2005 Donruss Diamond Kings

mdljhu · 09-19-2007, 08:01 PM

I just stumbled across this forum and figured I'd post this up. I found Blowout Cards a little over 2 years ago on Ebay and bought a bunch of '05 DK boxes. Aside from all of the memorabilia and autograph cards, these five inserts all came out of one box:

Edgar Renteria Framed Red Platinum Parallel - #1/1
Jeff Bagwell Framed Blue Platinum Parallel - #1/1
Alex Rodriguez Framed Green Platinum Parallel - #1/1
Shea Hillenbrand Framed Red Platinum Parallel - #1/1
Bob Gibson HOF Heroes Framed Black Platinum Parallel - #1/1

(Not 100% sure of the Blue/Green/Black Framed colors)

It's a shame that Donruss lost its license, they were always one of my favorites. I just recently got an itch again to pick up some more boxes, maybe I'll have to see if I can finish this set. Considering this was the last year for Donruss, how well are some of these inserts selling...I have lots of '04 and '05 DK's sitting around.

mdljhu · 09-21-2007, 03:40 AM

Upon further review, these were from an Update box, not the regular set. I also got:

Travis Hafner Signature Materials Silver - #10/25
Cal Ripken Framed Red Materials B&W - #25/50
Vernon Wells Framed Blue Materials - #66/100
Hideki Matsui Framed Red Materials - #104/200
Garret Anderson Gallery of Stars Jerseys - #38/50
Dwight Gooden Gallery of Stars Signatures - #100/100

Regular Parallels:

Gary Sheffield Framed Green - #13/50
Jack Wilson Framed Blue B&W - #20/100
Vinny Castilla Framed Blue - #5/100
Eddie Murray HOF Heroes Framed Blue - #22/100
Willie Stargell HOF Heroes Framed Blue - #26/100

I can't remember if I opened 2 or 3 update boxes total. I also opened multiple boxes from the regular set, game used/auto cards that I still have are:

Randy Wolf Framed Blue Signatures - #7/10
Gary Carter HOF Heroes Framed Red Signature Materials - #16/50
Richard Hidalgo Materials Gold - #18/50
Scott Rolen Framed Red Materials - #15/100
Nick Green Framed Red Materials - #48/100
Rickey Henderson Materials Bronze - #72/100
Lyle Overbay/Robin Yount Team Timeline Materials Bats - #17/100
Chone Figgins Materials Bronze - #107/200
Carlos Beltran Materials Bronze - #85/200
Jeremy Affeldt Materials Bronze - #5/200
Bill Hall Materials Bronze - #129/200

Regular Parallels include:

Roy Halladay Gold - #8/25
Brian Roberts Silver - #49/50
Rene Rivera Silver - #48/50
Brian Giles Framed Green - #48/50
Harmon Killebrew HOF Heroes Silver - #6/50
Brad Wilkerson Bronze - #15/100
Rene Rivera Framed Blue - #25/100
Gary Carter HOF Heroes Bronze - #8/100

Seems like the Update boxes are pretty scarce, I do remember them being more fun to break than the regular ones. Wish I could get my hands on a few more...

derekfan2 · 10-15-2007, 04:34 PM

Nice cards. i cant believe you got 5 1/1s in one box.

pete4sure · 11-25-2007, 11:02 AM

Any of those for sale?

09-19-2007, 08:01 PM	#1
mdljhu Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 3	2005 Donruss Diamond Kings I just stumbled across this forum and figured I'd post this up. I found Blowout Cards a little over 2 years ago on Ebay and bought a bunch of '05 DK boxes. Aside from all of the memorabilia and autograph cards, these five inserts all came out of one box: Edgar Renteria Framed Red Platinum Parallel - #1/1 Jeff Bagwell Framed Blue Platinum Parallel - #1/1 Alex Rodriguez Framed Green Platinum Parallel - #1/1 Shea Hillenbrand Framed Red Platinum Parallel - #1/1 Bob Gibson HOF Heroes Framed Black Platinum Parallel - #1/1 (Not 100% sure of the Blue/Green/Black Framed colors) It's a shame that Donruss lost its license, they were always one of my favorites. I just recently got an itch again to pick up some more boxes, maybe I'll have to see if I can finish this set. Considering this was the last year for Donruss, how well are some of these inserts selling...I have lots of '04 and '05 DK's sitting around. Last edited by mdljhu; 09-23-2007 at 06:48 PM.

09-21-2007, 03:40 AM	#2
mdljhu Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 3	Upon further review, these were from an Update box, not the regular set. I also got: Travis Hafner Signature Materials Silver - #10/25 Cal Ripken Framed Red Materials B&W - #25/50 Vernon Wells Framed Blue Materials - #66/100 Hideki Matsui Framed Red Materials - #104/200 Garret Anderson Gallery of Stars Jerseys - #38/50 Dwight Gooden Gallery of Stars Signatures - #100/100 Regular Parallels: Gary Sheffield Framed Green - #13/50 Jack Wilson Framed Blue B&W - #20/100 Vinny Castilla Framed Blue - #5/100 Eddie Murray HOF Heroes Framed Blue - #22/100 Willie Stargell HOF Heroes Framed Blue - #26/100 I can't remember if I opened 2 or 3 update boxes total. I also opened multiple boxes from the regular set, game used/auto cards that I still have are: Randy Wolf Framed Blue Signatures - #7/10 Gary Carter HOF Heroes Framed Red Signature Materials - #16/50 Richard Hidalgo Materials Gold - #18/50 Scott Rolen Framed Red Materials - #15/100 Nick Green Framed Red Materials - #48/100 Rickey Henderson Materials Bronze - #72/100 Lyle Overbay/Robin Yount Team Timeline Materials Bats - #17/100 Chone Figgins Materials Bronze - #107/200 Carlos Beltran Materials Bronze - #85/200 Jeremy Affeldt Materials Bronze - #5/200 Bill Hall Materials Bronze - #129/200 Regular Parallels include: Roy Halladay Gold - #8/25 Brian Roberts Silver - #49/50 Rene Rivera Silver - #48/50 Brian Giles Framed Green - #48/50 Harmon Killebrew HOF Heroes Silver - #6/50 Brad Wilkerson Bronze - #15/100 Rene Rivera Framed Blue - #25/100 Gary Carter HOF Heroes Bronze - #8/100 Seems like the Update boxes are pretty scarce, I do remember them being more fun to break than the regular ones. Wish I could get my hands on a few more...

10-15-2007, 04:34 PM	#3
derekfan2 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 287	Nice cards. i cant believe you got 5 1/1s in one box.

11-25-2007, 11:02 AM	#4
pete4sure Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Souhtern California Posts: 6 pete4sure	Any of those for sale? __________________ Looking for Anaheim Angels GU/ Autos