Any fans of Topps Vault items?

[thecatspajamas]

I've been digging the original transparencies and negatives for the photos that they have been doling out a rate of 20-30 per day over the last few years on eBay. Most of the ones that I have seen have been for mid-60's to early 2000's, and I've just been looking at the baseball photos. Everything from the actual shot used for the player's card to "same session" shots that were not selected for the final design to player/team combinations that never appeared on a card. Truly a visual cornucopia!

I've recently begun saving the images for future reference (can't afford to buy all the originals), but I'm sure that many passed through previous auctions from further back than eBay's completed listings show. Wish I had been doing this all along

[thisisradioclash]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

I've been digging the original transparencies and negatives for the photos that they have been doling out a rate of 20-30 per day over the last few years on eBay. Most of the ones that I have seen have been for mid-60's to early 2000's, and I've just been looking at the baseball photos. Everything from the actual shot used for the player's card to "same session" shots that were not selected for the final design to player/team combinations that never appeared on a card. Truly a visual cornucopia!

I've recently begun saving the images for future reference (can't afford to buy all the originals), but I'm sure that many passed through previous auctions from further back than eBay's completed listings show. Wish I had been doing this all along

I also think the transparencies/negatives are pretty cool to have and look at. I've got a handful of these of Dick Groat from the Topps Vault. I also bought a piece of original art from the Topps Vault used in a 2010 Topps National Chicle card of Ryan Zimmerman.

[joeadcock]

Pulled out what I had remaining from my Topps Vault stuff got in 2003-2004. Couple of examples:art used on back of Topps Football card for Lee Roy Selmon of the Tampa Bay Bucs.

Proofs for 1962 Baseball stamps JOE ADCOCK.

[6-4-3memorabilia]

I saw on ebay there is a seller names "Toppsvault" that sells all this stuff. A lot of player contracts too that the players had with Topps. Pretty reasonable prices too

[autograf]

That's actually Topps.........

[laughlinfan]

Somehow missed this thread - life gets in the way of a good time, sometimes!

As the posts above indicate, this is Topps reverse art for the 1965 baseball set. Seems these small pieces were almost always done in a big sheet with multiple card backs, and as was mentioned, they are quite often cut down (by Topps or someone who got a full sheet) to small groups or individuals. I think the resale value is much higher in individual pieces, since team and player collectors will pay more individually for the art pieces they are interested in.

There was a recent thread on these here:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=176503

I did see this one on the Bay a while back, and was interested at first, but then was a little sad to see that the Mantle artwork was not used on his card from that year. Still a really cool piece, and 1 of 1!

[Jay Wolt]

I won a near set of the '79 Topps comics original art from Lelands
Each piece was matted w/ the original art & regular comic & framed
and originated from the Guernsey Topps auction