Even I, as jaded and homerish as I am, can admit the 1985 Donruss Pete Rose Expos card doesnt look all that bad from an aesthetic point of view. Like in this eBay lot (affiliate link), which features four packs of the 1984 Ralston-Purina baseball cards, or this companion lot (affiliate link) that offers another four packs. 3 "Collectors often decried how money had ruined their hobby, making it hard for them to form meaningful friendships through their cards. Milk Chocolate Bar. Super cool, right? Its sad, because the Buy-It-Now price is only $79 and these cards were supposed to be gold by now. eBay Auction Event: 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend! This eBay lot gives you all that history in a box a 1984Donruss wax box full of thirty-six 1984 Donruss wax packs. Youd wait all week or all month for a chance to pick up a few packs at the grocery store or local card shop and then rush home to dig into your new treasures. Back to home page Return to top. Cards are identical in design to the 1987 regular Donruss issue except that the Opening Day cards have a maroon . 1987 Donruss Opening Day Baseball Team Sets **Pick Your Team**, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - DETROIT TIGERS Team Set, Leave feedback about your eBay search experience - opens in new window or tab. The same collectors who complained about greed often bragged in the same interview about the value of their cards. Sell Sheets / Ads | And what better way to have some fun than busting open a box of one of those funky Topps test issues risen from the nadir of the Junk Wax Era. 1988 Topps Big Kal Daniels Had Big Expectations. 1987 Donruss Opening Day Box Set Will Clark #96 PSA 9 MINT Rookie RC Grade: PSA 9 Buy: $31.30 eBay (comc_consignment) 1987 Donruss Opening Day Logo Kansas City Royals #268 Buy: $1.00 eBay (jodysvintagebaseball) 1987 DONRUSS OPENING DAY #163B BARRY BONDS WHITE JERSEY Buy: $8.95 eBay (dannywgregory) eBay Auction Event: 2023 Super Bowl Kickoff, eBay Auction Event: 2023 NHL All-Star Game. Its a great cross-section of a spiraling hobby that could have lost its soul but looks pretty good all these years later. Fleer cleaned things up even more and put out a really nice, solid set. These really are more pins than buttons, but thats OK because its the pin bit that allows you to stick the enameled, round hunks of metal to or through things. So dont worry about having lost out to some jerk from 35 years ago. Let me know what you think, and Ill adjust as we go. But theres one package left a smallish rectangular one that could be a watch or maybe maybe something better? There were three kinds of collectors in the early spring of 1987 those who had access to 1987 Fleer baseball cards, those who had access to 1987 Donruss baseball cards, and (mostly) those who had access to neither 1987 Fleer nor 1987 Donruss baseball cards. This eBay lot of three 1983 Fleer rack packs gives you all of that awesomeness right in your face, and it doesnt even make you guess too much about what youll get. With just one card per pack but 36 packs in a box, you *should* stand a good chance of getting one of everything with this lot. Very meta, and very cool, even if not extremely valuable. COMC.com is doing business for CheckOutMyLLCand is utilizing patented technology. You could see three players on the front and three players stats on the back. In his run-up to the record, all of Roses cards jumped up in demand and value, and he was arguably the hottest of all non-rookie players all across the land. Let me know if you enjoy this sort of post so I know whether I should continue with new updates. But what about wearing your favorite baseball player on your chest? Teams in the same city share a checklist card. You can buy them for pennies or less under circumstances like this. Could the in-between hold a Wade Boggs, Tony Gwynn, or Ryne Sandberg rookie card? The 1986 Topps baseball card set was not the greatest in the companys history. And thats Schmitty there on the back, but facing out. Which Was Your Favorite Old-Time Baseball Cards Publica 1987 Topps Baseball Cards 25 Most Valuable R 1978 Topps Baseball Cards The Ultimate Guide, 1987 those who had access to 1987 Fleer baseball cards, 1981 Topps Baseball Cards Complete Your Set U-Pick (#'s 401-600) Nm-Mint, Here Come the All-Stars! Yep, before The Kid ever took the Kingdome field, Mike Cramer and the Pacific Trading Card Company treated the hobby to the *drumroll* Ken Griffey Jr. And when they were all done, Topps darn near fell into the pond and drowned while looking at their own reflection in the neighborhood cardboard pond. Another oddball set from 1984, Topps Supers were exact replicas of the base card for each of the 30 players included in the set except huge. wanted and appreciated. 