Ken Griffey Jr. is among a short list of baseball players who showed signs of greatness at a young age and lived up to the expectations of card collectors. Griffey’s sweet swing and enduring influence ...

To many collectors, the 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck baseball card, #1 in the set, sticks out as one of, if not the most, iconic cards of the junk wax era. The 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck ...

Have you ever flipped through an old box and stumble across an Upper Deck Griffey that's been hiding for years? I did earlier this year. I remember how Upper Deck took the card world by storm when ...

Though Ken Griffey Jr.’s 1989 Upper Deck rookie card is by far his most famous card — and among the most iconic in history — it isn’t his most valuable card. That distinction currently belongs to his ...

Sports card collectors normally chase the highest graded examples of the card they’re seeking, and they pay a pretty penny for the privilege. But there’s a subset of the community that is chasing the ...

Ken Griffey Jr. has not played in a game since May 2010. It has been nearly a decade since he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Outside of a recent appearance as a photographer working at ...

The year was 1988. The sports card industry was booming, led by Topps, Donruss and Fleer. A new company called Score had just put out their first major set, and a new brand called Upper Deck—named ...

The 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck rookie card is not just another of the many cards that were printed between 1987-1994, it’s THE CARD. It was a changing of the guard in a way, a move past the old ...

There was no better feeling in 1989 than pulling a Ken Griffey rookie card from pack of Upper Deck. The card wasn't serial numbered or short-printed, so it was a feeling that came with just about ...

There was no better feeling in 1989 than pulling a Ken Griffey rookie card from pack of Upper Deck. The card wasn't serial numbered or short-printed, so it was a feeling that came with just about ...