1987 Donruss Opening Day Break! You know, with its Tony Dorsett rookie card and its lineup of Hall of Famers like Walter Payton, John Riggins, Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, and all the rest. If you continue to use this site, we'll assume you're OK with that. And, sure, the Buy-It-Now price is set at $1100, but when was the last time you saw one of these? Send us an email with requests, or volunteer you time helping us make Pricing | Round, enameled, bright colored borders, full color photos, baseballs biggest stars these babies are great! Teams | Errors / Variations | #441-660 / Opening Day. 1987 Donruss Opening Day Baseball Card Factory Unopened Set. That can be good or bad, depending on the blackness or redness of said organ, and on the context. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than U.S. dollars and are approximate conversions to U.S. dollars based upon Bloomberg's conversion rates. 1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds #163 Rookie Card RC Pirates Set Break, 1987 Donruss Roberto Clemente puzzle baseball card Opening Day Set insert, 1987 Donruss Opening Day 1-150 Baseball Singles Complete Your Set, 1987 DONRUSS OPENING DAY BASEBALL CARD SET SEALED, 1987 Donruss Opening Day Paul Molitor #54 Brewers, 1987 Donruss Opening Day Julio Franco Cleveland Indians, 1987 Donruss Opening Day Wade Boggs #181 Set Break, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #96 Will Clark San Francisco Giants PSA 9 Mint 22480316, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #148 Benito Santiago Padres PSA 9 Mint 19856328, Bert Blyleven 1987 Donruss OPENING DAY #226 PSA 10 GEM MINT! Factory Set version: Back bottom matches with front left. On the back, you have the small-man All-Stars. It used to be that you had to do something pretty special, like hit three home runs in one World Series game, before you could have your own baseball-themed candy bar. 1987 DONRUSS BASEBALL CARD #22 HOF REGGIE JACKSON PSA 10 OPENING DAY ATHLET. Dwight Gooden, Roger Clemens, Eric Davis, Bret Saberhagen, Alvin Davis, Danny Tartabull, Jose Rijo. Topps tried out another version of their picture-in-picture design not on par with 1983 but not terrible. These scratch-offs came in three-player panels, and you could play a baseball game by scratching off the dots like a lottery ticket for Little Leaguers. I didnt matter that the cereal tasted like Yodas refrigerator or that it coated your insides like blown-in insulation or that it caked in your teeth like Dog Chow in a German shepherd. The hobby had no guarantee there would even be a 1982 Donruss baseball card set. Grading Original . The design was just so-so, for one thing. Mostly, though, its happy because there are 12,000 Topps baseball cards inside. But Hernandez has a stronger Hall of Fame case than you might remember, so you really couldnt go wrong with either guy. Get exclusive, FREE weekly baseball card ramblings, straight to your inbox! and Topps. <p>The 1987 Donruss Opening Day set is comprised of 273 cards measuring 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" each. Even though baseball is entering the stretch run, then, theres no way I can ignore tantalizing football product when it pops up right? This is the holy grail of 1984 baseball boxes, of course, as it possibly contains the fabled 1984 Donruss Don Mattingly rookie card that changed the hobby forever. - Card Rankings copyright=new Date(); wanted and appreciated. 1987 Donruss Opening Day #1 Doug DeCinces, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #3 George Hendrick, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #4 Dick Schofield, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #6 Butch Wynegar, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #8 Mark McLemore, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #9 Brian Downing, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #18 Billy Hatcher, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #19 Craig Reynolds, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #20 Carney Lansford, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #22 Reggie Jackson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #23 Mickey Tettleton, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #24 Jose Canseco, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #26 Tony Phillips, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #27 Dwayne Murphy, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #28 Alfredo Griffin, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #30 Willie Upshaw, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #31 Mike Sharperson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #32 Rance Mulliniks, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #34 Jesse Barfield, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #35 Tony Fernandez, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #36 Lloyd Moseby, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #38 Fred McGriff, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #43 Andres Thomas, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #45 Ozzie Virgil, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #46 Ken Oberkfell, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #47 Gary Roenicke, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #48 Glenn Hubbard, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #49 Bill Schroeder, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #51 Billy Jo Robidoux, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #52 Glenn Braggs, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #54 Paul Molitor, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #56 Teddy Higuera, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #59 Jim Lindeman, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #60 Vince Coleman, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #62 Terry Pendleton, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #66 Tito Landrum, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #69 Rick Sutcliffe, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #70 Andre Dawson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #71 Keith Moreland, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #73 Brian Dayett, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #75 Ryne Sandberg, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #76 Shawon Dunston, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #77 Mike Marshall, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #78 Bill Madlock, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #79 Orel Hershiser, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #82 Mike Scioscia, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #83 Franklin Stubbs, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #84 Mariano Duncan, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #86 Mitch Webster, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #87 Reid Nichols, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #89 Floyd Youmans, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #90 Andres Galarraga, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #91 Hubie Brooks, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #93 Alonzo Powell, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #101 Robby Thompson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #102 Candy Maldonado, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #103 Jeff Leonard, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #104 Tom Candiotti, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #105 Chris Bando, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #106 Cory Snyder, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #108 Andre Thornton, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #110 Tony Bernazard, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #111 Julio Franco, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #112 