Topps error cards create special memory, with more to come in now bright future

Like most longtime baseball card collectors, I’ve coveted Topps cards since I was a kid.

In the 1970s, a pack of Topps cards was a prize — even if your best cards did wind up bent, creased or clipped to bicycle spokes.

In the 1980s, when rival brands like Fleer, Donruss and Upper Deck flooded the market, Topps was still the brand