![]() ![]() 1982 Donruss Baseball
1982 was a big year for Donruss baseball cards with the
introduction of their long running DIAMOND KINGS subset.
The artwork of Dick Perez was featured in all it's glory !
The Diamond Kings became so popular they went from a subset to
an insert set to scarce autographed inserts to eventually their
very own set.
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1982 Donruss Baseball Checklist, Values & Info
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