1988 Donruss Set Building

ROCKDJRW · February 26, 2006 11:38PM

I have been following this post and I admire your quest for the graded 88 Donruss set! Great results!

Pittfan · February 27, 2006 3:35AM

Crack the BGS 9 and send it to PSA!!!

jradke4 · February 27, 2006 5:45AM

I would send the BGS to PSA as well. Should have a great shot at a 10. One nice thing about BGS at least they tell you were your card have fallen short of perfection. Still prefer PSA though.

JMS318 · March 4, 2006 12:50AM

Ok here are the 10's from my last submission.

The Ryan was such a nice card I had to send it in with my Donruss's. Also If anyone is looking for this Ryan It's for sale PM with offers or email me at jms318@hotmail.com

Thanks
Joe

Now the eye candy.

packCollector · March 4, 2006 1:22AM

if anyone wants a few thousand cards let me know . I need to get them from the attic but I am sure I have 3-5 thousand .

JMS318 · March 4, 2006 3:03AM

PackCollector what kind of cards??? I would be very intrested. PM

Joe

packCollector · March 4, 2006 12:34PM

88 donruss , like most fools , I was 15 and opened cases of these things at the time

donnnster · March 9, 2006 1:38AM

FYI, bbcexchange got in a cello case of this 88 donruss stuff.

http://www.bbcexchange.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2887&osCsid=ad9ddb1caab738671efd7760ee05d57d

72 bucks+shipping for 12 cello boxes seems like a pretty good deal(although shipping might bring up the price quite a bit).

JMS318 · March 22, 2006 11:34AM

Hello All,

Just sending off a couple small submissions until another $5 special is available. :-) I'll post the results when I get them.

These latest cards all came from a blister rack pack. Hope they turn out well.
Saving the entire fine looking factory set case cards I busted for later. They just look a little smaller just a little but much cleaner.

How’s the success rate of factory set cards in donruss???

Also if anyone has some 9's or 10's in this set and is looking to sell just PM me.

Thanks,
Joe

JMS318 · April 1, 2006 11:58AM

Found this beautiful McGwire PSA 10 card to upgrade my set. Bid Strong all the way up to $50 and still lost.
Ebay

Oh well nobody said it would be easy building a complete set.

Joe

Bighurt4 · April 1, 2006 12:24PM

Nice card, those 88's are tough. I am waiting on a few to come back on one of my remaining submissions.

Brent

tkd7 · April 3, 2006 1:09PM

<< Hello All,

Just sending off a couple small submissions until another $5 special is available. :-) I'll post the results when I get them.

These latest cards all came from a blister rack pack. Hope they turn out well.
Saving the entire fine looking factory set case cards I busted for later. They just look a little smaller just a little but much cleaner.

How’s the success rate of factory set cards in donruss???

Thanks,
Joe >>

I'm curious to know the success rate of factory sets as well. Just purchased one for about $9 that still had the cards in the cello wrap.

tkd7 · April 3, 2006 1:19PM

<< Found this beautiful McGwire PSA 10 card to upgrade my set. Bid Strong all the way up to $50 and still lost.
Ebay

Oh well nobody said it would be easy building a complete set.

Joe >>

Here is another one

McGwire

tkd7 · April 3, 2006 1:20PM

JMS318 · April 5, 2006 8:46AM

tkd7,

Thanks i just bought that Mcgwire after the seller posted the right picture and gave me the correct cert #.

I happy to add such a nice card to me set. Good luck on your set you bought.

Again, How’s the success rate of factory set cards in donruss??? I bought a couple cases and would like to know.

Joe

zef204 · April 8, 2006 3:49PM

This might be of interest...

gregmo32 · April 8, 2006 4:33PM

I recently broke down a huge group of 1988 Leaf boxes and these cards are very tough in gem mint. I sent in a few dozen of the best HOF cards and sent to PSA. Only got a couple 10's and twenty or thirty 9's. The big stars are listed on Ebay with starting bid of .99 and no reserve. Will probably lose a bunch of money on these if people don't realize how hard it is to get these babies graded...
gregmo32 is my Ebay user ID...

