The person I got this from did in fact indicate that he got the artwork at the 89 Topps Auction along with another baseball flexichrome that was used for an issued card. I was able to see the baseball artwork listed in the auction catalog but did not see the Mackey artwork listed. Certainly Topps pulled in many photos that were never used (or used many years after the image was taken), but seems odd to have had an artist take the time to colorize this photo through the flexichrome process if they had lost the rights to publish NFL players. Just looking for thoughts or theories!
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