A look at the history, and future, of Topps baseball cards

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1951 was a banner year for baseball. It was also the first year that Topps, then just a chewing gum company, began making baseball cards. While the look and feel of the cards have changed over the decades, one thing has not. Seventy years later, Topps is still bringing people closer to the game and its players. Dana Jacobson has the details.
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@EM33700 3 жыл бұрын

It's a fun hobby when you can actually buy the cards. These days scalpers are charging high prices, buying out all stock, and threatening people.

@therainmakerinsider 3 жыл бұрын

Or go to a local shop to avoid all that instead of Target or Wal Mart

@bakermob29 3 жыл бұрын

They ruined the hobby for me. I still buy a hobby box once a month from my LCS. I don’t even try to buy retail. Miss the days when you could go to the corner store and buy a couple packs.

@dancalmpeaceful3903 2 жыл бұрын

THAT'S the issue - you summed it up. Good luck on trying to find cards....sad. Otherwise , it's a very good hobby.

@BaseballCardIllustrated 3 жыл бұрын

This was fun to watch. Hopefully Foul Ball Paul can get a card made for him in Allen & Ginter

@emichels 3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion, dude. Totally agree!

@jasonsmith2439 6 ай бұрын

Zack Hample has his own card and Foul Ball Paul is way cooler in my book

@WoodyAllenManiac 3 жыл бұрын

During the pandemic I got back into collecting and I really love Topps cards.

@JusNoBS420 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@cjones3710 2 жыл бұрын

Scamdemic made me stop collecting. It got silly. Now w topps losing the liscence and.donruss too. I am done. I.don't want fanatics crap.

@smartluck100 2 жыл бұрын

TOPPS cards will only be around for a couple more years.

@smartluck100 2 жыл бұрын

@@cjones3710 I’m interested to see Fanatics “crap”, then I will judge. Cannot believe Topps sold out. Another American institution will be gone. Sad

@cjones3710 2 жыл бұрын

@@smartluck100 Yes sad.

@karlepaul6632 3 жыл бұрын

OK...I'll be THAT guy: 1952 Mantle was his first Topps card, NOT his rookie card. (What is it then?) That'd be a 1951 Bowman.

@ricardolagunas6420 2 жыл бұрын

What’s better for current rookie cards? Topps or bowman?

@jeremy1529 3 жыл бұрын

When she said she got Ken Phelps, all I could think about is Larry David as George Steinbrenner shouting, "Ken Phelps! Ken Phelps! Ken Phelps!"

@angusdog22 3 жыл бұрын

I have a ton of cards in my garage .... in boxes. I loved buying cards as a kid , still love the game

@911NightRanger 3 жыл бұрын

I have been collecting cards since 1988, and have amassed just under 100k. 425+ of those are of Nolan Ryan.

@josephdonati3273 3 жыл бұрын

Ken Griffey jr. didn't have a baseball card produced for the regular topps set. He did have one in the '89 Topps Traded set though.

@joesmith2234 3 жыл бұрын

The 90s rookie cup card was in the factory set granite not his rookie but it was still produced in the regular topps set

@tomsmith4795 3 жыл бұрын

The guy was clueless. Only reason he chose those was because they are dirt cheep.

@jimmyplenderleith9471 3 жыл бұрын

And the 89 Traded isnt worth 10s of 1000's either......

@randomname3715 3 жыл бұрын

Card market today is artificially pumped with "Rare" limited edition cards.

@saviorsix2620 3 жыл бұрын

Baseball card collecting has been ruined. No longer can kids enjoy such an American pastime.

@brirocks 9 күн бұрын

I concur. When I was a kid, I collected for five years until 1980.

@cheddarcheese7928 3 жыл бұрын

I pulled out my cards I haven’t touched in years and I’m collecting again!.Some of the ones I have have exploded in value,like Seaver’s rookie..But it looks like I’ll never be able to afford my dream card of a Pete Rose rookie..Went way up!

