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Originally Posted by butchie_t
I was 'lucky' enough to buy an early case of 1990 Donruss Baseball Wax. (I still have unopened variation boxes too). And by early I mean lots of boo-boo's.
Between that and the factory set, and searching eBay, I came close to what I think is a master set for me. Mind you, the dot thing is not on my radar. That has just gone way beyond any comprehension for me.
Would you consider adding your list of variations and posting it here? I'd like to see how close or far away I am. I did not go into the pattern variations, Just stuck to what I was able to find in searches for the 90 Donruss variations.
I ended up busting 6 boxes to make a set and then just recently got rid of all my dupes to clear weight for a move. So at least I contributed to reducing the OVER abundance of cards by maybe less than .00000000000001%
Your cards just got magically more valuable by probably even less than that. : - )
I have considered busting some more but just have not taken that plunge yet.
Regards,
Butch
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Hi Butch,
You'll almost certainly still need numerous cards because for every fire they put out they created two more. So any single case, no matter how early, is going to be missing some key E&Vs.
I know someone keeps telling people that the Baines All-Star with Line Through is only in the earliest cases. That's not true. I've opened numerous cases from numerous early dates and there were zero Baines Line Through. That card only shows up for one day in distribution and it's not the first days.
Here is my current list of E&Vs for '90 Donruss. Each example confirmed with at least a second find from another case which came from another source, so they're all recurring.
While I continue to leave it on the list, I'm dubious about the Bo Jackson DK. If anyone has a picture of one I'd love to see it.
