There is a lot of bad publicity when it comes to collecting sports cards in the 80's and 90's. Due to overproducing, and over saturating the market, this time period is forever known as "The Junk Wax ...

Welcome to The Athletic Collectibles Staff’s Sports Card of the Week! Here we highlight a notable, interesting, or just plain fun sports card. This week, we go back ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. It had to have been a neighborhood kid who told me about the Bill Ripken card. I should still remember ...

They say that those who act in silence and without fanfare tend to rise above their competition no matter if it’s in the world of tech sales, professional sports or even the collectibles hobby. With ...

Had Billy Ripken not received a shipment of less than ideal Louisville Slugger R161 models that year... Had Billy Ripken not decided to use one of those bats for batting practice that year... Had ...

Jim Nettles' vulgar bat knob card followed the more famous Bill Ripken debacle a year earlier. Photo: Courtesy of eBay Just one year after the infamous 1989 Fleer ...

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