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Posted By: davidcycleback

As an art historian who studied at an art museum, I don't have a problem with considering some baseball cards to be work of art. This does not mean I would consider all baseball cards works of art. That something was distributed with bubblegum is neither here nor there. Even Rembrandt sold his etchings and engravings commercially.

I believe there are criterion for determining what is art (the criterion do not include whether or not something is framed), but the perception of a painting or sculpture or baseball card is subjective (personal). Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin were contemporary painters, but that does not mean they liked the same paintings nor that they should have like the same paintings.