Friday, April 01, 2011

Mid 1990s junk wax breaks - packs 1 - 4



At Angels FanFest, I found an exhibitor selling a bunch of junk wax, junk wax era factory sets, et al - I thought I'd rounded up a good mix of 10 packs [$0.50 each] from 'premium quality' years, where card companies strived to produced cards looked a little better than your average 'junk wax' era cards from the mid 1980s through about 1991.

I guess as great as the cards had started to look through the mid 1990s - the cards in the foil packs I picked up didn't age well at all.

The glossy cards stuck together and inks that once added to the aesthetic had caused paper loss when the cards were peeled apart from each other - I threw away the cards that generally ended up being garbage and made do with the cards I could salvage.

1997 Fleer Ultra II
#419 Mark Lemke
#384 Mike Lansing
#408 Ed Sprague
#433 Mariano Duncan
#539 Aaron Sele

#6 of 10 Mike Piazza checklist

#10 of 50 Chipper Jones - Million Dollar Moments insert / game card
#379 Todd Zeile
#356 Jimmy Key
#466 Mark Portugal

#G521 Wayne Kirby - Gold Medallion parallel

1993 Upper Deck II
#835 Felix Jose
#834 David Nied
#749 Todd Burns
#811 Jeremy Hernandez
#648 Jim Deshaies
#628 Lenny Webster
#672 Tony Fernandez
#694 John Smiley
#558 Milt Thompson
#513 Jose Lind
#523 Scott Fletcher
#602 Luis Rivera
#510 Rondell White
#497 Juan Gonzalez
#437 Brad Pennington

1994 Upper Deck II - this was a clean pack otherwise.
#518 James Mouton
#529 Alan Benes
#296 Matt Brunson
#448 Bret Boone
#454 Dante Bichette - Bichette was somewhat of a favorite when he hit his peak years with the Colorado Rockies because I used to mimicked his stance and his gesture once he knew he'd pretty much creamed the ball.
#428 Bret Saberhagen

#375 David Justice - this guy was the favorite player of my best friend in high school.
#406 Bernard Gilkey
#479 Don Slaught
#327 John Smiley
#506 Bobby Ayala
#318 Pedro Martinez

#460 Curt Schilling
#309 Mike Blowers

1997 Fleer Ultra II
#513 Luis Alicea
#404 Brian Hunter
#439 Glenallen Hill
#448 Brian McRae
#311 Dave Hollins
#6 of 12 Tony Gwynn - Leather Shop insert

#8 of 50 Cal Ripken Jr. - Million Dollar Moments insert / game card
#459 Mike Devereaux
#385 Devon White
#526 Mike Bielecki
#G414 Jason Schmidt - Gold Medallion parallel

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