Pick your choice of a card that is a work of art

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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>After the previous post, it seems only fitting to have a thread where board members can post a pic of a card that they consider a work of art. As a psychological process, art perception necessarily involves subjectivity and personal opinion, so there's no reason to hesitate to give your personal opinion.<br /><br />As a photo collector, I'll post a 1954 Herbie Scharfman photo of Ezzard Charles versus Rocky Marciano, and one that isn't beautiful, at least not in the Vivien Leigh sense. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.cycleback.com/celebrity/sharfman.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Keith Lentz</b><p>Scroll down to this one after Yankee Gil McDougald line-drived a baseball into Cleveland's pitcher Herb Score's eye.<br /><br />Score won ROY as striking out more batters, at that time, in his previos rookie season.<br /><br />Work of art? Hardly. A tragedy.<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=grybHq6sAX4C&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=herb+score+eye&source=web&ots=Cwbv7np8OA&sig=upyZ8IwBDURv4oLe4bFMn9l-KTg#PPA219,M1" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=grybHq6sAX4C&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=herb+score+eye&source=web&ots=Cwbv7np8OA&sig=upyZ8IwBDURv4oLe4bFMn9l-KTg#PPA219,M1</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Joann</b><p>I'll put in this one. It may not be what David had in mind by art. <br /><br />Every time I look at this card I marvel at what the artist, manufacturers and technology were able to do for a freebie insert. I can't believe how detailed and almost life-like it is. It may not be art in the conceptual sense, but to me it is art in that the execution of the (arguably non-artistic) concept is so perfect. <br /><br />It's nowhere near my collecting focus, but I'll probably always hang on to it.<br /><br />Joann<br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1191069392.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Jason Carota</b><p>The sunset, background, and Deacon's pose all combine to form one of the most aesthetically pleasing cards in the T206 set.<br /><br /><img src="http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q319/jay1065/T206/phillippe.jpg"><br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>MVSNYC</b><p>joann- you beat me to it...i was going to show a few T205 examples...<br /><br />the national league cards are simply amazing, with the variety of pastel colored backgrounds...<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>american art deco set, popular style in the 1930's<br /><img src="http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l239/dcc1/trosky-2.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p><img src="http://www.bmwcards.com/SGCcardslarge/34gehrig.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>I believe all the Turkey Reds are a work of art<br />here are a couple of my favorites<br /><br /><img src="http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/30808955.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/12305881.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>These are some of my favorites.<br /><br /><img src="http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1927/e93leachcutzd0.jpg"> <img src="http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4766/n28keefecutrv4.jpg"> <img src="http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7034/t205mattypsa8cut2te7.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>JimB</b><p>Hal,<br />That Gerhig is gorgeous!<br />JimB

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Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p><a href="http://www.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.imageevent.com/exhibitman/rareboxingcards</a>

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Posted By: <b>boxingcardman</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1191098137.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>E, Daniel</b><p>of a player contemplating the game....<br /><br />Daniel<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1191098554.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>Any one of the BB cards from the N162 set....you choose which one....I can't decide, they are all magnificent.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.freephotoserver.com/v001/tedzan/kellyn162.jpg"><br /><img src="http://www.freephotoserver.com/v001/tedzan/ansonandrews.jpg"><br /><img src="http://www.freephotoserver.com/v001/tedzan/billkeefeglass.jpg"><br /><br /><br />TED Z collection

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Posted By: <b>Matt E.</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1191103728.JPG"> <br /><br />I will have to agree with Joann about the T205's. To me this card looks like a portrait. The black hat, the blue gray colors, white shirt. But as you can tell there is no way to paint this guy in a positive light.