Cut junk era commons = most iconic cards ever

[JollyElm]

Okay, I had to do some sizing, warping and distorting type of finagling in photoshop to get the images to 'match' (the Babe Ruth artwork pictured on page one wasn't a result of a perfectly flat scan), so it's not dead on, but here we go anyway...

[Joshwesley]

Wow 😲

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Every time the muck of the crappy corners of the hobby starts to creep up my hip waders I visit this thread.

[TimCarrollArt]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Okay, I had to do some sizing, warping and distorting type of finagling in photoshop to get the images to 'match' (the Babe Ruth artwork pictured on page one wasn't a result of a perfectly flat scan), so it's not dead on, but here we go anyway...

That's pretty wild! Thanks for putting that together.

[TimCarrollArt]

Finished with another commission. 1981 Topps George Brett:

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Oh man, that Brett was one of the original cards I owned. My brother went in to have his tonsils out in 1981 and I bought him two Rack Packs and the Brett was in one. later I won it knocking down the leaner.
It had "AP" written on the back in crayon (We decided to make our own baseball All-Pro teams) and dead round corners and my heart broke when I somehow lost it in a move.

Interesting question, would you consider making an off-grade card?

[TimCarrollArt]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Oh man, that Brett was one of the original cards I owned. My brother went in to have his tonsils out in 1981 and I bought him two Rack Packs and the Brett was in one. later I won it knocking down the leaner.
It had "AP" written on the back in crayon (We decided to make our own baseball All-Pro teams) and dead round corners and my heart broke when I somehow lost it in a move.

Interesting question, would you consider making an off-grade card?

Great story! The client that commissioned the Brett started collecting in '81, and that is why he chose this particular issue. He said he and his friends kept pulling Mike Cubbage, and the running joke was "I'll trade you 10 Mike Cubbages for......" So, there's a 1981 Topps Mike Cubbage Easter egg hidden on Brett's face.

As for the off-grade - I have a commission coming later this year that will be exactly this. It's going to be epic.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by TimCarrollArt

Great story! The client that commissioned the Brett started collecting in '81, and that is why he chose this particular issue. He said he and his friends kept pulling Mike Cubbage, and the running joke was "I'll trade you 10 Mike Cubbages for......" So, there's a 1981 Topps Mike Cubbage Easter egg hidden on Brett's face.

You should start hiding a Mike Cubbage in each piece you do from now on, so it will become your version of Al Hirschfeld's "NINA."

[TimCarrollArt]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

You should start hiding a Mike Cubbage in each piece you do from now on, so it will become your version of Al Hirschfeld's "NINA."

Devon White always seems to get into the pieces, although I have no particular reason for putting him there. Otis Nixon, Bob Welch, and Franklin Stubbs are others that pop up often.