How rare? 1986 Donruss Highlights WHITE LETTERS

011873 · Dec 10, 2009

Some years ago I bought a 1986 Donruss HL card of Boggs because the word "Highlights" was in white letters instead of the common yellow.

One of the big books makes mention of these variations but I cant recall there being any listed on ebay and theres no info on Google.

Does anyone have any info on these errors?

I know theres Canseco, Mattingly, Clark, Brett cards in there and those guys have some hardcore collectors.

Jastermereel · Dec 10, 2009

they're tough

ThoseBackPages · Dec 10, 2009

The White Boggs has a "book" value of $5

The White Highlights are given a 20x denominator

011873 · Dec 10, 2009

Thanks for the bv. I knew it was low but I wonder if the real world sell value on these is crazy (due to player colelctors) high or if it doeant matter/ no one knows.

I paid like $5 for the Boggs but would rather just keep it than sell even for book. I like these type of rare odd ball error cards.

ThoseBackPages · Dec 10, 2009

011873 said:
Thanks for the bv. I knew it was low but I wonder if the real world sell value on these is crazy (due to player colelctors) high or if it doeant matter/ no one knows.

I paid like $5 for the Boggs but would rather just keep it than sell even for book. I like these type of rare odd ball error cards.

No problem. i got it out of the 2008 SCD Standard Catalog

they mention its pretty rare and popular with player collectors

George_Calfas · Dec 10, 2009

The problem is, no PSA registry set. Boggs is nice but if it were someone else I would say big change on ebay.

clarkfan · Dec 10, 2009

Good topic! Didn't think there was too many collectors who knew of that variation.

I have the Will Clark. I have had it for years. I'm pretty sure I paid $20 or so. I know it wasn't crazy high, but I haven't seen another one listed for quite awhile. They are very tough and I'm pretty sure it would be one of those cards player collectors would love to pay "book" for. I'd pay book for other players just to relist for flipping purposes.

ThoseBackPages · Dec 10, 2009

clarkfan said:
Good topic! Didn't think there was too many collectors who knew of that variation.

I have the Will Clark. I have had it for years. I'm pretty sure I paid $20 or so. I know it wasn't crazy high, but I haven't seen another one listed for quite awhile. They are very tough and I'm pretty sure it would be one of those cards player collectors would love to pay "book" for. I'd pay book for other players just to relist for flipping purposes.

could yo ube kind enough to post a scan?

clarkfan · Dec 11, 2009

Sure, I don't have a scanner, so bear with me on the pics, but hopefully, you can still get the idea:

regular one:

white lettered one:

clarkfan · Dec 11, 2009

But I have no idea how they were released or a print run estimate. I always thought it was some sort of test printing and not intended as a legitimate variation or for public distribution. Way rarer than 20 times harder to find though. I 'm pretty sure I could find 50 to 100 sets with the regular bronze before I found 1 with a white.

sportscardtheory · Dec 11, 2009

So these didn't come in factory sets?

011873 · Dec 11, 2009

I bought mine several years ago at The National from a guy who knew what it was.

If I remember correctly, he had other players but for more money.

clarkfan · Dec 11, 2009

I bought mine off of ebay years ago, but it wasn't from a set, just a random listing. Of course, the original ones were only in factory sets, but not sure how the white ones were released. It could be sets though. I vaguely remember the same seller having a few other white lettered ones at the time I got the Clark.

KLARNOLD · Dec 11, 2009

According to my guide, all the players in the set can be found with the White variation. I just wonder if you had one of these sets if every card would be the white variation or just random. Looking at the Will Clark version above, the box around the name is white too.

clarkfan · Dec 11, 2009

KLARNOLD said:
According to my guide, all the players in the set can be found with the White variation. I just wonder if you had one of these sets if every card would be the white variation or just random. Looking at the Will Clark version above, the box around the name is white too.

I guess you could find a set with the whole set being white lettered. Just never saw them listed like that . . . always by individual player, but it's been a long time since I've seen one. But then again, I don't search for them either, so unless it was a Clark listed, I probably wouldn't find it anyway.

theplasticman · Dec 11, 2009

I still need a Clark.

richtree · Jul 11, 2011

anyone ????

I am trying to buy some of these ?

thanks

wolfmanalfredo · Jul 11, 2011

I still don't have a Puckett. Haven't seen one either, but haven't been looking for a while.

jszczech · Jul 11, 2011

I also need a Puckett but I have never seen one. I was just having a conversation with a fellow Puckett collector who is really in to promos/errors etc. and he was looking for one too. I can't remember if he already had one or not though.

clarkfan · Jul 11, 2011

I picked up and sold a Boggs for $47.50, still the only one I've seen in years, but I really don't search them out either, so maybe some others have been listed that I missed. Anyone else pick up their player from the set? Still interested to know definitive answer on how these were released.

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