Brook Jacoby, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #113 Brett Butler, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #114 Donell Nixon, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #115 Alvin Davis, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #116 Mark Langston, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #117 Harold Reynolds, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #119 Mike Kingery, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #121 Rey Quinones, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #122 Phil Bradley, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #123 Jim Presley, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #124 Keith Hernandez, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #125 Kevin McReynolds, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #126 Rafael Santana, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #128 Darryl Strawberry, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #129 Mookie Wilson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #130 Gary Carter, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #132 Howard Johnson. The 1980 Burger King cards in this lot (affiliate link) shouldnt cause quite as much confusion, though. sets in which the "number" on the back is not numerical in nature. In the summer of 1984, Don Mattingly came out of nowhere to win the American League batting title, snatching it away from New York Yankees teammate Dave Winfield. In the in-between are goodies like six 1985 Topps baseball wax packs, three 1982 Donruss wax packs, two 1981 Topps baseball cello packs, and three 1989 Upper Deck baseball packs. Throw in big-time rookie cards of Ryne Sandberg, Tony Gwynn, Wade Boggs, Ron Kittle, Frank Viola, and, um, George Wright, and you had a combination that was hard to beat (even though Topps did). (Thats a very early-1990s thing to say look it up.). So dont worry about having lost out to some jerk from 35 years ago. Holder . Its all fiction. - Rookies And if its a bit rich for your blood, with its Buy-It-Now of nearly $700, you could opt for the companion lot offering four unopened wax packs from the same set (affiliate link). eBay Auction Event: 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend! This innovative set of 272 standard-size cards features a card for each of the players in the starting line-ups of all the teams on Opening Day 1987. As in, that lot is one pack shy of three boxes. Comments | Note: Baseball cards which featured a player who did not appear in a regular season game during the most recently completed season, do not link to their major league statistics. 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And, if you dont like the cards, at least the listing gives you a new euphemism for well something. So, not only did they issue a 1981 base set that was fairly OK plus showcased one of the greatest error cards of all time (C. Nettles), they also blessed us with their first Star Stickers set. - Gallery What if someone came before you and searched through the packs to get the good stuff? To learn more refer to our I mean, who knows how close we came to never having the chance to pull the San Diego Chicken card that might lie inside? The 1987 Donruss Baseball set consists of 660 cards, each measuring 2-1/2" by 3-1/2". Back to home page Return to top. As a kid collector from the 1980s, this type of post does strike a chord with me! Id get a vending case, pull all the Mark McGwire rookies or Vince Coleman rookies or Bill Doran rookies or first Padres Steve Garvey cards, and then sell the excess for beaucoup bucks. Which card is your least Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Too one-dimensional and completely over the hill. Topps capitalized on that popularity the next year by issuing a whopping nine Rose cards in their base set the normal Rose at #1, a Record Breaker at #206, a manager/Cincinnati Reds team card at #741, and six retrospective cards (#2-7) that showed miniature versions of Petes previous 24 base Topps cards. And if its been awhile since your last Benny Ayala fix, this one has you covered there, too. Now THIS box is almost certain to contain either the Darryl Strawberry rookie or the Don Mattingly rookie, or both (though you can never be sure thanks to funky 1980s card collation). And if you can resist any Champ Summers baseball card, youre a stronger man than I. So, yeah, lots like this one four unopened boxes of 1987 Donruss wax packs make my old man heart go pitter-patter and leaves me with drool pooled at my feet. 1968 Topps Set-Break # 40 Denny McLain VG-VGEX *GMCARDS* (#134437398274) See all feedback. The same collectors who complained about greed often bragged in the same interview about the value of their cards. So, yeah, lots like this one four unopened boxes of 1987 Donruss wax packs make my old man heart go pitter-patter and leaves me with drool pooled at my feet. View cart for details. View cart for details. - External Links The Opening Day set featured every player who was in the starting lineup for all 26 teams on Opening Day of the 1987 season. - Comments And thats why this eBay lot is so jaw-dropping. on Baseball Fever. And it would have yielded 15.15 repeating copies of every card in whichever set was involved. Finding a lot like this in 1987 especially early in the year would have made you feel like you uncovered a hidden gold mine in your back yard. Jose Cruz was actually six feet tall but felt Patek-ish because he crouched like a tiger. As a side note, 1987 was the year of Mitchells mini-breakout, two seasons before his monster MVP campaign in 1989. So, when the Seattle Mariners Ken Griffey Jr. with the first pick of the 1987draft, the results were predictable , The first-ever Upper Deck baseball card (Non-Salesman Sample Division) . But, hey, at least these beauties still deliver 36 cards per pack, which means youd score a cool 432 Topps cards for you $175. Copyright 1995-2023 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3 Prices are updated daily based upon 1987 Donruss Opening Day listings that sold on eBay and our marketplace. 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #205, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #163.1, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #96, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #133, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #228, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #226, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #191, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #21, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #99, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #272, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #93, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #40, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #155, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #128, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #143, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #146, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #38, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #261, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #221, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #241, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #250, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #270, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #269, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #160, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #31, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #210, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #106, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #222, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #253, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #266, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #257, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #256, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #151, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #73, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #232, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #79, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #206, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #22, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #197, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #80, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #24, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #2, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #251, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #229, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #227, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #220, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #105, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #102, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #68, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #55, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #41, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #36, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #18, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #9, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #6, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #3, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #185, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #176, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #139, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #137, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #114, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #181, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #67, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #194, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #33, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #147, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #178, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #268, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #190, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #263, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #161, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #171, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #267, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #264, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #260, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #254, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base] #211, 1987 Donruss Opening Day - Box Set [Base], CGC and CSG Grading is now available on COMC! It didnt even matter that the cards werent all that great. Factory sets: 272 cards plus one 15-piece Roberto Clemente puzzle. Oh, and Reggie Jackson, Robin Yount, Gwynn, and Boggs. Depending on the year, that would have like quadrupled, tripled, or at least double my collection. And this lot offers up a bunch of that all in one convenient package. 2022-05-30. that MIGHT have a shot at having the Bonds/Ray Error RC)? Youve heard of wearing your heart on your sleeve, right? Heck, you might get really lucky and pull a Craig Worthington noggin. It must have been a relief or at least a surprise when collectors found these beautiful (yes they are!) A completely far-out unopened pack of these sweet squares (rectangles)! Shop with Affiliates Complete Set (660) Notes about 1987 Donruss . That Yaz/Bench beauty is also the centerpiece of this eBay lot, an unopened 1984 Donruss Rack Pack with the Living Legends right there on top, in the middle. Its a humdinger of a card that was popular right off the bat and still rings collector bells today. You can buy them for pennies or less under circumstances like this. - Hall of Famers There in the first panel is Don Money. Baseball Cards. And, like with just about everything else surrounding the hobby, Topps was the king of 1980s oddball issues. Trivia | To be sure, the 1979 Topps set does indeed does hold the Ozzie Smith rookie card, but this pack is perfect as it is. If youve been around the hobby for awhile, youve undoubtedly run across 1981 Topps Scratch-Offs. The final 24 cards are of team checklists. But this lot ratchets up the intensity of this argument a couple of notches. Click image for eBay listing (affiliate link). You ever create something thats just so good, so unbelievably groundbreaking that all you want to do is find a way to broadcast it to the world? the 1987 Donruss Opening Day set (or just come and discuss baseball memorabilia with us) CaliforniaSportsCards.com has a lineup of baseball products that has no weaknesses. As soon as you pick it up, the contents inside slide shift, just a little, and you know whats inside a folded up rack pack of baseball cards! not have numbers on them are listed in alphabetical order? Yet money, in turn, made the hobby less akin to child's play and more like work: 4d 12h left +$12.99 shipping Sponsored 1987 Donruss Baseball Complete Set #1-660 Bonds McGwire Maddux Rookies AG180 Its gorgeous! Do you remember the first old rookie card to explode in popularity based on what was happening on the field? After all, 1981 had been a rough year for the first-time cardmaker, from losing their right to sell gum with their cards to, well, the cards themselves. $50.87 1987 DONRUSS BASEBALL #205 BO JACKSON OPENING DAY PSA 9 MINT $54.99 Free shipping 1987 Donruss Opening Day Barry Bonds 06326436 PSA 8 San Francisco Giants #1. . If youre reading this, chances are pretty good you spent at least part of your childhood as I did ripping open (or carefully unflapping) wax packs of baseball cards. 30 day return | Seller pays for return shipping | See details - for more information about returns. Or that you could buy them on the cheap more than 30 years later. And this eBay lot lets you relive all that with an unopened box of 100 packs of 1981 Topps stickers. Or a mid-career card of a Hall of Famer? Then, if you manged to tear open the pack without ripping the stickers themselves, you could affix them to the appropriate page in the accompanying sticker album. Man, those were good days. So they took 30 of their favorite 1984 cards, blew them up to 5 x 7, plopped them into plastic wax packs and called them super. Its an age-old problem in this hobby you find a pile of unopened baseball card packs and you want to buy one and tear into it in the hopes that youll find something great like a Greg Gross rookie or Glenn Hubbards snake. Why, every superstar is encased in his own little bit of cloud on premium white cardstock with a Super Glossy finish. Thin cardstock, terrible photography, more errors than a Dick Stuart highlight reel, slightly self-indulgent card backs. Estimated PSA 10 Gem Mint Value: $45. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. Can you feel those old dreams stirring? Rookie cards, autographs and more. Granted, most of those dudes fell short of Hall of Fame standards, but theyre still standards among 1980s rookie cards. I mean, right there on the front panels are sparkling cards of Lee Lacy, Gary Lavelle, and Randy Moffitt. Or maybe it was the folks at Mrs. Butterworths. 