Jason Schwartz

Joined: Sep 3, 2024

Jason A. Schwartz is a collectibles expert whose work can be found regularly at SABR Baseball Cards, Hobby News Daily, and 1939Bruins.com. His collection of Hank Aaron baseball cards and memorabilia is currently on exhibit at the Atlanta History Center, and his collectibles-themed artwork is on display at the Honus Wagner Museum and PNC Park.

Various baseball cards that form puzzles

Portion of 1980 Topps Pepsi All-Stars uncut sheet

By the time the 1990s rolled around, most collectors tended to see their collecting less as a hobby than as an investment. Even still, a handful of cards from the decade were all about the fun.

Assorted baseball cards from the Twilight Zone

Baseball cards have typically come from drug stores, Big Box retailers, and—more recently—online. Still, every now and then a small handful seem to come straight out of the Twilight Zone.

Classic rookie cards of Rickey Henderson and Ken Griffey, Jr.

The 1980s saw two of the most iconic rookie cards of the postwar era: the 1980 Topps Rickey Henderson and the 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey, Jr. Both are great cards, but which one takes the title as best of the decade?

League leader cards are one of the best ways to add playing era baseball cards of the game's most legendary stars to a collection. Here is a look at some of the best League Leader cards ever made.

Four Undervalued Ted Williams Baseball Cards

As the 1978 Topps set approaches the half century mark, collectors mainly remember it for a single card, it's Eddie Murray rookie. But it's a set full of great cards.

Riffle through a pack of cards just about any year from the mid-1950s through today and your results likely follow a pattern: same, same, same, same, different!

What happens when you combine a Yankee legend with a landscape layout, a gigantic All-Star Rookie trophy, a headfirst slide, and a bang-bang play at the plate?

2007 Topps Derek Jeter SP with Mickey Mantle and George W. Bush cameos

What's the bigger honor, holding the most powerful job on planet Earth or appearing on a baseball card? Fortunately for some U.S. presidents, they didn't even have to choose!

The 1980 Topps set is synonymous with a single card, the Rickey Henderson rookie. Still, with 725 other cards on its checklist, the set has plenty more to offer collectors.

1986 Fleer Eric Plunk/Jose Canseco rookie card

In 1986, Fleer put out one of the best baseball card sets of the decade. Unfortunately, nobody seemed to notice.

What was new in 1981, three baseball card sets to choose from courtesy of Topps, Fleer, and Donruss, had grown old. It was 1988 & the game changed forever with Score.

Jason Schwartz

Joined: Sep 3, 2024

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