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What do you do with your donruss puzzle pieces?

mmyncmmync Posts: 678 ✭
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I am sure you all have come across 1 or 2 donruss puzzle pieces at some time or another, just curious what you guys do with them.
Are any of these worth anything at all? I have a bunch of mint 1981 Donruss puzzle sets and I am trying to figure out what I should do with them.

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  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    ive seen em slabbed and graded before which is prob a pretty good idea-all mine went in the garbage years ago
  • SoonerCowboySoonerCowboy Posts: 1,179
    I've seen them put together to complete the puzzle, then framed.
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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    wouldn't mind having the Yaz puzzle framed

  • ukonsean27ukonsean27 Posts: 39
    mine went in the garbage =(
  • vintagetoppsguyvintagetoppsguy Posts: 871
    I use them to fill in the extra space of my complete sets. Say I have a 660 count box with a set from any given year, but the cards do not take up the whole box. I use those puzzle pieces to fill in the extra space so the cards don't slide around.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I have seen them graded too.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    I have several graded.

    Here is the one I like the best...

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    Clear Skies,
    Mark
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    Graders have got to chuckle when that comes across their desk. Atleast it is not the first time Ted's head was in a sealed plastic container. Do you store that card in the freezer?
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭
    No grown man over the age of 20 should be asking serious questions about what they should do with Donruss puzzle pieces. If you're under the age of 20, then I apologize.
  • Cokin75Cokin75 Posts: 243 ✭✭
    Don't think Donruss made puzzles until '82. In 81 they had gum in their packs. The gum was better than Topps but not as good as Fleer. That powdery Fleer gum was the BOMB.
  • downtowndowntown Posts: 671 ✭✭✭
    I put the puzzles together and framed them...also the Yaz, Aaron and Spahn are signed!
    I collect Seattle Pilots autographs, 1969 Topps autographs, Signed Mickey Mantle Home Run History cards and have a JC Martin collection (he was my college Baseball coach)
    Doug
  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
    OK now I want some puzzles - like 500 piece Mantle puzzle in 2008 Topps
  • mmyncmmync Posts: 678 ✭


    << <i>Don't think Donruss made puzzles until '82. In 81 they had gum in their packs. The gum was better than Topps but not as good as Fleer. That powdery Fleer gum was the BOMB. >>



    Cokin75, what you said is actually what made me start thinking about puzzle pieces and ask that question. Either I need better reference books or the puzzle pieces that say "1981 Donruss" are from the 1982 set. I never cared enough to find out, but I am trying to get my collection in some kind of order and just came across a bunch of puzzle sets that say 81 donruss so I just assumed that is what year they where. Anyone care to confirm this?
  • BugOnTheRugBugOnTheRug Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭
    If someone wants 24 billion 1984D pieces for cheap let me know. I know this is an exaggeration, as I have realistically 30 billion.
  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭


    << <i>OK now I want some puzzles - like 500 piece Mantle puzzle in 2008 Topps >>




    I laughed out loud when I read that one.
  • mmyncmmync Posts: 678 ✭
    I guess this answers my question
    http://cgi.ebay.com/1981-YANKEES-BABE-RUTH-PUZZLE-DONRUSS-DEALER-PREMIUM_W0QQitemZ190006769822QQihZ009QQcategoryZ37608QQcmdZViewItem
  • Cokin75Cokin75 Posts: 243 ✭✭
    Interesting. If they were the Babe Ruth puzzles, I'm pretty sure they were in the 82 packs. They were probably printed in 1981 I guess.
  • GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭
    The Ruth puzzle was '82.

    My relentless drive to collate things caused me to assemble them into little bricks that made up full puzzles.

    I also always tried to set one aside and punch them out to actually, y'know...make the puzzle. Obviously not much of a challenge, but still, I like the artwork.

    I love the idea of framing one, especially if it's signed.
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  • frankhardyfrankhardy Posts: 8,168 ✭✭✭✭✭
    See my thread about when I cleaned out my garage today. image

    Shane

  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭



    mine went in the drum stove a long time ago to keep my cat warm in cave and save firewood-i got enuff common garbage from 88-92 to burn all winterimage especially hockey and soccer and stupid stuff, nonsport cards burn good-like the rockateer
  • mmyncmmync Posts: 678 ✭
    For whatever it is worth, here is a scan of a couple of the pieces.
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  • julen23julen23 Posts: 4,558 ✭✭
    use them to redecorate your bar.....

    you could incorporate random '75 mini wrappers (if you got 'em) also...

    been done on these boards before!

    j
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  • mtcardsmtcards Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭
    I could be mistaken, but I think all three manufacturers had gum in their packs in 1981, which is what brought on a lawsuit by Topps against the other two companies, since Topps marketed theirs as "Bubble Gum Cards". They settled the lawsuit somehow, but the end result was Donruss putting puzzle pieces and Fleer putting the stickers in the packs. I believe the 1982 puzzle pieces had the 1981 copyright on the back of them
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  • AllenAllen Posts: 7,165 ✭✭✭
    What really happened to the Donruss puzzle pieces.

    Please watch.
  • SportsItUpCardsSportsItUpCards Posts: 2,547


    << <i>I have several graded.

    Here is the one I like the best...

    image

    Clear Skies,
    Mark >>



    WOW, thats a nice piece! image

    Giovanni
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    1. use them as packing material in sets
    2. throw them away
    3. chew them, honest to God. just a nibble! lol then toss em.
  • mrbecker712mrbecker712 Posts: 525


    << <i>I put the puzzles together and framed them...also the Yaz, Aaron and Spahn are signed! >>



    What year was the Aaron puzzle in the set?
    Atlanta Braves, Charlotte Hornets, Shawn Kemp, Dale Murphy, and Bobby Engram.
  • GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭
    1986
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  • rube26105rube26105 Posts: 10,225 ✭✭
    the slabbed ted head is pretty col, and ironicimage
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    "the slabbed ted head is pretty col, and ironic"

    so very true Randy! lol
  • royalbrettroyalbrett Posts: 620 ✭✭✭
    There is a guy that collects them.

    Here is a thread he started on a trading site:
    Trading thread

    I couple of years ago, I traded him quite a few that I had, except I kept all of my '81s.
    Yeah, I uploaded that KC icon in 2001
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    You said yours were mint so...

    I would throw them away gently rather than really tossing them into the garbage can. Maybe just lay them down nicely in the garbage can.

    Could also use them as kindling as I imagine they would remind you of the famous words of Eddie Murphy... "now that's a fire."
  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    '81 was a Babe Ruth puzzle.
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