The vaults are always fun to explore here at Upper Deck, and we got something pretty special recently. Check this out: This would be a baseball signed by President Bill Clinton, who made some news recently with his trip to North Korea (and the two imprisoned journalists who got to come home as a result). […]

There’s little doubt in the mind of a collector that when it comes to “high-end” trading cards, Upper Deck is king. From the first certified autograph in 1990 and the first “game-used” relic in 1997, Upper Deck has always been pushing forward trying to come up with the next great idea. Guess which company produced […]

When this blog first started, we spent a good amount of time talking about local San Diego phenom Stephen Strasburg. I was happy to point to his accomplishments, grabbed an opportunity to live blog his last home start of the season, and was thrilled to see him throw a no-hitter that night. For that game […]

Back in Upper Deck’s early days, when the company was just trying to get liftoff, officials sometimes farmed out design projects to outside artists. One of those projects consisted of illustrated team checklists cards that were routinely dropped into baseball sets in the early ‘90s to showcase rosters of the team in question on one […]

When I was younger, it was my mission to build card sets: both complete ones and team sets. It made me feel like I accomplished something, and it felt good to put the final card into the box and put it in the closet with the rest. To this day, I keep two copies of […]

Thanks to this here blog, and the fact that my cube has plenty of orange and blue memorabilia, I’m known as “the Mets guy” here at Upper Deck. Which is pretty cool: whenever there’s a Mets item around, someone is often nice enough to drop it off at my desk to keep. Earlier last week, […]

Following up yesterday’s post, here’s Upper Deck’s official press release on this issue. You can also click here to see it on the official website. Carlsbad, CA (August 7, 2009) – On July 2, 2009, The Upper Deck Company and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) announced their renewed partnership to produce baseball trading […]