@VictorLopez-ff1mf Жыл бұрын

I'm sure that now a year later the Price of that Pete Rose Card went down a bit. Also the JUNK WAX ERA 2.0 is right around the corner. Also all these investors are going to leave the hobby as soon as it tanks.

@evanjames80 3 жыл бұрын

Jokes on you though Mr reporter guy. There's not Griffey Jr. in that set, it's in the '89 Topps traded set and a PSA graded 10 goes for about $200, but sure I'll sell you one for tens of thousands of $$$.

@sharpenedaxe2 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! I was so upset at that

@zacharybaese9029 3 жыл бұрын

I'm at about 800,000 cards and lots of other baseball items but wow I can't imagine 2 plus million cards

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi 3 жыл бұрын

Wives: What are you going to do will all the cards??!! Husbands: I don't know, get some more I guess?

@wvusmc 3 жыл бұрын

I remember back when I started collecting in the early 90's the Mickey Mantle FTC was valued at around $32,000 according to Beckett. I used my birthday money to buy an autograph ball for $70. Never have checked what those are worth now.

@dandingfelder6763 3 жыл бұрын

Remember the magic every month a new Beckett would come out? Seeing if your prized investments went up or down. Somewhere in my collection I have two of the Bo Jackson Becketts. One for use and one in plastic.

@whatever8250 3 жыл бұрын

And my mom threw out boxes and boxes (shoeboxes) of my older brother’s Topps baseball cards. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@cmikesmith664 3 жыл бұрын

... says everyone.

@erikbedard713 3 жыл бұрын

Topps began in 1951 , but the first baseball cards were from 1868-1869 of the Cincinnati Red Stockings ? Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken here.

@sharpenedaxe2 Жыл бұрын

I believe that the first ones were 1860 and they were of the Brooklyn atlantics. its called farach and lalumia

@erikbedard713 Жыл бұрын

@@sharpenedaxe2 Oh, okay that's older than I thought. Thanks!

@sharpenedaxe2 Жыл бұрын

@@erikbedard713 anytime! the older stuff is really cool

@tomsmith4795 3 жыл бұрын

There was no Griffey card in 1989 topps wax packs. This guy is clueless.

@tvgator1 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Dipshit anchor, just keep your mouth shut and smile🤫

@haroldgillette7157 3 жыл бұрын

I have one Topps set,a beautiful ex plus to mint nineteen sixty one baseball card set.

@Ruminations1from2Connecticut 3 жыл бұрын

I am being evicted checked the closet and found a mini box of Skybox 1990 and topps 85 86. Got some hubie brooks tom lasorda isiah Walker scottie pippen. Pretty close to mint gonna grade like 20 outra 150

@CVSoprano 3 жыл бұрын

When "commoditization" and "artificial scarcity" came to the hobby in the 1990s, it was forever ruined for me.

@stereomois 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it just feels like a cash grab now. I still get a few sometines but refuse to go too into it, you can always get them cheaper at a flea market

@wlouisharris 3 жыл бұрын

We had a lot of fun collecting and trading cards in the early and mid 80's. We really thought all these cards and full sets would be a great investment. There were some card shops that did pretty well in my town of Greenville, SC. Still, even some cards I bought from the 60's and 70's are worth a whole lot more than what I originally paid for them. It's good card values have gone up but I haven't really run across too many in the younger generations that value baseball cards. I imagine I could sell my entire collection for maybe a 200-300 dollars and I would say at one point in the 80's my cards would have been valued at 4-5K. You can see people trying to unload their entire collection on Ebay for anywhere from 50-300 bucks.

@cjones3710 Жыл бұрын

That's sad. American tradions and fun will be lost

@wlouisharris Жыл бұрын

@@cjones3710 it's a different mindset now. As our relatives pass on we are left with all types of collections. I have some very valuable china that I have sitting in boxes and my mom has several sets.

@GaryAa56 3 жыл бұрын

Do some research, your news anchors, A 1989 ken Griffey card is no where worth tens of thousands of dollars.

