Upper Deck Company, LLC

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Upper Deck Company, LLC (colloquially as "Upper Deck," Upper Deck Authenticated, Ltd. in the UK, ) founded in 1988 is a company primarily known for producing trading cards. It is a private company. The company has exclusive agreements to produce memorabilia with such sports superstars as Michael Jordan (who is also on the board of directors), Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, and Ken Griffey Jr.

Company history

On December 23, 1988, Upper Deck was granted a license by Major League Baseball to produce baseball cards. The first case of Upper Deck Baseball Cards was delivered February 28, 1989, to George Moore of Tulsa's Baseball Card Store in Tulsa, OK. The Upper Deck Company sold out its baseball cards midway through this inaugural year, then pre-sold its entire 1990 baseball stock before the year began. The 1990 set included the industry's first randomly inserted personally autographed and numbered cards of sports superstars.

On March 20, 1990, The Upper Deck Company was granted licenses by the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players Association to produce hockey cards. The company also obtained licenses from the National Football League and the National Basketball Association in 1990, making the Upper Deck Company the first trading card company in 10 years to be licensed by all four leagues. In 1995, the company produced its first racing product. In 1996, it expanded its racing line when it absorbed Maxx.

In July 2005 Upper Deck won the liquidation auction of former competitor Fleer-SkyBox International's brand name, assets and model business as well as the Fleer Collectibles die-cast business assets.

Since its earliest days, Upper Deck has gained a reputation for quality made trading cards and also as an innovator of security measures to prevent counterfeiting of its products.

2005 NBA Exquisite series

Sold for $500 per pack, some of these cards sell for thousands of dollars on eBay [1]. In view of the series' success the company has released a 2005-06 series.

Other products

The company's division, Upper Deck Entertainment, produces cards from the English versions of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game licensed from Konami, the Winx Club Trading Card Game for girls, along with the Marvel Trading Card Game and the DC Comics Trading Card Game using their proprietary VS System. In October of 2005, UDE introduced a Trading Card Game based on Nickelodeon's new Avatar: The Last Airbender series. It has also released many non-game oriented sports-based and multimedia companion trading card sets.

Upper Deck recently announced a World of Warcraft TCG, based on the popular MMORPG.


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