Classic Wax 18 Pack Baseball Box (Part 2)

 

Here is the second half of the box of Classic Wax Baseball. The first half was quite good as the highlight was a 1976 Topps Pete Rose that was not bad looking. Let's see what else I can find!

Pack 10

1980 Topps Buddy Solomon

1991 Donruss The Rookies Mo Vaughn

1990 Fleer Kirby Puckett

1982 Topps N.L. All Star Bruce Sutter

1983 Donruss Luis DeLeon

1978 Topps Rudy Meoli

1964 Topps Roman Mejias

1993 Classic Four Sport Kelly Wunsch

2021 Topps Heritage In Action Jose Berrios 

1971 Topps Billy Wilson

1990 Score Mark McGwire

1981 Donruss Kent Tekulve

1983 Fleer Fred Stanley

2008 Topps Opening Day Brian Bannister

The 1971 Billy Wilson was in quite good condition.

Pack 11

1978 Topps Derrel Thomas 

1986 Donruss Highlights Don Sutton

1991 Leaf Kirby Puckett

1987 Fleer Limited Edition Robin Yount

1983 Donruss Greg Harris

1986 Topps Record Breaker Fernando Valenzuela 

1979 Topps Johnny Bench

1994 Fleer Ultra Fred McGriff

1984 Topps Traded Al Oliver

1963 Topps Elston Howard

1990 Fleer Duane Ward

1971 Topps Tom Dukes

2020 Topps "The Amazing Rhys" Rhys Hoskins

1987 Donruss Opening Day Ed Hearn

Best cards of this pack were the '79 Bench and '63 Howard.

Pack 12 

1990 Bowman Scott Aldred

1989 Donruss Steve Jeltz

1984 Topps Purina Gary Carter 

1973 Topps Rico Carty

1980 Topps Don Baylor (Autographed)

2021 Donruss Optic "Mythical" Mookie Betts

1989 Score Cal Ripken Jr. 

1977 Topps Dwight Evans

1988 Classic Red Kirby Puckett 

1994 Collector's Choice Tony Gwynn 

1976 Topps Mike Caldwell

1983 Donruss Larry Gura

1984 Topps Doug Rader

1981 Donruss Jim Slaton

There is one autograph per box. The color on the wax wrapper is brighter, so you can tell which pack contains it. These are not certified so they must be either TTM or in person. Irregardless, it's a nice touch. I also like the '77 Dwight Evans.

Pack 13

1981 Topps Wayne Garland

1979 Topps Dave Chalk

1991 Score Dream Team Ken Griffey Jr. 

1990 Topps Bo Jackson

1981 Donruss Dave Concepcion

1962 Topps Merritt Ranew

1982 Oakland A's Batting & Pitching Leaders Rickey Henderson/Steve McCatty

1987 Hygrade Babe Ruth

1993 Fleer Ultra Raul Mondesi

1977 Topps Jim Willoughby 

1973 Topps Jesus Alou

2019 Topps Heritage Joe Harvey

1989 Topps Traded Deion Sanders 

2008 Topps Opening Day Grady Sizemore

Favorite card here is the '77 Jim Willoughby (of course).

Pack 14

1986 Donruss Diamond Kings Bob Boone

1982 Topps Jerry Don Gleaton

1991 Fleer Ultra Rickey Henderson 

1988 Topps Kmart Memorable Moments Ozzie Smith

1973 Topps Ken Sanders

1988 Classic Red Mark McGwire/Don Mattingly

1975 Topps Carl Yastrzemski 

1983 Topps Boston Red Sox Batting & Pitching Leaders Jim Rice/Bob Stanley 

1986 Fleer Star Stickers Dwight Gooden

1977 Topps Mike Torrez

1982 Fleer Mike Vail

2011 Topps Samuel Deduno

1979 Topps Nino Espinosa

1981 Donruss Lary Sorensen

Favorite card is the '75 Carl Yastrzemski (a bit miscut though).

Pack 15

1992 Fleer Ultra Gene Nelson

1978 Topps Denny Doyle

1988 Score Nolan Ryan

1957 Topps Chuck Tanner

1987 Topps Barry Bonds

2020 Topps League Leaders Christian Yelich

1973 Topps Jim Brewer

1979 Topps Jim Willoughby 

1990 Topps Rock Raines

1984 Topps Purina Fred Lynn

1989 Donruss Don Mattingly

1984 Topps Traded Glenn Wilson

1976 Topps Rudy Meoli

1987 Topps Jim Dwyer

A few highlights in this pack...first off, the 1957 Topps Chuck Tanner. This was the oldest card in the box and in pretty decent condition for being 65 years old. Even though I already have a few,  I will never get tired of pulling 1987 Topps Barry Bonds rookies. The 1978 Topps Denny Doyle was a favorite of mine as a youth, and we see the second appearance of Rudy Meoli, whose 1975 Topps card could just have easily been the banner for my blog.

Pack 16

1984 Topps Lee Mazzilli

1992 Fleer Ultra All-Star Insert Tom Glavine

1984 Topps All-Star Set Cecil Cooper

1990 Bowman Alejandro Pena

1973 Topps Ed Goodson

1990 Topps All-Star Ozzie Smith

1989 Fleer Dale Murphy

1986 Fleer Star Stickers Tony Gwynn

1982 Donruss Cal Ripken Jr.

1990 Donruss Gorge Brett

1985 Topps Franklin Stubbs

1991 All-Star Mike Scioscia

1982 Topps Bob McClure

1989 Upper Deck Manny Trillo

I was quite surprised to pull the '82 Donruss Ripken rookie. Itis miscut and off center, but I don't care. I didn't have one before and now I do.

Pack 17

1996 Fleer Update Ken Ryan

1978 Topps J.R. Richard

1990 Donruss Cal Ripken Jr.

1974 Topps Carl Taylor

1982 Donruss Bronx Bombers Reggie Jackson/Dave Winfield

2005 Bowman Roy Halladay

1990 Upper Deck Juan Gonzalez

1982 Topps Nolan Ryan

1980 Topps Terry Puhl

1985 Topps Bobby Cox

1985 Fleer Britt Burns

1976 Topps Mike Kekich

2003 Topps Rick Reed

1989 Upper Deck Gerald Perry

The 1982 Topps Nolan Ryan and the 1990 Upper Deck Juan Gonzalez Rookie lead the way here.

Pack 18

1998 Upper Deck Marty Cordova

1990 Upper Deck Robin Ventura

1976 Topps Tom Buskey

1974 Topps Toby Harrah

1987 Donruss Greg Maddux

1990 Donruss Diamond Kings John Smoltz

1987 Topps Rickey Henderson 

1994 Post Mark Whiten

1991 Score Rookie Of The Year Dave Justice

1982 Topps Mike Proly

1982 Fleer Tom Herr

1981 Donruss Duane "Dwane" Kuiper

2000 Topps Jay Buhner

1992 Donruss Royce Clayton

The last pack provides one more surprise...a 1987 Donruss Greg Maddux Rookie. 

I hadn't done too well with my couple of boxes of Repacked Wax, however I did much better with Classic Wax. I didn't bother to figure out the value of the cards I pulled from the box, but it's a safe bet to assume they exceeded the cost (even with being shorted one card from almost every pack). If ROI is your main concern, this really isn't the route to take, but from this very limited comparison I would choose Classic Wax. Remember, it also is about $40 more a box. If it's just about having fun and/or taking a trip down memory lane, either one of them will do the trick.

Thanks for reading!

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