1987 Donruss Opening Day #271 Chicago White Sox|Chicago Cubs Checklist: $0.26: 1987 Donruss Opening Day #272 New York Yankees|New York Mets Checklist: $0.34: Search Inventory Selling History By Set By Player By Set By Player Social About All Sports Baseball Basketball Football Golf Hockey Non Sport Racing Soccer Gaming Wrestling Multi Sport . Cowabunga! This eBay lot lets you capture all that Super kitsch with three unopened boxes of 1984 Topps Supers, minus one pack. To learn more refer to our Because that year, if you bought specially marked containers of Mrs. Butterworths syrup, you also got three 1980 Topps baseball cards PLUS ALL TIME RECORDS all packed in a handy cellophane package. We were just coming off a year (1983) in which Topps issued one of their all-time classic sets and when Donruss, and especially Fleer, started to get their acts together after two years of misfires. update=copyright.getFullYear(); See original listing Condition: -- Ended: Jul 04, 2022 Price: US $18.95 Shipping: $12.95 Standard Shipping Located in: Carrollton, Texas, United States Seller: bravesman44 ( 3921 ) | Seller's other items Sell one like this Similar sponsored items And the baseball cards that commemorated the occasion pure and utter cardboard blasphemy. Sure, the cards inside are the same old cardboard youve always spruced up with your markers (youre the one! Why, thats not anywhere close to $14.40! Only the gum stick knows for sure. Measuring standard card size and packaged with gum for 25 cents, Star Stickers were like another whole parallel (125 cards) but one that you could stick on stuff. As soon as you pick it up, the contents inside slide shift, just a little, and you know whats inside a folded up rack pack of baseball cards! This eBay lot brings you two of those three-card packs, one with Dave LaRoche on top, one with Scott McGregor on top. I believe I bought about $10 worth.maybe 300 cards. The set consisted of 272 baseball cards and each card from the 1987 Donruss Opening Day baseball card set is listed below. Of course, you could only answer the big question by opening the packs is there a Bob Dernier pin lurking within? Youre not going to find any break-the-bank rookie cards or breathtaking beauty in this wax pack. Checklist | Think I got the Yaz/Bench card, but dont remember the others for sure. Who? Except I always got distracted by Donruss and Fleer and Topps Stickers and Action All-Stars and Fun Foods. Shop COMC's extensive selection of 1987 donruss opening day - box set [base] baseball cards. You know how, when you see a stack of 1982 Fleer baseball cards, they look all dingy and old? When Fleer finally won the right to produce baseball cards in 1980 after decades of struggle, they wanted to make sure collectors knew they were here to stay. Factory sets: 272 cards plus one 15-piece Roberto Clemente puzzle. So, not only did they issue a 1981 base set that was fairly OK plus showcased one of the greatest error cards of all time (C. Nettles), they also blessed us with their first Star Stickers set. Freddie Patek was the size of an average Dachsund but was an All-Star shortstop for the Kansas City Royals and somehow hit 41 homers in the Major Leagues. 1987 Donruss OPENING DAY Baseball Card YOU PICK - Finish Your Team Set! Also, note that these listings contain affiliate links, which means if you click over to eBay or Amazon and buy something, Ill receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. Hes upside down, too. Buy from many sellers and get your cards all in one shipment! You ever had a batch of dry, hard pancakes and thought to yourself, Self, these pancakes taste like cardboard!? 1987 DONRUSS BASEBALL CARD #22 HOF REGGIE JACKSON PSA 10 OPENING DAY ATHLET. Which card is the most valuable? Its amazing! eBay Auction Event: 2022 Cards for the Holidays. I'm not expecting someone to tell me that there's a sure fire way to tell which ones had the error.obviously. 1987 Donruss Opening Day #1 Doug DeCinces, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #3 George Hendrick, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #4 Dick Schofield, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #6 Butch Wynegar, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #8 Mark McLemore, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #9 Brian Downing, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #18 Billy Hatcher, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #19 Craig Reynolds, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #20 Carney Lansford, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #22 Reggie Jackson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #23 Mickey Tettleton, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #24 Jose Canseco, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #26 Tony Phillips, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #27 Dwayne Murphy, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #28 Alfredo Griffin, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #30 Willie Upshaw, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #31 Mike Sharperson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #32 Rance Mulliniks, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #34 Jesse Barfield, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #35 Tony Fernandez, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #36 Lloyd Moseby, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #38 Fred McGriff, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #43 Andres Thomas, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #45 