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 ...

Bo Knows! Top Bo Jackson Card Sales. Bo Jackson is the only player to be an all-star in two different pro sports ...

Growing up in the 1980s, there were a few commercials that got cemented in your brain. Wendy’s “Where’s the Beef” is chief among them, but for sports fans, Nike’s “Bo Knows” is just a high up there.

Brad Balukjian’s concept for his first book — tear open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chomp the ancient pink rectangle of gum-ish substance, then hit the road to unwrap the post-baseball lives ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Brad Balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports fans could only dream about. The 39-year-old ...

For a little piece of cardboard, baseball cards sure have a knack for mimicking the professional baseball industry itself. There are, for example, many points of entry into collecting baseball cards.