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.

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 ...

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, ...

All I knew was that I needed card No. 1 in Upper Deck’s first set: Ken Griffey Jr., bat on left shoulder, Mariners hat photoshopped onto his head, ornate rookie decal in the lower right-hand ...

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 ...

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

— -- 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Back when I was a 10-year-old kid opening packs of 1989 Upper Deck baseball cards hoping to pull one of the prized Ken Griffey Jr. rookie cards, you could have told me the card was Photoshopped ...

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.