My N162 King Kelly - made from cut commons
 

I'm doing the best I can to put those junk wax commons to good use:

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Another gem!

Amazing!

Great work!

Wow! I love it

Tim, you're pieces are fantastic. How large is the Kelly?

That's impressive work. I must say though that I'd be even more impressed if you made it entirely from N162 cards.

+1 very impressive work. To somewhat steal Don's idea a T206 Wagner made out of beater T206 cards would be beyond amazing.

Sweet Kelly!
 

Love it! You're work reminds me of the large Babe Ruth montage I once saw (not sure if it's still there) at the ESPN Zone in Times Square. It was made entirely of baseball cards...

Thanks, everyone!

Thank you, Jay. I'm not at home right now, but the dimensions are in the neighborhood of 19.5" x 30.5" - give or take a quarter inch.

Insanity! I love it.

I've read through several of the T206 threads on here. I believe someone would send a hit squad if they knew my scissors were near something like that.:)

Tim

Add me to the list of those that are impressed. Interesting art work. I only wish Big Dan Brouthers' N162 was as pretty as Anson & Kelly. Those two cards are in a class of their own.

nudda great piece
 

thanks for sharing the images.......

Thats so awesome! Always love seeing your work

Tim, great work as always. What material do you use as a canvas? Cloth, wood, plastic or...?

Wow...impressive stuff

I like the Bo Jackson

Great job!
Enjoy my Gehrig everyday :)

very cool

great job!

Love the work you do and honestly, anything that takes some cards from that era out of circulation is a good thing. You do it the best way though. Hope you're busy for many years!

I agree....and I I may add Keefe to my future workload just to have one of the N162's on my own wall.

Thank you! I use a sturdy foam board as my canvas. I never really have considered using any other canvas. The first one I made 6-7 years ago was made on the foam board. I realized immediately that once I affixed the cards to it - the only way they were coming off is if I used a blade to pry and scrape. I liked how durable it was, so I have never changed.

Awesome, Ruben - great to hear from you!

Thank you! I hope so as well - it is fun meeting so many people in the hobby (in person and online), as well as hearing some of the stories that are being shared of why a particular card is so important to them.


Tim

wow, that's really impressive.

Awesome, Tim !

I hope you rest your eyes enough.

I'd love to see one based on 1964 Topps #136- Koufax Strikes Out 15

-that was the first ML game I ever saw.


and 1933 Goudey #144 - the best Babe card (IMO)
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Thank you! I could always use extra rest. I teach during the day, so the artwork comes at night and on weekends/holidays. What a first MLB game....no wonder you are still involved with the game's history after all these years! The first game I ever watched - in any capacity - was the 1988 World Series Game 1. We only had 3 TV channels (antenna), and a storm had knocked 2 of them out. I was left to watch a sport I cared nothing about. Then Gibson changed my life. I had chills and couldn't explain them. I spent the next couple of years watching trying to get that feeling again, and then Puckett delivered it to me in '91.

Oh, and that Babe card is awesome - I'm sure I'll get to it someday soon. The next piece off the table (almost certainly in the next 3-4 weeks) is actually the 1933 green back Goudey Ruth.;)


Tim

Tim this is really amazing stuff !!! Do you or have you ever sold any ? I'm not sure if this is a thing you do on a regular basis but it looks awesome.

Thank you, Josh. I started this just as a "I wonder what would happen if...." project back in March, 2009. This Kelly marked the 80th piece I have created since that time. 49 of those pieces are created from cut sports cards - the other 31 are from other materials relative to the subject matter. Fortunately, the reception to the work has been great, and I own just 6 of those 80. I still teach elementary math, but I take much pride in this being my "other" career.

Tim

Well Tim if you ever wanna do one and put a price on one and we'd agree I'd love to suggest you do a player of my choice for me the King Kelly is just out of this world amazing !!! :eek:

Mr Kelly joining Mr Anson. Tim's work is absolutely amazing. I recommend that if you ever have the opportunity to acquire one of his pieces, don't think twice.

Love it!

This is awesome.

Thanks again, Jay! It was my pleasure...and seeing them next to each other makes me smile.

Tim

Fantastic work! I love it!