1989 Donruss Grand Slammers purple variation question...

jay1065 · Feb 22, 2011

With today's mail, I added the green variation and finished off my Ellis Burks 1989 Donruss Grand Slammers rainbow:

What's with the purple variation? The card is narrower than the other two, the picture quality is better, the back border has a different color (could be whiter/brighter stock,) and the back top/bottom borders have a black square in them. The overall quality of the card reminds me of Topps Tiffany sets.

David Campos · Feb 22, 2011

The purple looks like it is from the factory sets.

ThoseBackPages · Feb 22, 2011

The 2008 Standard Catalog states that there are as many as five border-color variations on the front of each card, but the prices are not effected

Mark McGwire Museum · Feb 22, 2011

You're missing the green/blue, and purple/red.

The purple is from a factory set; you can tell by the rounded corners caused from the cellophane wrapping.

jay1065 · Feb 23, 2011

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Factory set it is. Do all of the factory sets have the black squares on the back borders?

As for the rainbow, based on my research (along with assistance from fellow FCB members) I concluded that Burks had only the green/purple/red variations. Does every player have all of the colors?

DaClyde · Feb 23, 2011

Yes, every player has all the colors. My Winfield card has the black bars on the purple/red version, so I'm not sure about the deal with those.

theplasticman · Feb 23, 2011

The 1990 set of these has multiple variations as well with the borders.

jay1065 · Feb 23, 2011

Ok, added the green/blue and purple/red variations to my checklist. Thanks again!

onionring9 · Feb 23, 2011

You're actually missing three, don't forget the blue/purple without the factory line. Not sure why I didn't put this picture up in the error/variation guide.

jay1065 · Feb 23, 2011

Wow! Thanks for posting that image. I actually went through the variations post looking for something like that.

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