Cutting Up Valuable Autographs

[mouschi]

So for about 10 years now, I've been creating custom cards for both my and other people's collections, while showing them here. I've had a blast doing it, but 2023 is the year I focused on it more than any year prior.

I've done TONS of cards from modern, all sports, non sports, etc. but here are some of the older baseball pieces.

I wanted to show a handful of pieces that I created throughout this past year. I've done a ton more, but these cover a wide array of various designs I created, etc.

Happy New Years, fellas! I hope 2024 brings you a lot of great cardboard into your collections!

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

My advice would be "Be Careful" You are potentially infringing on trademarks, using team logos without authorization, and since you are doing so presumably for profit, you are taking a risk. That being said they are incredibly well done pieces!

[ejharrington]

Beautiful work Tanner!

[Snapolit1]

Really well done but not a huge fan of cutting apart jerseys, bats and, most remarkably, what must have been a real sweet Jackie Autographed ball. Ouch.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Really well done but not a huge fan of cutting apart jerseys, bats and, most remarkably, what must have been a real sweet Jackie Autographed ball. Ouch.

I agree with that, for sure.

That said, the work you've done is fantastic. After I saw what you did with the A35 album, I was wondering what else you'd come up with.

Just curious, what does the back of the Tinkers-Evers-Chance piece look like? An assumption is that the backs of the cards are visible.

Are you a graphics artist? Or is this just a hobby that you tinker with? Do you have a website that we can look at that shows what you've made so far? I'd be more than happy to look at the work.

Thank you for sharing!

[mouschi]

Thank you everyone!

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Really well done but not a huge fan of cutting apart jerseys, bats and, most remarkably, what must have been a real sweet Jackie Autographed ball. Ouch.

Originally Posted by Fred

I agree with that, for sure.

That said, the work you've done is fantastic. After I saw what you did with the A35 album, I was wondering what else you'd come up with.

Just curious, what does the back of the Tinkers-Evers-Chance piece look like? An assumption is that the backs of the cards are visible.

Are you a graphics artist? Or is this just a hobby that you tinker with? Do you have a website that we can look at that shows what you've made so far? I'd be more than happy to look at the work.

Thank you for sharing!

Yes, the cutting up part is a polarizing part of doing these. Most of the time, I utilize pieces that, as full pieces, are not the greatest ... (I did a jumbo dual auto of Jordan and Brady, and the sigs didn't look great, but displayed well with my art.)

Regardless, people send me stuff, be it a ball, jersey, etc. that they don't like all that much, and would prefer a card instead - that is kind of my wheelhouse! For relics, I typically will use donor cards - for example, the Jackie, I used a couple licensed game used cards to harvest the pieces.

As for the Tinker/Evers/Chance ... gahhh, I've been wanting to do one forever! Here is a quick video - the video tells a much better story of it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ESss0kskA

You can see a lot of my work at www.instagram.com/tanmanbaseballfan - I'm commissioned all the time

[todeen]

Tanner, great work! I wish you consulted with Topps about aesthetics.

I talked to Tanner about making a Frank Robinson piece. He recommended I find relic pieces already cut up, and a 3x5 index auto. I thought he offered great advice. I'm still looking for the right pieces.

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[Jay Wolt]

Tanner Incredible job, a card company should hire you