1988 Donruss Baseball Forum

The borders may be different from factory to retail due to the card being in a different position on the sheet. Factory set sheets were sequential and pack sheets UD the cards radomized. Some cards may have same border for factory and and retail, some may have different borders. Never paid attention to the diamond kings '88. INC/INC. on the copyright line from what I understand was a location indicator for which print shop the card came from. They had 2 printing locations east/west.

Based on this thread, and because it was actually next for me to review chronologically, I am doing a thorough review of 1988 Donruss.  If images need to be updated or changed, I'll submit IRs and get the correct images in there.  Will just take me a few days to get all of the scans in, especially for the INC cards.

All the late 80's Donruss sets are blinding me and making me see dots in my sleep.   But one more question specifically regading the "C" Variations (Pack version and no (.) after the INC:   Im assuming the ones listed are the confirmed variations.  So other numbers without the "C" may actually have them but just not confirmed?????   

Thanks and thanks to everyones input and hard work  maikng this site great!

That is correct.  My assumption is that all of the cards have a C version, however we have not worked too hard on confirming as of yet.  I will spend a lot more time on this when I am able to spend hours in the my local card shop again...whenever that may be.

Is it my imagination or does the Factory set have a lighter, brighter blue colour? It can't just be a difference in scanners. IF the factory set is lighter blue, then there are several cards in the wrong VAR placement.

I went through all of these variations of the cards one by one in the set.  My guess is that it is just an issue with my scanner showing different shades.  I'm relatively confident that the scans of the cards are placed properly now.

My post was not directed at you, but in general. When I go down the list, many others have posted a light blue card in different VARs. It can't be the scanners.

As I have ruined my eyesight over the last couple years by verifying many of these, and going through my own cards to see the sifferences, I can concur that most of the time there does seem to be a consistency within the versions. However, I have seen enough departure from that to say that the coloration is certainly not the deciding factor in whether a card is one version or the other. I was, however, generally able to separate one version from the other simply by looking at the coloration (this holds true with the 1991 set as well, not so much with the 1989 and 1990 sets). Again, this was a "95% of the time" type thing, so you can't bank on it.