The 1986 Topps Baseball Card offering may be considered Junk Wax today, but 40 years ago it was anything but!
The 1980s was a magical and frenzied decade for card collecting where card values seemed to go nowhere but up. But where do ...
As part of our Memorabilia and Collecting week, we reached out to Brad Balukjian, author of The Wax Pack. He graciously allowed us to run two excerpts of the freshly-minted L.A. Times best-seller. The ...
Brad Balukjian’s concept for his first book — tear open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chomp the ancient pink rectangle of gum-ish substance, then hit the road to unwrap the post-baseball lives ...
NEW YORK — Brad Balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports fans could only dream about. The college biology ...
Brad Balukjian was sitting in the upper deck at an Oakland A’s game a few years ago, when a mixture of adventure and nostalgia sent him down an unexpected path. He ordered a pack of 1986 Topps ...
What a ride Jose Canseco took us all on during his storied career. He started off with a bang in the most literal sense - hitting home runs at a crazy pace, alongside his "Bash Brother", Mark McGwire.
I still can see myself shuffling through a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards while breaking my baby teeth on the stick of gum. Moose Haas. Jerry Don Gleaton. Cesar Geronimo. Bob Knepper. Didn’t know ...
He has the 1955 Frank House, the 2009 Dontrelle Willis, the 1975 Dick Sharon and the 1986 Dave Bergman. He has the 1994 Skeeter Barnes, the 2022 Zack Short, the 1962 Ron Nischwitz and the 2016 Jose ...
NEW YORK — Brad Balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports fans could only dream about. The 39-year-old ...
NEW YORK — Brad Balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports fans could only dream about. The college biology ...
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