1998 Donruss Significant Signatures
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I have a chance to purchase a koufax /25 from this set. I thought they were just in /2000 not that low, am I wrong or is there another parallel?
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1998 Donruss Significant Signatures
This 18-card set features autographs of some of baseball's all-time great players. Only 2000 sets were produced and each card is serial-numbered.
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The Catfish Hunter card was signed in either blue or blank ink.
Only 1000 serial #'d copies of Phil Rizzuto's card were produced.
Nolan Ryan and Ozzie Smith packed out as exchange cards as they were unable to return their cards to Playoff in time. Both of the exchange cards were reprints of what the autographed versions would eventually look like and were sequentially-numbered (#14 and 15) as part of the set. Cards 14 and 15 were good for cards R1 and R2.
Sandy Koufax was on the original checklist issued by the pre-bankruptcy Donruss, but he did not return his cards in time for the pack out. In the time between Donruss's acquisition by Playoff and the release of Signature Series, it was uncertain if Playoff could come to terms with Koufax. Therefore, unlike Ryan and Smith, a Koufax exchange card was not issued in packs. Eventually, officials at Playoff were able to come to terms with Koufax and made the Billy Williams card an exchange card. Each collector that pulled Billy Williams's Significant Signature card could send it in to Donruss for the Koufax (#R3) card. In addition, the signed Williams card was sent back too, but marked with the word "REDEEMED" on the back so that it could not be used again.
The exchange deadline for cards R1-R3 was December 31st, 1999. All three "R-Series" exchange cards (Ryan, Koufax and Smith) feature refractive, shiny fronts whereas the other cards seeded in packs are printed on basic foilboard.
At some point in time after the product's release, non-refractive versions of the Ryan, Smith, and Koufax cards made their way into the secondary market. Each card features a different card image than the Refractor versions (most notably with Koufax wearing a Brooklyn cap). The Koufax and Smith cards were serial-numbered to 2000 copies, while the Nolan Ryan was numbered to 1000.
1 Ernie Banks 2000
2 Yogi Berra 2000
3 George Brett 2000
4 Catfish Hunter 2000
5 Al Kaline 2000
6 Harmon Killebrew 2000
7 Ralph Kiner 2000
9 Eddie Mathews 2000
10 Don Mattingly 2000
11 Willie McCovey 2000
12 Stan Musial 2000
13 Phil Rizzuto 1000
14 Nolan Ryan EXCH 2000
15 Ozzie Smith EXCH 2000
16 Duke Snider 2000
17 Don Sutton 2000
18 Billy Williams 2000
18a Billy Williams Redeemed 2000
SP Nolan Ryan 1000
NNO Sandy Koufax (Brooklyn) 2000
NNO Ozzie Smith 2000
R1 Nolan Ryan 2000
R2 Ozzie Smith 2000
R3 Sandy Koufax (L.A.) 2000