This is one of my favorite websites. If you are a baseball card geek like I am you will recognize the name. Bob is the Editor of the Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards. His blog is full of information and quit a few custom cards.
His creations are head and shoulders above any I have seen on the web. He is obviously a perfectionist and it shows.
His cards all have a front and a back that is both true to the original set issue format and informative.
I could (and I have) spend hours going through his blog. Also if you are so inclined, he sells a limited number of hard copies of his creations.
I really had a hard time narrowing down the cards to include on this page. I had to include Wheaton, IL native John Belushi and Brian Piccolo (note Lemke spelled his name correctly but Topps did not). I love to see cards of famous players on unfamiliar teams (Robinson, Doby, Namath) or people who never had cards (Madden, Pride). I don't want to give away too much but go visit his blog. If you are like me, it's like being a kid in a candy store.
I agree completely.
ReplyDeleteNice cards, but the Piccolo card should have a medium-brown header, like all the Bears' cards of 1966 and 1967. Light blue was used on the Baltimore Colts cards.
ReplyDeleteOdd that Bob missed that.
Good eye. That was a rare slip. None the less, a nice looking card.
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