Then again, why stick to baseball cards? Have you seen what gold has done over the last 20 years? Back in 2005, an ounce of gold could be had for around $400. Today, that same ounce is worth about ...

Throughout the month of October, Collectibles on SI provided consistent coverage of the rapid and seemingly inexplicable rise of the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey rookie card as it shot past the $4000 ...

Unfortunately for collectors, most of the cards they picked up in 1989 are barely worth the cardboard they're printed on, hence the "Junk Wax Era" moniker. However, a notable outlier is the Upper Deck ...

Have you ever flipped through an old box and stumble across an Upper Deck Griffey that's been hiding for years? I did earlier this year. I remember how Upper Deck took the card world by storm when ...

Sports card collectors normally chase the highest graded examples of the card they’re seeking, and they pay a pretty penny for the privilege. But there’s a subset of the community that is chasing the ...

Imagine searching through Grandma's garage, and boxes of faded baseball cards suddenly appear in front of you. Doesn't your heart race a little? "Could these have any value?" I understand the buzz ...

Ken Griffey Jr. has not played in a game since May 2010. It has been nearly a decade since he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Outside of a recent appearance as a photographer working at ...

What collector or investor wouldn't want a time machine? Just imagine setting the dial for September 1952, scooping up all the 1952 Topps Baseball packs you could (for a nickel!), and pulling Mantle ...