Brad Balukjian was sitting in the upper deck at an Oakland A’s game a few years ago, when a mixture of adventure and nostalgia sent him down an unexpected path. He ordered a pack of 1986 Topps ...

As part of our Memorabilia and Collecting week, we reached out to Brad Balukjian, author of The Wax Pack. He graciously allowed us to run two excerpts of the freshly-minted L.A. Times best-seller. The ...

This article was originally published on www.si.com/collectibles as The 15 Best Rookie Baseball Cards of the 1980s. For ...

As a kid growing up in the 1980s, Worth Wollpert spent his weekends hitting trading card shows in the Cleveland suburbs. He collected, and often traded, all sorts of cards, especially the 1984-85 ...