@Oliver-jn3wp 3 жыл бұрын

Fax

@yoodleyoda6228 3 жыл бұрын

I liked the gum I loved collecting cards

@jwl2469 3 жыл бұрын

Topps needs to be careful, because as in the late 90 to the 2000's, the market became oversaturated with TOO much product and companies folded. But, Topps remained. It may not happen again this time, but now with NFT's, collecting may be out of reach for the average collector, who just wants to collect for the hobby and not for the wealthy, after-market. It seems that anyone getting into card-collecting now is in it primarily for the business of focusing on cards for their pristine condition and it's re-salability. Already a pack of cards is waaay overpriced for so few cards. Will it eventually become a hobby for only the wealthy?

@jpmnky 3 жыл бұрын

I really have a feeling that Topps and Panini are ramping up production runs right now. Also all the autos and relics have already produced a junk market.

@lakeozarkrei3767 3 жыл бұрын

The junk wax era started around 88'-89'... once the market was over saturated all those start ups started dying off. Then Topps got the exclusive MLB contract.

@cjones3710 Жыл бұрын

@@jpmnky I know so many worthless junk jersey relics.

@DeepVerma728 3 жыл бұрын

Ken Griffey Jr's rookie year was 1989. Say again? It's worth $10,000 dollars. I have 10 Ken Griffey Jr rookie cards. Even his minor league card when he played for the San Bernadino Spirits.

@jamstarent21 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they grade a 10 for you

@scarpfish 3 жыл бұрын

PSA 10 grade Upper Deck '89 Griffeys are fetching $3500-4000. A PSA 9's about 10% of that. I don't know where they got $10K from.

@Flippinginthecarolinas 3 жыл бұрын

he ment $10 but funny thing he is only in the topps traded set not packs SMH

@jimm4298 3 жыл бұрын

Just because it’s listed on eBay for a price doesn’t mean it will sell for that

@GasGotti 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s not worth anything close to that.

@joerich1629 3 жыл бұрын

Foul ball Paul! Love that guy man. A real fan 👍

@JusNoBS420 3 жыл бұрын

Well looks like mainstream media has finally caught on to the fact that card collecting has has a HUGE uptick in popularity again

@patrickriggs6524 3 жыл бұрын

Sad, sad me. The last two.rookie cards I bought were Felix Hernandez and Tim Lincecum😣 Bust

@brandonkohl6922 3 жыл бұрын

Love anything and everything baseball, love collecting baseball cards, wife hates it all...haha

@thorgoogolhammer7943 3 жыл бұрын

Trading cards was one of the excuses my wife used for divorcing me.

@patricialucero1767 3 жыл бұрын

@Induxvideos Heck nah bro the value is better on baseball cards if u want your money back or for it to increase go for basball and the quality is so much better its mkre expensive but u can get your money back eh guess not everyone is into the hobby rlly rlly deep like u u can even invest in stock for cards value goes up unlike those cards value is probably not as much as baseball cards its all about the money and cards you put into baseball card collecting

@patricialucero1767 3 жыл бұрын

@Induxvideos Not true lebron rookie card goes for a ton of money and they made that card 2003 or 4 and I mean common sense and being smart if something has potential to increase in value in the future stockpile

@michaelamanek8908 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha

@2UGamingProductions 2 жыл бұрын

We just started making sport card videos if anyone wants to check them out! We appreciate it

@robertdavis6157 3 жыл бұрын

I have about a 1000 top's card's and don't know what to do with them

@Oliver-jn3wp 3 жыл бұрын

lol I have over 11,000 XD. I just bought a bunch of binders and boxes to store them in, but yeah I dont have that much room for other stuff in my room anymore

@cmikesmith664 3 жыл бұрын

Give them away

@cmikesmith664 3 жыл бұрын

8:16 Topps wax packs don’t have a Ken Griffey Jr rookie card in them. 🤦‍♂️

@Flippinginthecarolinas 3 жыл бұрын

Next year they will talk about the baseball Card crash. Because it is coming fast. Yes I have been collecting for over 30 years

@888strummer 3 жыл бұрын

You'll be wrong because there are more and more collectors; plus there also many using cards as a way to hide their wealth. Many wealthy Americans are buying cards as a way to hide their wealth in fear of Liz Warren's wealth tax. The IRS has access to your Fidelity or Schwab account, but they don't have access to what's hidden in your closet or crawl space.