CARD # NAME VARIATION
1 Bo Jackson - Diamond King Redone "i" in Diamond Kings
3 Ruben Sierra - Diamond Kings No Line in Top Back Border
10 Brian Downing - Diamond Kings Reverse Negative on Front
11 Kevin Mitchell - Diamond Kings Space filled in with black bump
11 Kevin Mitchell - Diamond Kings White space in bottom right front border
15 Ozzie Guillen - Diamond Kings No Red Dot by Foot on Front
15 Ozzie Guillen - Diamond Kings Red Dot by Foot on Front
18 Howard Johnson - Diamond Kings Bottom of 18 missing on back
18 Howard Johnson - Diamond Kings Errant dashed line by upper left border on front, full 18 on back
18 Howard Johnson - Diamond Kings Errant dashed line on front & Bottom of 18 missing on back
18 Howard Johnson - Diamond Kings Normal
20 Chris Bosio - Diamond Kings Errant dashed line by upper left border on front
20 Chris Bosio - Diamond Kings Normal
24 Pete O'Brien - Diamond Kings Fuzzy red line in DK banner
24 Pete O'Brien - Diamond Kings Normal
24 Pete O'Brien - Diamond Kings Thin red line in DK banner
24 Pete O'Brien - Diamond Kings White line in DK banner
33 Juan Gonzalez - Rated Rookie Reverse Negative w/ Blue Scratch Right of Hands
33 Juan Gonzalez - Rated Rookie Correct w/ Blue Scratch and Dragon Splotch Near Calf
67 Walt Weiss Break in stats border on back
67 Walt Weiss Normal
67 Walt Weiss Shimmer in right black line on back
71 Barry Larkin Broken Pepper Left of Eyes
71 Barry Larkin Red pepper left of eyes
71 Barry Larkin Skinny Pepper Left of Eyes
100 Checklist 28-125
100 Checklist 28-129
111 Roberto Alomar No Dot
111 Roberto Alomar White dot right of helmet
113 Kelly Gruber DOB February 22
113 Kelly Gruber DOB February 26
125 Jose Canseco Vertical Line Below OF on Front - Yellow
130 Hubie Brooks Circle on Thigh, Scratch Airbrushed Out
130 Hubie Brooks Circle on Thigh, Scratch by Left Foot
158 Greg Maddux Dot on line below 'M' on front
158 Greg Maddux No Dot
159 Andy Hawkins Airbrushed check mark
159 Andy Hawkins Check mark in upper left part of picture
168 Dale Murphy Half line through D
170 Kirk McCaskill DOB April 19
170 Kirk McCaskill DOB April 9
173 B.J. Surhoff Red Splotch Above Helmet
173 B.J. Surhoff Red Splotch Removed
186 Rob Murphy Line through 'b' on front
186 Rob Murphy No Line
194 Darren Daulton Clean Negative
194 Darren Daulton Residual Paint on Negative Above Head
195 Alfredo Griffin Scratches Airbrushed Out
195 Alfredo Griffin Small Black Scratches Right of Bat
198 Paul O'Neill Paw Scratch Airbrushed Out
198 Paul O'Neill Red Paw Scratch Right of Helmet
198 Paul O'Neill Black Paw Scratch Right of Helmet
200 Checklist 126-233
200 Checklist 130-231
206 George Bell Closed loop 'G'
206 George Bell Open loop 'G'
214 Mike Moore No Dot
214 Mike Moore Yellow dot under Donruss on front
217 Scott Garrelts DOB October 20
217 Scott Garrelts DOB October 30
233 Eric Davis E' & 'r' joined
233 Eric Davis Normal
270 Gregg Jefferies Open loop 'G' & 'J'
287 Joe Orsulak Black mark left of belt (corrected?)
300 Checklist 224-321
300 Checklist 232-333
307 Duane Ward Full border
307 Duane Ward Line break on front bottom border
321 Jeff Hamilton Break in top line above team name
321 Jeff Hamilton Full Line
335 Jose Uribe Black dot left of bat
335 Jose Uribe Dots airbrushed out
335 Jose Uribe White dot left of bat
343 Kevin Brown "Signeed" in first line of bio (UER?)
347 Bip Roberts Line breaks B
365 Ken Griffey Jr Blank accent mark through card nuber and line
365 Ken Griffey Jr Break in front bottom border by left elbow
365 Ken Griffey Jr Full line
365 Ken Griffey Jr Green Eye (Factory Set only?)
368 Kirk Gibson DOB May 25
368 Kirk Gibson DOB May 28
378 Jamie Moyer No Dot
378 Jamie Moyer Yellow dot above 'I' on front
400 Checklist 322-419
400 Checklist 334-435
405 Sergio Valdez Line through S on front
405 Sergio Valdez Normal
406 Mark Williamson Black scratch below Orioles on front (corrected?)
408 Jeff Innis Upper right scratch more white
408 Jeff Innis Upper right scratch mostly red
414 Trevor Wilson Red dot above glove
414 Trevor Wilson Red dot airbrushed out
424 Ken Caminiti Yellow dot right of name on front
425 David Wells Gap between leaf and border
425 David Wells Maple Leaf touches border
436 Gene Larkin Black Quotation Marks Right of Helmet
436 Gene Larkin Marks Airbrushed Out
471 Mackey Sasser Blue apostrophe left of eyes
471 Mackey Sasser Blue banana & Blue apostrophe
471 Mackey Sasser Blue banana above hip
498 Mike Macfarlane No Dot
498 Mike Macfarlane Pink dot on hat
500 Checklist 420-517
500 Checklist 436-537
523 Andy Nezelek DOB 1965
523 Andy Nezelek DOB 1985
523 Andy Nezelek DOB 1985 with Dot Below 'A' on Front
542 Mark Portugal Bottom front line break left of 'M'
542 Mark Portugal Full line
562 Rick Luecken No Red Dot on Cap
562 Rick Luecken Red dot on cap
573 Lance Johnson Full Name
573 Lance Johnson Part of 'L' missing in name on front
583 Kevin Hickey Black line through 'K'
583 Kevin Hickey Normal Name
585 Jeff Pico Break in bottom line on front
585 Jeff Pico Full Line
595 Luis Quinones Black dot left of 'L' on front
595 Luis Quinones No Dot
600 Checklist 518-617
600 Checklist 538-639
602 Terry Kennedy No Paint
602 Terry Kennedy Painted Teammates in Dugout
619 Shawn Hillegas Break in bottom line and on top border on front
619 Shawn Hillegas Break in bottom line on front
619 Shawn Hillegas Full line
624 Mark Lemke Black Feather Above Shoulder
624 Mark Lemke Feather Airbrushed Out
637 Terry Steinbach All-Star Blue Scratch with AS Game Performance on back
637 Terry Steinbach All-Star Blue Scratch with Recent ML Performance on back
637 Terry Steinbach All-Star Half Scratch with AS Game Performance on back
637 Terry Steinbach All-Star Half Scratch with Recent ML Performance on back
637 Terry Steinbach All-Star White Scratch with AS Game Performance on back
637 Terry Steinbach All-Star White Scratch with Recent ML Performance on back
