1989 Donruss Baseball Forum

I also have 396d Don Carman, in addition to 390d

We have had 8 more visually verified and added.

The latest:

We are still looking for visual verification for the following 16 15 cards (we never added them to the checklist here, we only add when we have the visual proof they exist):

Version [a] (INC. - * Denotes) - all verified and listed
Version [b] (INC. - * Denotes *) - all verified and listed
Version [c] (INC - * Denotes) - 1 not verified
542 - Ken Caminiti
Version [d] (INC - * Denotes *) - 14 13 not verified from base set, 1 from BC set (15 14 total)
52 Wally Joyner
74 Don Mattingly
113 Kelly Gruber
141 Terry Kennedy
153 Ted Power
166 Mike Stanley
274 Tim Burke
318 Greg Gagne
324 Mike Flanagan (pending clear image)
349 Dave Stieb
382 Dan Plesac
396 Don Carman
484 Wallace Johnson
503 Shawn Hillegas
BC-8 Andre Dawson

PM me or post a note here if you have any of these versions. I will send you instructions on where to send a scan or even a photo for the visual verification step. If you have previously sent me images, simply send any additional ones to the same place. Once verified, I will add the card(s) provided. Thank you!

This project is finally winding down with only 14, possibly 15 card backs remaining to be identified.  

I have finally done all I can in this project, having scanned every card from the FS, front and back other than those that have no VAR, and every VAR back that I have in the other three VAR sets.  They have now all been uploaded having completed the BC series this morning.  Thanks to all those of you who went in early and uploaded the images they had in their possession.  Having kept track of those card backs that had not been uploaded when I was finishing up, here is a list of all those backs still needing a scan (only one "c" VAR is missing)

642c

All these are "d" VAR: 33, 210, 388, 396, 404, 405, 416, 433, 436, 466, 491, 504, 510, 512, 513, 516, 535, 540, 541, 546, 547, 563, 568, 584, 590, 617, 629, & 638. (28 cards)  BC Insert set: (all "d") 1, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, & 20. (8 7 cards)

If you have any of these and have the capability to scan the backs, please do so to help the site and its membership.  Now with the magnifying lens, it is easy to see the . or no . When you do add a scan, can you mention it here so we can update the list?

May I never get involved in another project that requires me to scan, crop and upload over 2000 scans in just over 2 weeks (16 days to be exact).

I'm not into baseball but 

I want to Thank all the members that take on projects like this to help out the community here.  They all need a pad on the back.  It is not easy and take a long time.

THANK YOU ALL

The biggest Thank You goes to Dan.  I am not sure how many truly realize how big of a commitment that leading such a project takes, putting aside some other projects that are probably more beneficial to his own collection.  Time and again he takes these on because others clamour for these changes to be made.  If he sat back and waited for others to do all the work, the 1988 to 1992 Donruss sets would still only be in the form of the base set as I have not seen anyone else step forward to lead it even though the offer has been put out there.

Thanks Dan!

Agreed...thanks Dan!

Now...does anyone have an entire set of some of these that they'd be willing to trade/sell me?  I have the Factory set (Version A), but none of the packed out versions (B,C,D).  Thanks!

Yes!!!!

Huge Thank you to Dan the Man. !

Many thanks to Bruno as well, and the rest of the '89 VARIATION TEAM.

My 50, 000 are still sitting on my sorting bench, I'm sure I could put a dent in the missing ones.

I also believe I have plenty to trade.

This sounds like a lot of broken vinyl, but I need the push to dive in and start sorting!!!

Hopefully some of those boxes are already sorted by card #.  If so, pull the cards that are still not identified (such as the Caminiti) and see if you have any of those to remove from the list.  Scans can always come later but getting these last cards identified as existing would be a huge help and bonus.

75% are sorted by number, the other 25% are still mixed.

I don't even want to think about the 150, 000 '90D cards. Yikes!

I'd put the 25% that are unsorted in a corner and look into the 75% that are sorted.  With that many cards, you either have those that are missing or not in that 75% pile.  In my 16,000 cards, I was unable to identify 192 cards total among the 4 VAR.  You probably have at least twice that many already sorted. So just go one by one in Dan's list of missing cards and look for those.  But have good glasses or a magnifying glass.  Some of the "." are at times difficult to see (though not as bad as the 1991 cards).