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That transition, and the litigation that accompanied it Konami successfully proving in court that Upper Deck had produced unsanctioned cards using purloined printing plates, followed by Upper Deck's counterclaim for $75,001,000 is one of the most dramatic business stories in trading card history

Upper Deck built its reputation in sports cards first it was granted an MLB license by founders Bill Hemrick and Paul Sumner in December 1988, and its debut 1989 baseball set turned heads with glossy card fronts, an extra color photo on the back of every card, and a tiny anti-counterfeit hologram, at a time when that kind of production value simply wasn't standard in the hobby