639 Jack Morris Black line through 'J' on front
639 Jack Morris Corrected
650 Bo Jackson All-Star Circled 'T' Airbrushed Out w/ All-Star Performance on back
650 Bo Jackson All-Star Circled 'T' Airbrushed Out w/ Recent ML Performance on back
650 Bo Jackson All-Star Circled 'T' by Left Knee w/ All-Star Performance on back
650 Bo Jackson All-Star Circled 'T' by Left Knee w/ Recent ML Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star Blue Scratch with AS Game Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star Blue Scratch with Recent ML Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star No Scratch with AS Game Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star No Scratch with Recent ML Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star Red & Blue Scratch with Blue on Top - AS Game Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star Red & Blue Scratch with Blue on Top - Recent ML Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star Red & Blue Scratch with Red on Top - AS Game Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star Red & Blue Scratch with Red on Top - Recent ML Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star Red Scratch with AS Game Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star Red Scratch with Recent ML Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star White Scratch with All-Star Performance on back
654 Howard Johnson All-Star White Scratch with Recent ML Performance on back
660 Harold Baines Line behind star - All-Star Performance on back
660 Harold Baines Line behind star - Major League Performance on back
660 Harold Baines Line in front of star - All-Star Performance on back
660 Harold Baines Line in front of star - Major League Performance on back
662 Clint Zavaras Black line airbrushed out
662 Clint Zavaras Black line on nostril
663 Rick Reuschel All-Star Black streak in front left border with All-Star Game Performance on back
663 Rick Reuschel All-Star Black streak in front left border with Recent ML Game Performance on back
663 Rick Reuschel All-Star No Black Streak in Border, All-Star Game Performance on back
663 Rick Reuschel All-Star No Black Streak in Border, Recent ML Performance on back
683 Kirby Puckett All-Star Mostly Brown Dust by His Right Calf in Photo with All-Star Performance on back
683 Kirby Puckett All-Star Mostly Brown Dust by His Right Calf in Photo with Recent ML Perform on back
683 Kirby Puckett All-Star Mostly Teal Dust by His Right Calf in Photo with All-Star Performance on back
683 Kirby Puckett All-Star Mostly Teal Dust by His Right Calf in Photo with Recent ML Performance on back
696 Scott Lusader Break in top front border
699 George Canale Line through right loop on front 'G'
700 Checklist 618-716
700 Checklist 640-BC26 no 716
700 Checklist 640-BC26 with 716
703 Dave Stewart All-Star No Scratch - All-Star Performance on Back
703 Dave Stewart All-Star No Scratch - Recent ML Performance on Back
703 Dave Stewart All-Star Chameleon Scratch Right of Elbow - All-Star Performance on Back
703 Dave Stewart All-Star Chameleon Scratch Right of Elbow - Recent ML Performance on Back
708 Benito Santiago All-Star Faded Green Vertical Stripe in Next to Right Foot on Front, AS Perform on back
708 Benito Santiago All-Star Faded Green Vertical Stripe Next to Right Foot, Recent ML Performance on back
708 Benito Santiago All-Star Green Vertical Stripe in Dirt Next to Right Foot on Front, AS Perform on back
708 Benito Santiago All-Star Green Vertical Stripe Next to Right Foot, Recent ML Performance on back
708 Benito Santiago All-Star No Green Stripe, AS Performance on back
708 Benito Santiago All-Star No Green Stripe, Recent ML Performance on back
710 Ozzie Smith All-Star Black Vertical Scratch in Dirt with AS Game Performance on back
710 Ozzie Smith All-Star Black Vertical Scratch in Dirt with Recent ML Performance on back
710 Ozzie Smith All-Star Green Vertical Scratch in Dirt with AS Game Performance on back
710 Ozzie Smith All-Star Green Vertical Scratch in Dirt with Recent ML Performance on back
715 Kevin Mitchell All-Star No Blue Triangles, All-Star Performance on back
715 Kevin Mitchell All-Star No Blue Triangles, Recent ML Performance on back
715 Kevin Mitchell All-Star One Blue Triangle on Stomach, All-Star Performance on back
715 Kevin Mitchell All-Star One Blue Triangle on Stomach, Recent ML Performance on back
715 Kevin Mitchell All-Star Two Blue Triangles on Stomach, All-Star Performance on back
715 Kevin Mitchell All-Star Two Blue Triangles on Stomach, Recent ML Performance on back
716 A. Bartlett Giamati Cropped larger
716 A. Bartlett Giamati Cropped smaller
716 A. Bartlett Giamati No black lines on back
BC-12 John Smoltz - MVP Photo of Tom Glavine
BC-2 Howard Johnson - MVP Clean Jersey
BC-2 Howard Johnson - MVP Fuzzy Blue Triangle on Jersey Neck
All-Star Performance
Recent Major League Performance
MVP subset with Dot after INC
MVP subset with NO Dot after INC
659 - 659 back
659 - 665 back
659 - 659 back with 665 number
665 Copper Banner on Front - 665 back
665 Tan Banner on Front - 665 back
665 Tan Banner on Front - 659 back
***** All errors/variations occurring on All-Star cards are assumed to be available in
***** both All-Star Performance and Recent ML Performance backs. This may not be
***** the case though.
All-Star Cards ----- Harold Baines, Julio Franco, Wade Boggs, Bo Jackson, and Kirby Puckett are all
missing the "TM" trademark symbol next to the American League emblem on
the front of their cards. No examples with the "TM" present are known.
Diamond Kings ----- Some DKs have been reportedly found with No Period after INC on back.
These should be considered difficult, if not rare, and not all DKs are known to
exist with No Period INC. A stark contrast to the availability of Period/No Period
INC base cards.