on January 5th, 2009 by Mario A.
By late 2008 I thought I was familiar with every single card-related blog in our community. Trust me when I tell you that as of now there is one blog out there for every single type of collector. Unfortunately, ‘A Cardboard Problem’ had somehow managed to completely slip past my radar until Steve of White [...]
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on January 4th, 2009 by Mario A.
Gimmick: Certified autograph, Short print
Card: 1996 Leaf Signature Extended
Player: Ken Caminiti
Before 1996, Ken Caminiti had played nine seasons in “The Show” never once reaching 30 home runs or 100 R.B.I. During Spring Training of ‘96 Ken came in looking like a body builder. As it turns out, that was the year he began using Steroids [...]
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on December 31st, 2008 by Mario A.
We couldn’t start off the year on a sour note, could we? Thanks to Wax Heaven’s “Man on the Street”, Submarine Shane, we won’t. He has kindly donated three 2008 Allen & Ginter relics of the game’s biggest stars and today you the Wax Heaven reader gets to benefit from it.
Only the first 33 readers [...]
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on December 29th, 2008 by Mario A.
Ever since 2007 Sport Kings released a Pete Rose certified autograph it seems the “in” thing to do in the Hobby is to continue on that trend. Lately, both Donruss and Razor have come out with their own overpriced, Pete Rose certified autographs but it seems that many have forgotten about the 1985 Topps certified [...]
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on December 29th, 2008 by Mario A.
Reading through some of the comments left about Classic Baseball cards in the last few days I am somewhat surprised by how little respect certain “oddball” brands receive in the Hobby. Sure, the greatest 1989 Oddball Ken Griffey Jr. will never replace his Upper Deck debut but how often is that the case?
Today while surfing [...]
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on December 28th, 2008 by Mario A.
It doesn’t matter if you are a collector or the furthest thing from it, if you love baseball odds are you would do anything for a signature of George Herman “Babe” Ruth. I’d trade in every single Jose Canseco autograph simply for a chance to touch a baseball signed by “The Bambino”. Thankfully, I won’t [...]
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on December 27th, 2008 by Mario A.
As a thank-you to the readers of Wax Heaven for a great 2008 year of blogging there will be a contest on January 1st, 2009 featuring Allen & Ginter relics of Ichiro Suzuki, Albert Pujols, and Chipper Jones. This contest will be limited to the first 33 readers who leave a comment in the contest [...]
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on December 26th, 2008 by Mario A.
By the late-90’s when Mark McGwire finished his transformation from a scrawny looking kid into a Hulk-like monster with a goatee and Ruthian power there was a mad dash for his baseball cards. For those who couldn’t afford his 1985 Topps (I bought two for $30 in ‘97), there was a 1987 Donruss Rated Rookie [...]
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