@taylorb7191 3 жыл бұрын

If so, it’ll come back again

@jpmnky 3 жыл бұрын

It’s coming no doubt. I’m guessing two years.

@tvgator1 3 жыл бұрын

@@888strummer 😆Shut up. Trump lost; Get over it.

@888strummer 3 жыл бұрын

@@tvgator1 Trump has zero to do with what I said. Read up on Liz Warren's wealth tax as it includes all assets you have. It's much easier to hide some valuable baseball cards or gold coins than it is to hide your fidelity account or bank account or homes you own

@Doors067 Жыл бұрын

The 1952 mantle isn't his rookie card wtf

@sparrow1222 3 жыл бұрын

They should have clarified that only cards that grade a 9.5 or above sell for the high premiums they mentioned in the video. Very misleading. I bet some people think that a raw card in any condition will sell for the values they said.

@Jv-fn5xg 3 жыл бұрын

REASON OUR CARDS COME WITH SOFT EDGES @5:51

@a.vaillancourt8488 3 жыл бұрын

I have 3,000,001 cards - Gotcha beat.

@robintaylor7355 3 жыл бұрын

I want to know who is purchasing $1mil dollar and up cards on rookies in 2020 2021 and beyond when these players have yet to prove anything

@lakeozarkrei3767 3 жыл бұрын

They'll be regretting it shortly lol

@robintaylor7355 3 жыл бұрын

@@lakeozarkrei3767 that’s what I’m thinking I mean these kids have some big names and some pizzazz but 98% haven’t even done much of anything yet if they ever even do.

@urban420cards Жыл бұрын

I won't be buying Topps from their new parent company, Fanatics. I ordered 2 boxes of baseball card packs from them and they crammed the boxes is a box that barely fit and a small piece of paper. The boxes came bent and dinged up. The cards inside came damaged and I will NEVER spend a red cent on a card from them. They showed they don't care about the hobby and just trying to profit off of it. Also the 1989 packs DO NOT have the Ken Griffey Jr. rookie. That would be in the 1989 Topps Traded set they did at the end of the year in set form ONLY. Whoever says that do not know the hobby.

@2020TYBO 3 жыл бұрын

WELL, HOW WAS THE GUM??..

@erikcagle1177 3 жыл бұрын

A few years ago I tried a piece of gum from a 1987 pack. If you've ever chewed on paper/made a spitball, that's kind of the taste you get.

@thorgoogolhammer7943 3 жыл бұрын

I love trading cards and have been colleting off and on (mostly on) for over 42 years. I collect mainly non-sports, but do dabble a little bit in sports. My oldest cards are from Tabaco and date back to the 1880's, and all the way to present day. I would say I have at least a million trading cards. My collection is mostly organized, but is currently out of control due to life happening. Currently I cannot find my most valuable trading card. The sports I collect are mainly from the late 70's to mid 80's. I worked in a sports card shop when I was a teenager in the 80's. I will have to admit even though I love Topps the (1977 Star Wars being my favorite) 1981, and 1982 Donruss baseball are my favorite sports sets. I also collect comic books, Action figures, diecast, and vintage toys.

@sportsfan3168 2 жыл бұрын

With the announcement of tops losing their licensing his collection if you ever decide to sell Is going to fetch a high premium

@daverychling2970 3 жыл бұрын

I want the Munson,lol

@PB1919TS 2 жыл бұрын

My boy Steve Mandy is the goat

@BlackJaxxx 3 жыл бұрын

NOOO, a Ken Griffey Jr from 1989 Topps is NOT worth tens of thousands of dollars, so just stop right there.

