Mid 1990s junk wax breaks - packs 8-10

1997 Fleer Ultra II
#455 Kevin Orie
#481 James Mouton
#496 Willie Blair
#389 Mickey Tettleton
#4 of 12 Cal Ripken Jr. - Power Plus insert
#33 of 50 Mickey Lolich - Million Dollar Moments insert / game card
#544 Pat Cline
#518 David Arias RC - the back is a little scratched up.
#316 Gary Gaetti
#G372 Cliff Floyd - Gold Medallion parallel

1997 Fleer Tradition - this was a clean pack otherwise; cards were done in a matte format so no real foil to get in the way except for inserts.

#632 Mark Acre
#529 Richie Sexson
#712 Mike Piazza
#618 Marc Valdez
#523 Kevin Orie

#716 Ryne Sandberg
#543 David Wells
#527 Greg McMichael
#664 John Burke

#12 of 50 Roger Clemens - Million Dollar Moments insert / game card

1997 Fleer Tradition - these were clean packs otherwise.
#504 Danny Patterson
#555 Rheal Cormier
#740 Mark McGwire - Oakland A's team checklist
#509 Jeff Kent

#6 of 20 Ken Griffey Jr. - Headliners insert

#703 Derek Jeter
#565 Benji Gil
#659 Ariel Prieto

#7 of 12 Chipper Jones - Soaring Stars insert
#605 Todd Zeile
#634 Terry Mulholland
#27 of 50 Bobby Richardson - Million Dollar Moments insert / game card

Mid 1990s junk wax breaks - packs 5-7

1997 Fleer Ultra II
#333 Royce Clayton
##502 Kevin Tapani
#511 Dustin Hermanson
#522 Calvin Maduro
#549 Eli Marrero

#7 of 10 Jason Dickson - Golden Prospects insert; I remember him as a pitcher who wasn't overpowering but had some good moments in the Major Leagues before injuries cut short his career.
#49 of 50 Jim Bunning - Million Dollar Moments insert / game card

#380 Jim Thome
#326 Jeff Fassero
#500 Jeff Abbott

#G370 Mike Bordick - Gold Medallion parallel

1993 Upper Deck II
#753 Danny Jackson
#731 Jay Howell
#823 Albert Belle
#749 Todd Burns
#699 David Wells
#630 Roger Clemens
#675 Rob Dibble
#668 Darren Holmes
#597 Tim Raines
#548 Spike Owen
#541 Jeff Reardon
#520 Carlos Martinez
#479 Inaugural Catch
#461 Ray Lankford
#434 Mark Newfield

1994 Upper Deck II - like the other 1994 UD II pack, the contents were clean otherwise, though there was nothing really interesting to pull.

#478 Reggie Jefferson
#385 Barry Larkin
#446 Ray Lankford
#376 Vince Coleman
#324 Jeff Blauser
#324 Jeff Blauser - back-to-back
#369 B.J. Surhoff - Electric Diamond parallel
#382 Bip Roberts
#458 Bill Gullickson

#282 Mo Vaughn
#520 Chan Ho Park
#299 Shannon Stewart

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