Ozzie Virgil, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #46 Ken Oberkfell, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #47 Gary Roenicke, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #48 Glenn Hubbard, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #49 Bill Schroeder, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #51 Billy Jo Robidoux, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #52 Glenn Braggs, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #54 Paul Molitor, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #56 Teddy Higuera, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #59 Jim Lindeman, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #60 Vince Coleman, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #62 Terry Pendleton, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #66 Tito Landrum, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #69 Rick Sutcliffe, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #70 Andre Dawson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #71 Keith Moreland, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #73 Brian Dayett, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #75 Ryne Sandberg, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #76 Shawon Dunston, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #77 Mike Marshall, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #78 Bill Madlock, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #79 Orel Hershiser, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #82 Mike Scioscia, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #83 Franklin Stubbs, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #84 Mariano Duncan, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #86 Mitch Webster, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #87 Reid Nichols, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #89 Floyd Youmans, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #90 Andres Galarraga, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #91 Hubie Brooks, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #93 Alonzo Powell, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #101 Robby Thompson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #102 Candy Maldonado, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #103 Jeff Leonard, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #104 Tom Candiotti, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #105 Chris Bando, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #106 Cory Snyder, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #108 Andre Thornton, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #110 Tony Bernazard, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #111 Julio Franco, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #112 Brook Jacoby, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #113 Brett Butler, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #114 Donell Nixon, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #115 Alvin Davis, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #116 Mark Langston, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #117 Harold Reynolds, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #119 Mike Kingery, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #121 Rey Quinones, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #122 Phil Bradley, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #123 Jim Presley, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #124 Keith Hernandez, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #125 Kevin McReynolds, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #126 Rafael Santana, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #128 Darryl Strawberry, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #129 Mookie Wilson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #130 Gary Carter, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #132 Howard Johnson. Bonds Error Brand New $20.00 buddyss (4,461) 100% Buy It Now +$15.50 shipping Sponsored BO JACKSON RC 1987 Donruss Opening Day ROOKIE 205 PSA 9 MINT royals LOW POP WOW #205 [eBay] $43.99. The 1984 Fleer set has basically the same lineup as the Topps set from that year, except with fewer cards overall (less special subsets, mostly). And if you can resist any Champ Summers baseball card, youre a stronger man than I. If youre reading this, chances are pretty good you spent at least part of your childhood as I did ripping open (or carefully unflapping) wax packs of baseball cards. If you like your baseball cards dreamy, man, this is the issue for you! unopened 1982 Fleer cello packs. . Theyre those funky looking red and green cards, laid out horizontally and featuring a player headshot on one end with the rest of the front covered in scratch-off dots that allow you to play a game. - Inserts and Related Sets If you continue to use this site, we'll assume you're OK with that. Its a moot point for me, because how could I ever even dream of opening those beautiful, perfect boxes?? Lot: 1150 - 1987 Donruss Opening Day Baseball Factory Set 1987 Opening Day Lot: 1151 - Carded Hot Wheels 5 Column Display w 18 Cars 18 cars- cards are in good condition. Heck, you might get really lucky and pull a Craig Worthington noggin. 