Barry Larkin Collection 753: 2004 Donruss Leather & Lumber - #41

Barry Larkin

Year:  2004

Brand:  Donruss Leather & Lumber

Card number:  41

The 2004 Donruss Leather & Lumber set is definitely a hodgepodge of design elements but somehow it all sort of comes together in a moderately pleasing (or at least certainly unique) look.  

In addition to the base card, there are a few parallels:  Silver (#/100), Gold (#/25), and Platinum (#/1).  Larkin is also part of the Rivals insert set (in which he is paired with Hideo Nomo).  That particular insert also has a parallel (a silver parallel #/100).  

For a set called Leather & Lumber, you'd certainly expect relics and Donruss didn't disappoint there either.  Larkin has a Materials bat card (#/100), a Jersey card (#/250), a Prime patch card (#/25), a Barrel card (#/3), and a MLB Logo card (#/1).  

There are also relic parallels of the Rivals insert set.  Larkin has a Jersey relic (in which he is paired with Hideo Nomo and Nomo's jersey).  That card is #/250.

Finally, Larkin is also part of the autograph set.  Donruss called the set simply Signatures and Larkin has a bronze (#/1), silver (#/1), gold (#/1), and platinum (#/1).  I'm not sure why all of Larkin's autographs are numbered out of only one...for most players only the platinum autograph is a 1/1.  

Even if I ignore all of the 1/1 cards in 2004 Leather & Lumber, I still have an awful lot of Larkin cards to try and track down from this set!