1987 Donruss Opening Day #133 Cal Ripken Jr. 1987 Donruss Opening Day #134 Rick Burleson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #136 Eddie Murray, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #138 Alan Wiggins, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #139 John Shelby, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #140 Mike Boddicker, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #141 Ken Gerhart, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #142 Terry Kennedy, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #143 Steve Garvey, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #144 Marvell Wynne, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #145 Kevin Mitchell, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #148 Benito Santiago, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #150 Garry Templeton, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #151 Carmelo Martinez, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #153 Lance Parrish, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #154 Milt Thompson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #155 Mike Easler, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #156 Juan Samuel, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #157 Steve Jeltz, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #158 Glenn Wilson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #159 Shane Rawley, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #160 Mike Schmidt, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #161 Andy Van Slyke, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #163 Barry Bonds, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #164 Junior Ortiz, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #165 Rafael Belliard, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #166 Bob Patterson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #167 Bobby Bonilla, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #169 Jim Morrison, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #170 Jerry Browne, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #171 Scott Fletcher, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #172 Ruben Sierra, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #173 Larry Parrish, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #174 Pete O'Brien, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #175 Pete Incaviglia, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #176 Don Slaught, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #177 Oddibe McDowell, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #178 Charlie Hough, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #179 Steve Buechele, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #180 Bob Stanley, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #183 Bill Buckner, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #184 Dwight Evans, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #187 Marc Sullivan, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #188 Marty Barrett, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #189 Dave Henderson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #191 Barry Larkin, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #192 Kal Daniels, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #193 Terry Francona, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #194 Tom Browning, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #198 Dave Parker, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #199 Steve Balboni, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #200 Danny Tartabull, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #202 Buddy Biancalana, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #203 Danny Jackson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #204 Frank White, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #206 George Brett, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #207 Kevin Seitzer, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #208 Willie Wilson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #209 Orlando Mercado, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #210 Darrell Evans, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #211 Larry Herndon, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #212 Jack Morris, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #215 Darnell Coles, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #216 Alan Trammell, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #217 Terry Harper, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #218 Lou Whitaker, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #219 Gary Gaetti, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #221 Kirby Puckett, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #222 Tom Brunansky, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #224 Dan Gladden, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #225 Mark Davidson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #226 Bert Blyleven, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #227 Steve Lombardozzi, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #230 Ivan Calderon, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #232 Carlton Fisk, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #233 Greg Walker, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #234 Ron Karkovice, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #235 Ozzie Guillen, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #236 Harold Baines, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #238 Richard Dotson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #239 Mike Pagliarulo, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #240 Joel Skinner, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #241 Don Mattingly, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #243 Dave Winfield, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #245 Wayne Tolleson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #246 Willie Randolph, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #247 Dennis Rasmussen, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #248 Rickey Henderson, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #249 Angels checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #250 Astros checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #251 Athletics Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #252 Blue Jays checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #253 Braves Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #254 Brewers Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #255 Cardinals Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #256 Dodgers Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #257 Expos checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #258 Giants Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #259 Indians Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #260 Mariners Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #261 Orioles Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #262 Padres Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #263 Phillies Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #264 Pirates Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #265 Rangers checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #266 Red Sox Checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #267 Reds checklist, 1987 Donruss Opening Day #268 Royals checklist, 1987 Donruss 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We still hadnt come to grips with the idea that baseball cards didnt always go up in value or that there actually could be too many baseball cards too many sets, too many cards/sets/boxes in a print run, too many choices, too many everything. And they look great. - Forum Rookie cards, autographs and more. The box and packs are nice display pieces in themselves, and they showcase three of the sets All-Star/Hall of Fame denizens in Jim Rice, George Brett, and Fernando Valenzuela. Either was, the 1984 Topps set is chock full of classic cards, and you know it would be a blast to tear through this puppy. ), Danny Cox, and Gary Pettis. / Variations | # 441-660 / Opening Day baseball card set Dick Stuart highlight reel, slightly self-indulgent backs! Is Don Money sold on eBay and our marketplace but not terrible, Topps was the year of mini-breakout... Danny Tartabull, Jose Rijo JACKSON PSA 1987 donruss opening day set unopened Opening Day baseball set consists 660... 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