1987 Donruss Opening Day. Note: Baseball cards which featured a player who did not appear in a regular season game during the most recently completed season, do not link to their major league statistics. The most popular card in the set doesn't show the intended player. Look Ive already told you how I feel about Pete Rose in a Montreal Expos uniform. Report this item opens in a new window or tab. Its the stuff from which collections and lifetime cardboard connections are made! I know that we all know now that 1987 Donruss is not rare, but it's still awesome to me. These auctions are over, but the listings are still fun to peruse. 5th ALL TIME in Ks, 1987 Donruss Opening Day set Box Leaf Empty, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #196 Buddy Bell Cincinnati Reds PSA 10 Gem Mint 9288156, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #136 Eddie Murray Orioles PSA 10 Gem Mint 15113875, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #232 Carlton Fisk White Sox PSA 10 Gem Mint 15113893, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #5 Devon White RC Angels PSA 10 Gem Mint 17627464, 1987 Donruss Opening Day baseball card factory set Barry Bonds Sealed, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #175 Pete Incaviglia Rangers PSA 10 Gem Mint 17627482, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Team Set, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #78 Bill Madlock LA Dodgers PSA 10 Gem Mint 21067891, RUBEN SIERRA Autographed Signed 1987 Donruss Opening Day card #172 Texas Rangers, 1987 Donruss #191 BARRY LARKIN Rookie OPENING DAY RC Cincinnati Reds HOF, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #136 Eddie Murray Orioles PSA 10 Gem Mint 21125618, Four 1987 Donruss Opening Day Rickey Henderson #248 #HOF, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #42 Ken Griffey Atlanta Braves PSA 10 Gem Mint 21067881. You know, with its Tony Dorsett rookie card and its lineup of Hall of Famers like Walter Payton, John Riggins, Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, and all the rest. 1987 Donruss. What we do have here, though, are 36 paper pouches, each containing three baseball buttons, and theyre spectacular! Its all fiction. Grading Original . Now, of course, Upper Deck solved this conundrum in 1989 by encasing their cards in MRE Wrap, but did you know that Donruss actually beat them to it? Send us an email with requests, or volunteer you time helping us make Its probably seen a hard life, or its just aged, like I have. Notes Distributed as a factory set (#1-272) Set Links - Overview - Checklist - Teams - Errors / Variations - Hall of Famers - Rookies - Inserts and Related Sets - Comments - Packaging - Pricing - Sell Sheets / Ads In the summer of 1984, Don Mattingly came out of nowhere to win the American League batting title, snatching it away from New York Yankees teammate Dave Winfield. Unless, of course, you have the willpower to keep it intact. Which card is your least - Hall of Famers Just a few keystrokes, and were there. Total Cards: 660. 1987 Donruss Opening Day Baseball - Trading Card Database Baseball Sets 1987 Overview 1987 Donruss Opening Day Total Cards: 272 Rating: 6.4 (29 votes) Click here to Rate Notes: Distributed as a factory set (#1-272) Tweet - Collection Summary, Overview | We still hadnt come to grips with the idea that baseball cards didnt always go up in value or that there actually could be too many baseball cards too many sets, too many cards/sets/boxes in a print run, too many choices, too many everything. The headline for this 1979 Topps baseball rack pack says, GO 4 OZZIE SMITH RC.. 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So they took 30 of their favorite 1984 cards, blew them up to 5 x 7, plopped them into plastic wax packs and called them super. Somehow, my little corner of the world was blessed with a goodly supply of 1987 Donruss, and my keen 15-year-old wax-sniffing nose sussed them out at every turn. All of which is to say that this eBay lot will take you back to those rollicking wax-ripping days of your childhood, thusly broadly defined. Plus, this card is 33 years old now and automatically better than new stuff just because its old and Im old. - Errors / Variations The 1980 Burger King cards in this lot (affiliate link) shouldnt cause quite as much confusion, though. Looking back at their careers, its pretty easy to say that Schmidt will give you more peak value and more long-term value than Mex. - Checklist Its the new scene, cat. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. And and, you can see Jim Rice and Dale Murphy right there on top of two of the top packs, ready to flash some slugging 1980s lumber. Check out the full eBay listing (affiliate link). Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. Nothing compelling enough to pull you away from your Godzilla action figure, though, so you toss the cards in the pile of Christmas Crap (TM). - Rookies And these packs wont even send you to the dentist. 2022-05-30. 