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BCP considers The Junk Wax Era to be between 1986 and 1993, although 1989-91 was The Era's peak. | BCP considers The Junk Wax Era to be between 1986 and 1993, although 1989-91 was The Era's peak. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:57, 12 January 2026
Junk Wax Era: The late ’80s/early ’90s fever dream in which card manufacturers apparently decided the best business strategy was to print baseball cards until the presses begged for mercy. Supply and demand? Pfft, who needs that? Topps, Fleer, and Donruss took one look at that concept and said, “Let’s see what happens if we make a billion of everything.”
Because of this cardboard tsunami, most cards and boxes from the Junk Wax Era are worth less than their earlier‑’80s counterparts—sometimes dramatically so—simply because there are enough copies floating around to wallpaper a modest suburban subdivision. Investors who thought they were sitting on future fortunes eventually discovered they were actually sitting on future garage‑sale fodder, and abandoned The Hobby in a cloud of disillusionment. (Goodbye and good riddance to them.)
BCP considers The Junk Wax Era to be between 1986 and 1993, although 1989-91 was The Era's peak.