An article in the Denver Post, recently stated how baseball cards area a “huge hit again”. It’s an interesting quick read, that talks about the hype of the card market of late, evidencing the Strasburg baseball card sale that topped $16k, among others.
Ken Griffey Jr. announced his retirement as a major league baseball player after 22 MLB seasons and 630 home runs. He is a certain first ballot Hall of Famer.
2010 Topps Baseball Series 2 was released late in May. The best prices I’ve seen on the internet are currently at Blowout Cards and of course on eBay.
No new releases scheduled until the big drop on June 25th of the now perennial hit, Topps Allen and Ginter. (If you think I might be overlooking a scheduled baseball card release between now and then, please let me know).
, describes how the “market” for 1980s baseball cards crashed, and how collecting baseball cards for their monetary value can be a dangerous pitfall. If you were investing in cards in the 1980s you may have lost a bundle. If you were collecting the cards for your own enjoyment, you still have cards that hold value, perhaps sentimentally, if not monetarily. 
