2002 Upper Deck Reverse Negative – Straight from 1989’s Playbook!

In 2002, Upper Deck treated us collectors to a special '89 retro design, which also yielded short printed Reverse Negatives - a call back to the famous '89 UD Dale Murphy. This card blends scarcity with nostalgia, and can go undetected if you don't know what to look for.

What card made your jaw drop most?

In 2017, I was minding my own business, when pictures of the 1/1 Leaf Q Jumbo patch Jose Canseco showed up online before it was even signed.  Though unlicensed, it was a card that made my jaw drop like no other.  I can't think of a single licensed card that captured my attention quite like this one when I first laid my eyes on it.   Thus began a long struggle in my mind trying to justify how I could love an unlicensed card so much - after all, I'm *supposed* to like licensed cards more ... right?   It didn't matter. 

A couple 1998 Beauties

What were you doing in 1998?   I was in my last year of high school, without a single thought in my head of what I was going to be doing in the future.  Previously, I had wanted to be a youth pastor or similar, but wasn't sure how to "get there."  I also thought about how college would look, and maybe I could get into some sort of graphic design courses. I heard about something called "desktop publishing" that I wanted to try.   None of that panned out for me, so after high school, I got a typing job in