Sixty Years for One Pack Hit? The Wild Odds of 1991 Donruss Elite

Let's talk about 1991 Donruss! Mediocre. Lackluster.  Predictable.  That's what some collectors said about Donruss' first two series release.  It has been said that the production run was at its highest with the brand in '91, allegedly having printed 3,000,000 of each base card.   To make matters worse, the set was pretty much a barren wasteland.  But to me, they were spectacular. You would find this 10 year old boy in the back of mom and dad's car at a Christmas tree farm Christmas time of 1990, excited beyond belief, for he had with him, a few unopened packs of

Capturing the True Essence of a Baseball Card

Capturing the true essence of a card through photographs can elevate certain cards from want list to grail status. For me, this is the ultimate example: 1998 E-X2001 Essential Credentials NOW & FUTURE parallels. These two had been on my want list for forever. The scanned pics at the bottom were on a collector's website, and I didn't think much of them. Until I saw a Ripken that was properly photographed. My jaw DROPPED. They went from my want list straight to my dream list. Seeing a properly photographed exemplar instantly elevated them in my mind to some of the