Kaneen's Complete Signed 1985-1991 Super Diamond Kings 5x7 Sets

[Kaneen]

***1990 Donruss Super Diamond Kings 5x7 Signed Set***

[Kaneen]

***1991 Donruss Super Diamond Kings 5x7 Signed Set***

[Kaneen]

Here are some interesting facts and statistics about these sets:

Since the Diamond Kings were intended to highlight the stars from each team, many of the bigger names of the 80's are included in these sets.

As of this edited post, the 7 sets include 28 Hall of Famers...4 of them have cards in 2 different sets. So a total of 32 cards depict HOFers. Here they are listed by set:
1985 - Ryne Sandberg, Bert Blyleven, Cal Ripken, Jim Rice, Don Sutton, and Tony Gwynn
1986 - Goose Gossage, Tony Perez, Andre Dawson, and Harold Baines
1987 - Ozzie Smith, George Brett, Kirby Puckett, Dave Winfield, and Jack Morris
1988 - Tim Raines, Paul Molitor, Andre Dawson, Cal Ripken, and Alan Trammell
1989 - Robin Yount, Tony Gwynn, Carlton Fisk and Fred McGriff
1990 - Ken Griffey Jr, John Smoltz, and Nolan Ryan
1991 - Craig Biggio, Barry Larkin, Roberto Alomar, Ryne Sandberg, and Edgar Martinez

In addition, some of the cards depict guys who would probably be in the Hall of Fame if not for being banned, or suspected of steroid usage - Pete Rose, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Rafael Palmeiro, etc.

As of this edited post, there are 14 different deceased players, 2 of them appearing on cards in 2 different sets, so 16 cards total depicting deceased players:
1985 - Dan Quisenberry, Joaquin Andujar, Charlie Lea, Tony Gwynn, Claudell Washington & Don Sutton
1986 - Rick Mahler
1987 - Chris Brown & Kirby Puckett
1988 - Bob Welch, Ivan Calderon, & Tony Fernandez
1989 - Tony Gwynn, Dave Henderson, & Jeff Robinson
1990 - none
1991 - Bob Welch

First card I got signed: 1985 Mario Soto (In person), sometime during the 1985 season
Final card I got signed to complete the project: 1990 Brian Downing (ttm) received Jan 30, 2016

Thanks for looking, and enjoy!

[Baseballcrazy62]

Very impressive!

[Bigdaddy]

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

Besides the deceased players, who are some of the toughies in this set?

[tazdmb]

Very cool, what are the toughest cards in the set for you to get? What was the last one?

[mrmopar]

Nice. I have always enjoyerd the signed DK cards, but have preferred the standard card size for anything signed all along, so I only have a few of the jumbos.

Looking back, it would have been nice to see a Steve Garvey Padres DK, maybe 85 and then have the opportunity to have a jumbo version as well. Hard to bump Gwynn, although Gossage got the nod and McReynolds was an up and coming star, where Garvey was on the decline. At least he got one in 82 with the Dodgers.