Boopotts · April 8, 2006 5:59PM

<< I recently broke down a huge group of 1988 Leaf boxes and these cards are very tough in gem mint. I sent in a few dozen of the best HOF cards and sent to PSA. Only got a couple 10's and twenty or thirty 9's. The big stars are listed on Ebay with starting bid of .99 and no reserve. Will probably lose a bunch of money on these if people don't realize how hard it is to get these babies graded...
gregmo32 is my Ebay user ID... >>

This is one of the most compelling reasons I can think of to open an Ebay store. Just drop 'em in there at 6 bucks each; eventually they'll disappear, and you don't have to worry about sellng them for a buck each.

Pittfan · May 21, 2006 4:14AM

Joe, haven't seen any activity on the 88 set, is the goal still alive. If so I have 2 nice 10's on ebay right now. Madlock and Larkin.

ColleSystem · May 21, 2006 1:29PM

Carefull with the factory sets. More than likely they will suffer from "Cello Rounded Corners". Cards that show absolutely no white, may very well come back as 7s because of this phenomena.

JMS318 · May 21, 2006 1:34PM

Ken
I'm watching the Madlock and I've bid on the Larkin. LOL I think I sent you an email offer on the Madlock though ebay. LOL

I have close to a master set to send in. Hope I can get the funds before June 30.

Thanks,
Joe

ColleSystem · May 21, 2006 3:08PM

Wouldn't it cost a few grand to grade a 88 donruss master set?

BarkusD · July 9, 2006 12:29PM

I just listed about 50 really nice high grade 88 Donruss cards on ebay (lots of stars and 1 of 1 PSA 10s). These are a few of them:

You can view my auctions from the link in my profile.

80sJunkie · July 9, 2006 12:41PM

Hey barkus what would you sell the three mvp 10's for maybe we can make a deal and save you some ebay fees.

BarkusD · July 9, 2006 1:20PM

I'm not looking to sell the three MVP 10s offline. They are all pop 1s and with the colored borders are not easy to find.

ldferg · July 9, 2006 1:39PM

barkus,
did these come from your factory sets or other?

BarkusD · July 9, 2006 8:41PM

They did not come from the factory sets. I broke one brick from one of the factory sets and got scared when I saw the corners. I haven't touched any of the other bricks or sets. From what I saw, you would be lucky to find a PSA 8 in that brick. These came from a combination of unopened products I bought from a local store. It took a lot of packs to find the 50 cards I had graded. There are big centering issues and the colored borders are almost all chipped in some way. It would be a tough challenge to finish this set in PSA 9/10.

mikeschmidt · July 9, 2006 10:10PM

<< There are big centering issues and the colored borders are almost all chipped in some way. It would be a tough challenge to finish this set in PSA 9/10. >>

Yes and no. Very, very tough set to find in PSA 9/10 grade. That said - probably one of the most overproduced sets of all time. If you have tons of patience and time, it is likely doable. I remember a few years ago on Ebay [perhaps in 2003?] when someone was selling a truckload of 1988 Donruss Wax cases. Something like 45 wax cases.

Amazing-

The MVP subset is extraordinarily difficult in 10. Took me forever to find Schmidt in 9, and I was lucky enough to even find a 10. But was a long time in searching to get there.

onlyanumber · July 9, 2006 10:51PM

I'll never forget an encounter I had back in 2000. I sold off the remainder of my hockey and basketball SLU's. The buyer was from Toronto. He decided (to save money) to drive down and pick up the SLU's as he was picking up a huge lot 20 miles away from me. I had no problem because there was something like fourteen cases of figures I liquidated. Anyway, the guy shows up in a box truck. He inspects the figures, hands me cash and asks me to help load the boxes on his truck. He opened up the back and my jaw nearly hit the ground. Cases upon cases of Donruss, Fleer and Topps from '84-91. There was easily 20 cases each of '88 Donruss, '87 Topps, '89 Fleer...He told me he bought them for the equivalency of 3 cents on the dollar of 'book value' at the time, thanks to a bankruptcy liquidation auction.

