1987 Topps Cal Ripken Jr. All-Star Baseball Card #609

This is a 1987 Topps baseball card featuring Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. as an American League All-Star. The card displays a standard 2.5 by 3.5 inch vertical format printed on a typical semi-glossy, ivory-toned cardstock characteristic of the late 1980s junk wax era. The front design includes a distinctive '1987 All-Star' banner at the top flanked by American flags, while the bottom left features the American League eagle logo. The image shows Ripken in his Baltimore Orioles road uniform in a batting stance. The player's name and position (SS) are housed in a yellow nameplate at the bottom right. Notable physical observations include a slight right-to-left centering bias on the front borders. The corners appear somewhat softened, particularly the bottom right, and there is visible minor chipping or 'white' showing along the right edge. No significant creases or surface stains are immediately apparent, through the color saturation remains strong with crisp typography. The 1987 Topps set is iconic for its faux wood grain borders on base cards, though this All-Star subset uses a white border with internal red and blue framing lines.