Vintage Sports Cards – Baseball – Basketball – Football – Hockey
Having been the number one overall selection in the MLB Draft in 1987, Ken Griffey Jr. had lofty expectations in the sport and the hobby. His line-drive double in his first MLB plate appearance in April 1989 catapulted Ken Griffey Jr. onto the national scene. He was one of the most popular players to ever … Read more
The early 1990s have a nostalgic place in my collecting soul since I stopped collecting cards somewhere around 1997 before returning to the hobby as an adult. Today, my collecting and hobby interest is focused more on post-war vintage vs. this late “junk” era, but there are some important cards from this time. Some stand … Read more
I generally prefer to stick to the objective pre and post-war card eras to define hobby eras because there’s too much subjectivity involved otherwise. For example, some folks call 1988-1994 the junk wax era and anything after 1994 as modern. But I’m not so sure you can call 25-year-old cards modern anymore. The vintage designation … Read more
The sports card hobby is full of interesting quirks and tidbits. Perhaps some of these factoids will make for longer, dedicated blog posts in the future, but in the meantime, here are ten random (and short) post-war baseball card facts. 1 Topps released cards in dedicated series through 1973, usually releasing a new series every … Read more
Like many kids in the 80s and early 90s, I collected sports cards with a relentless passion. I was lucky to live in cities with iconic athletes and a bunch of professional sports teams. I grew up in Baltimore when Cal Ripken was a perennial MLB All-Star. My family then moved to Chicago, where we … Read more