Now we come to the final year of what I consider the beginning of the end of the second junk wax era. After 2005, we were down to three manufacturers and after 2010 it dropped to two when upper deck lost their player license.

The 2005 products were generally heavily loaded due to Donruss losing their license. After 2005. They used as much of their game used and autographed content as as possible. This is one of a number of reasons that finding any 2005 sealed product is impossible at this point.