When it comes to iconic baseball rookie cards of the 1980s, it doesn't get much bigger than Cal Ripken Jr.'s first solo appearance in a Topps release. Ripken's inclusion in the 1982 Topps Traded set ...

For much of the past 70 years, that brand name has elicited a primary association: trading cards, particularly baseball cards. In what feels like cruel irony, New York City-based The Topps Co. Inc.

In the spring of 1982, 7-year-old Matt Fournier purchased a pack of Topps baseball cards, carrying on a family tradition practiced by his sports-loving dad Ted. In late January — 15 months after his ...

The 1980s weren’t just a blockbuster decade for movies and television—they were the golden age of wax packs. While Topps led the charge in baseball, it was their non-sport movie sets that captured the ...

For all vintage trading cards, those printed in the mid-1970s and earlier, the number one characteristic in determining value is centering — basically the relative width of each card border. If the ...