Vintage baseball cards became rare because they were played with, traded, lost, stuck in bicycle spokes, and thrown out long ...

If you're at the professional level of a sport, generally speaking you were probably a great all-around athlete in your younger years of middle school and high school. Some of those athletes carry ...

In 2026, baseball card grading sits at the heart of a booming collectables market that values authenticated and slabbed cards ...

While Babe Ruth is one of the most prolific players in the sport of baseball and earned him countless nicknames including "Sultan of Swat", any vintage cards of the legend can oftentimes price out ...

Why Demand Has Increased: In recent years, collector demand has shifted toward strong mid-grade examples of iconic Mantle ...

We discussed the first three points in Part 1. Let's go on to point No. 4. An enhanced baseball prospecting game In 1992, Topps changed the rookie-card game forever by including cards of prospects who ...

The Shohei Ohtani Gold Logoman 1/1 sold for $3 million Thursday night to set a record for any Ohtani card at public auction. The result is the highest ever for a baseball card created during the ultra ...

Sy Berger, a 50-year employee of the Topps Company and the man credited with creating the look of the modern baseball card, died of natural causes at the age of 91, the company said. Berger's design ...

Baseball cards have long been a cornerstone of sports collectibles, blending nostalgia with investment potential. In recent years, the market for rare and high-grade cards has exploded, with some ...

The modern baseball card market can be a volatile place, with value largely dependent on a player's age, health, current team and recent performance. On the other hand, the vintage card market is a ...

In my first column on baseball cards in February, we noted that the baseball card industry has fallen from $1.5 billion in 1992 down to its present level around $200 million, due to a combination of ...