's wrong date of birth. Currently available on ...

My previous article looked at five impossible baseball cards of the Junk Wax Era:. 1987 Topps Ricky Wright (SIGNED) 1989 Upper Deck Dale Murphy ERR; 1990 Topps George H.W. Bush; 1990 Topps Frank ...

Ken Griffey Jr. has been retired for a decade but his 1989 rookie Upper Deck card has doubled in value since March. Skip to Main Content. ... Ken Griffey Jr.’s 1989 Upper Deck baseball card.

Upper Deck became known for their innovations in fraud protection starting with the company’s famed 1989 baseball set that included Ken Griffey Jr.’s iconic rookie card by placing small ...

A major maker of baseball cards is being accused of playing dirty. Upper Deck could be facing hundred of millions of dollars in damages, as a result of a little-noticed California lawsuit that thre… ...