List/Grid Monthly Archives: October 2009
2009: The Year of the Buyback
In a year in which Upper Deck’s MLB license was revoked, the Carlsbad, California company still managed to get the upper hand when it came to big time pulls. From…
Bob Abreu Playing A Dangerous Game
A couple of years ago, Bob Abreu was making $16 million a year. During the 2008 off-season he decided to test out the free agency market and it came back…
Updates & Highlights Surprises
While it’s not exactly my cup of tea, 2009 Topps Updates & Highlights has been live for a few days and doing surprisingly well on the secondary market. Topps’ Updates…
Inkworks Preserves Beauty
Admit it, at one point in your life you probably had a crush on Rose McGowan. Maybe it was all those steamy teen flicks or perhaps it was her appearance…
Covering All the Bases
It took me a few days but I have re-organized the Categories at Wax Heaven for over 2,500 posts. What that means is that you can now find articles on…
Wax to the Future – 1996 Upper Deck
It usually takes a card company a few tries before getting it right. Pick up a Bowman Chrome card from its debut year, 1997 and you clearly have a card…
Steve Martin’s Comedic Tragedy
There’s not much I share in common with veteran comic/actor and author, Steve Martin. What I can say is that for a good while, there was no one more talented…
The Worst Card of All-Time? Maybe.
To take some attention off the extremely heated debate found here, I thought I’d show what in my opinion just might be the worst baseball card ever produced. I did…
Is Less Truly More?
According to Beckett Media, Jose Canseco has 423 recognized cards from his first five years of baseball (’86-’90). The lowest number of any year was 1986, the first year licensed…
Wax to the Future – 2002 Fleer Showcase
I am glad that I wasn’t collecting during the demise of companies like Fleer and Pinnacle Brands. Back when I jumped ship in the late-90′s, these were two of the…
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