mikeschmidt · July 9, 2006 11:52PM

<< There was easily 20 cases each of '88 Donruss, '87 Topps, '89 Fleer...He told me he bought them for the equivalency of 3 cents on the dollar of 'book value' at the time, thanks to a bankruptcy liquidation auction. >>

Once you add in the freight costs - I wonder if he made his money back...?

SlangNRox · July 15, 2006 4:03PM

Cracking a box of 88 Donruss now. The centering is really touch on these cards. Practically all of them are going straight into the recycle bin. I think my whole box is diamond cut

tennesseebanker · April 9, 2007 11:33PM

Hi guys, As a fellow Donruss collector I have enjoyed reading this thread. I am attempting an 86 Donruss and every now and then will add to the 83 Donruss set I have. I just bought an 88 Donruss rack case from Steve at BBC Exchange and should have it before week's end.
I was planning on submitting any star cards i think would grade 9 or better. IF any of you guys building the 88 set want what I have left you can have them for shipping cost. Good luck on the 88 set,
Barry

tennesseebanker · April 9, 2007 11:40PM

I also would like to inquire about some of the results you guys are getting from factory sets.
I just sent in a submission with some factory set 86 Donruss, The results were all over the board, two even came back as evid. of trimming.
I did get several 9's and 10's from the sub, but I couldnt for the life of me see the difference between what Psa deemed an 8,9 or 10.
All the cards had near perfect centering and although some of the corners had the factory set rounding I couldnt see much difference between the rounding on the 10's from the rounded corners on the 8's.
If any of you guys have any suggestions on what Psa looks for on the factory set corners it would be a big help.
Thanks,Barry

perkdog · April 10, 2007 7:17AM

Jms318, is this project still going?

digicat · April 30, 2007 4:12AM

If anyone cares, I've got some PSA 9 and 10 1988 Donruss MVPs listed on Ebay right now, including a PSA 10 McGwire MVP (1 of 4) and a PSA 10 Boggs MVP (1 of 1). Take a look!

Ebay auctions

Wabittwax · May 1, 2007 1:08AM

While we're on the subject of 1988 Donruss, I just bought this case. It a 1988 Donruss All Stars & Pop Ups case. Wow, are these tough. I've opened 2 boxes of the 20 so far and I have exactly 1 card that has a shot at a PSA 10. 1 card in 2 boxes! It's a Gary Carter. I have 1 Pop Up that looks like a 9, it's a Ryne Sandberg. From looking at the Pop Ups, I don't think a 10 is coming from these, they are ridiculously tough. We'll see what happens with the other 18 boxes when I get time to open them.

mikeschmidt · May 1, 2007 1:39AM

Steve-

You're not kidding on it being a really tough issue. It took me a long time to find the All-Stars Schmidt in PSA 10 (I think there are now two), and there are exactly five Schmidt Pop-Ups graded PSA 9 MINT, and I think four of them came through personal submissions. The Pop-Ups often have some fraying along the Pop-Up portion of the player -- right out of the pack, and sometimes there are some bends/creases that are in the card from where the Pop-Up die-cut was put in.

Good luck on that -- A very, very condition-sensitive issue.

perkdog · January 11, 2017 5:37PM

I always wondered if the OP continued with this

dennis07 · January 12, 2017 1:51PM

I haven't touched a '88 Donruss card in 28 years and I'm still sick of them to this day.

dcaudle86 · January 16, 2017 8:07AM

I had 2 cello packs with Jeffries showing on top. I was the envy of the town in my little card shop at the time Jeffries was "technically" a short print in the set but "short printed 1988 Donruss" is a classic oxymoron!

1988 Donruss Set Building

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