Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today’s your day then as we launch 12 in 12 — a series of a dozen breaks of past wax boxes and wax packs in a dozen hours. We’ll post one every hour on the hour all day long today … this is Hour 5.
The pack: 1982 Fleer baseball
The cost now: $3.50
The cost then: 30 cents
What’s inside this pack? Keep reading …
There’s a new big name among the first wave of autograph signers for this year’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago.
It’s Alex Rodriguez.
Once baseball’s highest-paid player, he’s a member of the 3,000-hit club and a player who hit 696 home runs during his at times controversial 22-year MLB career with the Mariners, Rangers and Yankees.
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The box: 2016 Topps Archives 65th Anniversary Edition baseball cards
Where to buy: Initially available at Walmart ($24.98)
Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 16
Cards in this box: 16
Base set completion:
14 of 65 (22 percent)
Duplicates: 0
Notables on base cards – Jackie Robinson, Steve Carlton, Ichiro Suzuki, Rod Carew, Ozzie Smith
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