The 1989 Upper Deck No. 1 card is the second-most graded card ever by collectible certification industry leader PSA/DNA, which slabs the cards and grades them on a 1-10 scale.

The 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck rookie card is not just another of the many cards that were printed between 1987-1994, it’s THE CARD. It was a changing of the guard in a way, ...

Ken Griffey Jr., a baseball legend, continues to make an impact even after retirement. His iconic 1989 Upper Deck - #1 Ken Griffey Jr. (RC) sports card is now available on the secondary market for ...

David Gonos reveals nine intriguing facts about Upper Deck's 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. card, one of the most popular baseball cards of all-time.

The 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey, Jr., may well be the most famous baseball card of the last 70 years, so it's no surprise that virtually everything about it has already been written, probably more ...

— -- Three baseball cards stand apart as the unquestioned most iconic pieces of cardboard ever printed: the 1909 T206 Honus Wagner, the first card whose print run was cut short and whose ...

Obviously, Upper Deck hit a home run choosing Griffey as the No. 1 card in its debut set. No doubt about that. But even with that huge vote of confidence, the company still underestimated him.

I was ten years old and obsessed with baseball card collecting in 1989 when Upper Deck debuted a new set of baseball cards. Up to that point there were three card companies: Topps, Donruss, and ...

T he 1989 Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck rookie card is not just another of the many cards that were printed between 1987-1994, it’s THE CARD. It was a changing of the guard in a way, a move past ...

The story of how Ken Griffey Jr.'s rookie card became No. 1 in Upper Deck's first set is a Cooperstown-worthy tale of foresight, luck and photo manipulation, Darren Rovell writes.

There is no such thing as a “bad” Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card, but the Upper Deck card stands alone.

The story of how Ken Griffey Jr.'s rookie card became No. 1 in Upper Deck's first set is a Cooperstown-worthy tale of foresight, luck and photo manipulation, Darren Rovell writes.