Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Random Ray - 1997 Donruss Preferred

Donruss Preferred were the cards that came in commemorative tins. It was all part of the late 1990s phase where card companies tried to one up each other through stupid packaging. The tins were better than the cards that came in the cans, Pinnalce Inside. Those had horrible packaging and mediocre cards. Donruss Preferred was at least a very nice product.  

Here is a picture of a Donruss Preferred tin. It's not mine, just a picture I found on the internet.  


Here is the 1997 Donruss Preferred Ray Lankford card.  


This a card did not scan very well, so I am going to put up a second picture. 


Such a great looking card with the gold foil card. Not sure this needs a lot of explanation, just a great looking card. The name plate, team names, and brand name are all small with the player picture taking center stage inside the gold frame. Why can't we have cards like this now?  

Back of the card. 


Simple stat line and the color photo are nice. The small write-up is quality, nut the biographical information on the right-hand side seems a little out of place. It's a small thing though.  This is a really nice card. 

4 comments:

  1. I never collected this set, and only own a few, but I do really like the design. The tin packaging was kind of dumb though.

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  2. Packs that came inside of collectible tins. This was such a great era to collect cards. I just loved how each company was running around coming up with creative concepts trying to out due each other. Sure some things like tin package or cards within cards (like 1998 Zenith) aren't popular among some collectors. But at least they were trying out new stuff.

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    1. I could handle the Zenith packs inside of packs. I think Donruss did that with Studio too, but the cans and tins were too much.

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