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Biggmarv64 03-28-2025 05:19 PM

2008 Stadium Sketch card identification
 
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I am going through my forgotten boxes of old sports cards and came across this one. I do remember pulling it from the pack way back when, but didn't think much of it at the time. I can't find a complete checklist so I do not know who this is or what this card might be worth. This is my first time posting so any info you might have would be super helpful!
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Tomi 03-28-2025 06:33 PM

You posted in the vintage and pre war section. Scroll down to the modern section and post there. You will get more eyes on your thread.

John1941 03-28-2025 07:22 PM

I'd also suggest you post this on tcdb.com in its Card Identification Forum.

Net54 is easily the best place for pre-war and vintage cards, but TCDB is probably better for a card from 2008.

Biggmarv64 03-28-2025 07:38 PM

Thanks to both of you! I appreciate your help!
Marv

Bill77 03-28-2025 11:03 PM

Based on the checklist you have the Chase Utley card, and just looking at pictures of him from that time period it is a good likeness.

swarmee 03-29-2025 06:17 AM

Artist is Rich Molinelli. He's still active as a sketch artist. To a Phillies collector, this sketch would be about $100 is my guess.

OhioLawyerF5 03-29-2025 06:27 AM

I don't know what to make of the odds. Baseballcardpedia says the sketch cards were 1:38 packs.

https://baseballcardpedia.com/index....8_Stadium_Club

But while it says "?" for number of cards in the checklist, if you scroll down it says there were 100 of them. If they are 1/1s, then the odds don't make sense.

Sketch cards are way undervalued compared to other 1/1s, but I like them.

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swarmee 03-29-2025 06:38 AM

They can create 100 sketches of Chase Utley and all of them are 1/1s because they're all unique art.

Early non-sports sets used to actually number sketch cards based on how many the artist did, but since they are all (usually*) unique art, that kind of faded away.

https://img.comc.com/i/Non-Sports/20...inal&side=back
2003 Inkworks Scooby-Doo! Mysteries and Monsters - Sketch Cards #SK-2 - Dave Crosland /284
Courtesy of COMC.com

*some artists took this way too far, like Ryan Waterhouse who basically became a laughingstock for drawing the same crappy picture of the Indiana Jones monkey or skull for a thousand sketch cards. While he can be a talented artist, his rep was trashed for mailing it in. Now Topps only paid a couple of dollars per sketch card produced, but most artist had more pride than that.
https://img.comc.com/i/Non-Sports/20...&size=original
2008 Topps Indiana Jones Heritage - Sketch Cards #_RYWA - Ryan Waterhouse /1 [EX to NM]
Courtesy of COMC.com

https://www.comc.com/Cards/Non-Sport...rhouse/4494628


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