1967 Topps Jim Lefebvre Original artwork?

[laughlinfan]

Mark - if I had to guess, I would say BRobby original art would go for at least $50-75, and probably a lot more depending on the drawing. Not sure what drawings they did for his cards, but one that referenced his World Series performance, for instance, would be of more interest to collectors than one that said somethig like, "Brooks was an education major in college" or something like that (just an example). Also interesting to note that in some years, the artwork did not reference the player on the front of the card, so there might be artwork for the back of his card that says, "The 1954 Orioles lost 95 games!" or "Joe Medwick's nickname was 'Ducky'" The reverse is also true - there may be artwork based on Brooks on the back of someone else's card, too.

Happy collecting!

[Mark70Z]

Marty - you're correct. An example is his '57 Topps rookie card has on the back "Which team scored the most runs in one inning?"...and the answer is the Red Sox... At least put an O's answer!

I think if there are more than one single player collectors for the particular player then I would think the price would be more than 50-75; I know I'd personally pay more.

I personally think these are undervalued and believe this would make an interesting collection if more of these cartoons would surface and/or Topps releases a lot more...

[Tedw9]

A buddy and I went to last years National and one dealer had a TON of these at his table. I don't know the year spread, but I think they are all from the 70's. He was at the Guersney's auction and won a few of the lots. He had everything from HOF'ers to commons, artwork, proofs and plates. We ended up talking to the guy for a while, he was one of the friendlier dealers at the show. I bought the Ted Williams artwork for $350 if I remember correct and my buddy grabbed the DiMaggio for $325. They both came from the 77 Topps set.

I agree these are undervalued, I was happy to get Ted at the price I did. It's a one of a kind piece, I'll never see another.

[laughlinfan]

Cool Teddy Ballgame artwork! I like how those two pieces are actually drawn to resemble the player - almost always the player shown is much more generic. Might be the only artwork piece that was drawn to resemble him, other than maybe the back of the 70(?) Ted Williams manager card, which would be very cool. I'm not sure that all of the Topps artwork survived through the years - some years I have never seen any artwork, although it seems that Topps kept most everything in their files.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder on these, as some in the thread don't seem to find these too interesting, but every one is truly one of a kind, as opposed to the manufactured scarcities marketed in the past 10-15 years of card issues. To each his own, I guess!

Thanks for sharing!

[Mark70Z]

WOW... I really like both the Williams and the DiMaggio artwork and for what it is I don't think that's a bad price at all. I'm sure there would be plenty of collectors willing to pay more for those items.

I'd agree with laughlinfan that most of the artwork is just generic and it's interesting that these resemble the actual player; kinda cool!

Anyone have any Brooks Robinson one's; I'd love to see it (or purchase it!)