I love picking up unique cards from the junk wax era. This Griffey is from the 1990 Donruss Learning Series set. This was a 55-card set produced not for retail, but for use in elementary and middle school classrooms to teach kids about colors, numbers, sports, and baseball card collecting basics. Only 319 of these have been graded by PSA across all grades. Great image of “The Kid” and a sneaky scarce card in a voluminous sea of junk wax!

This card clearly is not a grail by any means, but for a buck or two, it hits the 80s/90s kid nostalgia hard! I always loved Reading Rainbow and when I randomly came across this card from 2019 Topps Chrome I had to have it.

I am attempting to put together a run of all of Griffey’s rookie year major card issues, autographed. Picked up this 1989 Donruss Baseball’s Best auto the other day. I have decided to not chase the 10/10 grails. While the card is not graded, it’s very clean, centered, and has a bold auto. I picked this up (I think) for less that Griffey likely charges for an auto and it’s slabbed and authenticated. I’ll take it!

One of my PC strategies for 2026 is to find cards highlighting iconic moments (not Topps Now cards). I didn’t realize this card existed until a few days ago but had to grab it. Iconic moment from one of the all time greats. I’m looking forward to finding more cards like this next year!

As a kid in the early 90s, I loved collecting minor league cards. As a 40-something now, I am thrilled to have picked up this 1987 Bellingham Mariners Griffey auto last night. This is my second Griffey auto and looking forward to building out that part of my PC.