@broncodeviltexas 3 жыл бұрын

Ruined by too much product and ridiculous pricing. Have been weeding out my collection in recent years.

@DF1234567 3 жыл бұрын

Cool segment, the woman news reporter interviewing everyone is hot too

@smartluck100 3 жыл бұрын

Nah

@jimklipper6022 3 жыл бұрын

That gum, with the cards, was gross.

@user-qf6dy6ys5p 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@saraleasmith6457 3 жыл бұрын

I stand with the police

@2020TYBO 3 жыл бұрын

FUKKU..

@2020TYBO 3 жыл бұрын

@Stair force one Big guy FUKKDAPOLICE..FOLLOW THAT IDIOT..

@scarpfish 3 жыл бұрын

This article has nothing to do with police. Your boss Putin is requesting your services. Yeah, THOSE services. Kneepads and mouthwash would be highly recommended. 🍌

@andrewchristopher7138 2 жыл бұрын

Topps was just sold to Fanatics

@Liam22278 6 ай бұрын

89 topps griffey is not worth 10s of thousands lmao

@davidj8658 3 жыл бұрын

Player, like, like, like,like........don’t people hear themselves.

@ChosenOne6666 3 жыл бұрын

Why anyone would want to pay anything over $4 dollars for a baseball cards, I bought a replica comic books of Gold era for $12 on Ebay. I bought Superman #1 replica for $12 with free shipping.

@haydenkegg339 3 жыл бұрын

why would anyone want to buy comic books after all they can all be read online

@BlueVVaffle 3 жыл бұрын

Supply and demand simply t

@ChosenOne6666 3 жыл бұрын

@@haydenkegg339 Its cool to own a copy of it. There are websites who will sell you every single comic made on DVD for $200.

@ChosenOne6666 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueVVaffle Only someone who is disconnect from money will pay a million dollars for a baseball card.

@No-jb2py 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChosenOne6666 Why would anyone want a real dollar bill instead of a replica? Because the replica doesn't hold the same value. It really is a simple concept. Buying and selling sports cards is a completely legitimate way of making money. I just got into card collecting a few months ago. I take many things into account before buying a card. Those things include: How many were printed, the player's individual stats, whether they are on a good team, previous prices, injury history, and many other factors. As a result of me making informed purchases, most of the cards I bought are now worth much more than what I initially bought them for. Even if it seems crazy to spend a million dollars on a card, that card could potentially be worth 3 million in 2 years. A great example is the 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie card. In December 2019, the Michael Jordan rookie was worth $32,000. You probably think it would be crazy to buy a card for that much, but just 8 months later in August 2020, that same card sold in auction for $420,000.

@cjones3710 2 жыл бұрын

Now topps.is lost the mlb liscence by greedy MLB.

@robintaylor7355 3 жыл бұрын

eTopps Cards should get a lot more love than they do

@beansballcardblog 3 жыл бұрын

The "holy grail" isn't a Topps card. Sorry not sorry.

@lakeozarkrei3767 3 жыл бұрын

The 52' Topps Mickey Mantle? Sorry... but I've got 5.2 million reasons to disagree... lol

@beansballcardblog 3 жыл бұрын

@@lakeozarkrei3767 Well bless your heart...but thank you for the discussion point on my show tonight.

@kamb8s 3 жыл бұрын

@@beansballcardblog oh no, your 17 viewers are going to be impressed

@martyr4806 3 жыл бұрын

Buy lots of MUDS!!!!! That is who Topps is going public through

@user-ku5xo1ph9l 3 жыл бұрын

She’s reading too fast

@imagine9265 3 жыл бұрын

Baseball cards are not a good investment . Dont waste ur money.

@patricialucero1767 3 жыл бұрын

Yes there are ppl like you just don't have the money to heavily invest in baseball cards investing in rookies that are overhyped in baseball is good because they have potential to be super good