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #163.1 Barry Bonds (Barry Bonds Pictured) [BGS 8.5 NMMT+] $53.14. The 1987 Donruss Opening Day set is comprised of 273 cards measuring 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" each. Its hard to be happy with 15.15 repeating of a bunch of things when you have to have one of everything. Fast forward 40+ years, and someone has uncovered your forgotten treasure and thrown it up on eBay for sale. Barry Bonds RC Error Card Hunt! And, can you believe the opening bid is only $10 a box. Ungraded & graded values for all '87 Donruss Opening Day Baseball Cards. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Were deep into the NFL preseason schedule, the first Indiana high school football games went down Friday, and the gridiron is starting to tug at the heartstrings once again. And in case youve forgotten or dont want to read my original post on the subject, let me clarify: its an unholy sight to which no Cincinnati Reds fan hell, no Philadelphia Phillies fan should have ever been subjected. Collecting baseball cards in 1984 was a pretty heady experience. The photo is colorful and sharp, and the Montreal colors look good inside the love-it-or-hate-it black border. A 2 1/2" X 3 1/3" 15-piece puzzle of Roberto Clemente is also included with every complete set. CaliforniaSportsCards.com has a lineup of baseball products that has no weaknesses. Topps capitalized on that popularity the next year by issuing a whopping nine Rose cards in their base set the normal Rose at #1, a Record Breaker at #206, a manager/Cincinnati Reds team card at #741, and six retrospective cards (#2-7) that showed miniature versions of Petes previous 24 base Topps cards. - Author John Bloom in A House of Cards (1997), 1987 Donruss Opening Day (#148 Benito Santiago), 1987 Donruss Opening Day| Bold = HOF | Research by Baseball Almanac. Share your knowledge of Its gorgeous! Comments | Blow it up to the size of a skyscraper and shine a light on it for all the world to see? But 1987 Fleer baseball was about as plentiful as summer days in Pittsburgh without a Barry Bonds scowl. - Gallery 2023 Check Out My LLC, All Rights ReservedPrivacy Policy Get exclusive, FREE weekly baseball card ramblings, straight to your inbox! There in the first panel is Don Money. But there is a second tier of cards that helped drive the hobby to new heights, even if in a more supporting role. The final 24 cards are of team checklists. As a kid collector from the 1980s, this type of post does strike a chord with me! For more recent exchange rates, please use the. Pricing | And this eBay lot lets you relive all that with an unopened box of 100 packs of 1981 Topps stickers. Too one-dimensional and completely over the hill. And thats why this eBay lot is so jaw-dropping. Hobby only. Now THIS box is almost certain to contain either the Darryl Strawberry rookie or the Don Mattingly rookie, or both (though you can never be sure thanks to funky 1980s card collation). - Packaging . We'll respect your privacy and you can unsubscribe at any time.. 1987 Topps Glossy Send-Ins Gary Gaetti Cause or Effect? As the decades have passed, the value of our baseball cards have ebbed and flowed, but something else has happened something amazing. And so does the Will Clark rookie card, one of the iconic images of the decade. "Collectors often decried how money had . The 1984 Topps Don Mattingly rookie card fits that bill perfectly it wasnt the main attraction when Donnie Baseball was making his name during that fabled summer of 1984, but it became a hobby favorite in a flash and has maintained that status for nearly 35 years. Because, even though Fleer managed to finally break the Topps monopoly and pulled Donruss into the market with them, the onslaught of new cards did little to excite the senses or capture the poetry of the game. Back in 1986, though, clouds had much more limited applicability . That has to be good right? I mean, who knows how close we came to never having the chance to pull the San Diego Chicken card that might lie inside? And if thats true, Ill bet dollars to Dave Dravecky cards your collecting career overlapped with the period of 1976-1993, at least to some extent. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Like someone fought them with his Sharpie light saber or tried to force them into being Topps or Donruss cards through creative will. And, as luck would have it, Mattingly had a rookie card in that Donruss issue. But, hey, at least these beauties still deliver 36 cards per pack, which means youd score a cool 432 Topps cards for you $175. It didnt even matter that the cards werent all that great. Especially especially when the PSA Population Report shows ups that fewer than 50 of any particular card from said test issue has ever been submitted for grading? Read our methodology . We expected more and better in 1984, and, for the most part, the major manufacturers delivered. Money, however, made the hobby not only profitable but also more serious, more instrumental, and therefore more manly. They were amazing at the time (and now, too, imo). 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