1996 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. Trade Card Insert

This item is a 1996 Upper Deck baseball trading card featuring Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners. The card showcases a unique, collage-style design on the front, depicting Griffey in a Mariners home white uniform while surrounded by several television monitors displaying his image. A caption on the front reads, "Ken takes time out for an Upper Deck photo shoot 7-20-96," confirming the promotional nature of the shot. The card features high-gloss photographic printing typical of 1990s premium card stock. Notably, the bottom nameplate identifies him as "Ken GRIFFEY JR. - of" and includes the diamond-shaped Upper Deck logo. The card appears to be housed in a clear semi-rigid plastic top-loader for protection. Physically, the card displays sharp corners and no obvious surface flaws like creasing or staining, though the centering appears slightly biased towards the top. The color saturation is vibrant, reflecting the high-quality production standards of the Upper Deck Company during the mid-1990s. This specific card design was often used as a 'Trade' or checklist style insert rather than a standard base card.