Showing posts with label 1989 Donruss Baseball's Best. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1989 Donruss Baseball's Best. Show all posts

Monday, March 9, 2015

1989 Donruss Baseball's Best - Blue Test Proof


Review: Incomplete  This (allegedly) is a "blue test proof" from the 1989 Donruss Baseball's Best set.  It's printed on extremely thin paper.  I assume there was a whole sheet of these and someone took the time to cut them all out and list them on ebay.  But it's cut so well, that I wouldn't be shocked if Donruss actually did the cutting.  Of course the third option, given the low quality of the printer and paper, is that I've been dupped and some dude just printed these out in his basement and is calling them "test proofs."

In researching the 1984 Topps "encased" variants, I've discovered that there are a good number of people who get very worked up over the distinction between a "test" card and a "proof" card.  So I don't know what to make of this this "Test Proof."  I will say this, if your on the fence about buying one for your team or player collection, don't over pay.  I cannot begin to describe how under whelming this thing is in person.  For reference, I paid 99¢ plus shipping, and wouldn't do it again.  I'm just glad I never bit on it for the two plus years it kept being listed on ebay at $9.99.

Number of this "card" in my collection: 1


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

1989 Donruss Baseball's Best#34




















Card Review: 8.7  This is another set I know nothing about, the number of cards in the set, how it was distributed, ect.  I dind't even know it existed until years after it was issued.  The front design is identical to the '89 Donruss base set, but the back is unique.  While I prefer the stats on this one to the base set, this something mildly disconcerting about a Donruss card without the standard Donruss style of card back.  The green also bugs me.  Perhaps its just a result of shuffling through thousands of '89 Donruss and having the orange ingrained into my brain as the proper color for the back of this card, but I really think the lime green clashes with the greens and yellows on the front (not that orange works much better).

Number of this card in my collection: 3
2013 update: 4
2014 update: 12
2015 update: 15
2016 update: 17
2017 update: 19
2018 update: n/a
2019 update: 23
2020 update: 26
2021 update: 29
2022 update: 33
2023 update: 34
2024 update: n/a
2025 update: n/a
2026 update: 39