Topps throughout the years always tried to be appealing. Whether it was the basic white boarders, or the wood look of the 1987 cards, Topps constantly changed their design. The 1990 Topps baseball ...

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.

Licensed sports apparel behemoth Fanatics on Tuesday cemented its position as the new king of the trading-card industry when it dropped its second industry-rattling bombshell in four months — the ...