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The Forgotten Oddity: 1991-92 Pro Set Basketball Prototypes

By All Vintage Cards • March 27, 2025

In the early 1990s, Pro Set was riding high with its NFL and NHL trading card lines, and like many card…

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Junk Wax Gems: Top 15 Most Valuable Cards Of The Era

By Vinnie Rullo • November 16, 2023

The Junk Wax Era, from 1986 to 1993, is predominantly recognized for its significant overproduction of baseball cards. This period led…

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- Hobby History
The Rise and Fall of the Junk Wax Era – How Overproduction Shaped the Hobby

By All Vintage Cards • October 28, 2023

If you collected baseball cards in the late 1980s or early ’90s, you were part of what’s now known as the…

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