Richard Tyner slid the pack of 1987 Topps Major League Baseball "the Real one" cards over his counter for $1. The pack contained "17 Bubble Gum Cards" and "1 Stick Bubble Gum." It was the rookie year ...

And what it has to do with cigarettes. Nearly three decades later, the bubblegum in a pack of 1989 Topps baseball cards is, unsurprisingly, inedible. Now an off-pink color, it was probably a mistake ...

Like many vintage baseball card sets, 1976 Topps only gets better with age. On the occasion of its 50th anniversary here are ...

One of my goals in life is to compile a collage of baseball cards from the 1970s and 1980s that feature players with remarkable hairstyles -- afros, mullets, porn-star mustaches, bowl cuts and such. I ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- When you walk into the Fresno Art Museum, you'll find the "Art of Selling Bubblegum." "We started talking about this exhibition pre-pandemic," says curator Sarah Vargas. It's ...

Recently in the past several months there has been a craze over Ken Griffey Jr.'s "Bubble Gum" card. Collectors and super collectors have been trying to get their hands on the 1995 Pinnacle base card ...

When I was a kid, I loved going to Sissy's, the local five and dime, to and hand over my moist sock money to Sissy herself, a gigantic stick insect wrapped in a technicolor yarnoblasm muttering to ...

Long ago, when children were allowed to wander from their parents’ side for more than 15 minutes, I spent much of my free time accumulating baseball cards. After school, my buddy Adam Rogers and I ...

IWAS watching a televised baseball game, and at one point found myself fascinated by the first baseman. He was executing a maneuver that requires a unique blend of physical ability, concentration and ...

The Topps card company is now adding augmented reality features to baseball cards in order to bring the staid (OK, dying) business into the 21st century. Combining a camera tracking system, any webcam ...