[nolan5000]

In the early 90s the collecting world started to go nuts for promo cards. As they were perceived to be more limited and rare than the rest of the cards available at the time. In 1990 Donruss issued promotional preview cards to delaers, in order to try and generate more sales. In 1991 Donruss took things a step further and included preview cards for their later year releases (Studio and Leaf) in the basic Donruss factory sets. When these sets arrived and the preview cards started to hit the secondary market their value shot up and the sets were quickly bought up and opened to get the preview cards out. What made it more fun was that each set only contained 4 of the preview cards, so you would have to open several sets to try and put together a set. This was a smart move on Donruss's part as they probably sold more factory sets that year than any other year. As the 90s promo card fad started to fade, so did the value for these preview cards. I chose the 1991 Leaf Preview card of Nolan Ryan because it has a great photo of him, and is a completely different photo than the one used in the 1991 Leaf set. Aside from the different photo, the card is easily identifiable by the "1991 Preview Card" printed across the back.

I have this card in BGS 9 condition with none higher.