Topps turned a gorgeous full-color Sam McDowell image into a tiny black-and-white afterthought—missing a chance to create a truly iconic 1963 card.
Posts tagged as “Original Art”
The 1962 Topps Johnny Edwards card showcases more of its original artwork than most postwar issues, making this larger-than-usual flexichrome even more special.
The cropped art for Don Demeter’s 1959 Topps card is stunning, and the card itself has a quietly upgraded PSA 10 hiding in a top registry.
Topps again cropped away vibrant original artwork to make the card, dulling its brilliance. Here’s a rare look at what collectors never got to see.
Here’s the original 5” x 7” pen and ink artwork used for Gene Mauch’s 1969 Topps card. It was offered for sale in Ron Oser…
Here’s the original artwork for Card #13, The Training Station, in the 1941 R157 Gum, Inc. Uncle Sam set. It was offered in Mastro’s Classic…
Welcome to the Original Artwork Archive! This is the hub for all the articles I’ve written about original artwork used to produce cards, sorted by…