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Posted By: davidcycleback

For the print of the card painting, most of the value is that it was autogrpaphed by Mantle. The print itself would have minor value.

A Mantle signed original 1952 Topps or 1953 Topps would be worth quite a bit more value than the print, in part because the card itself have value.

If Mantle signed the 1952 Topps Dvorak painting (which he did not), it would likely have raised the value.

So there is no confusion, Dvorak didn't make the original art for Mantle's 1952 Topps card, but was asked to make repro painting years later. Dvorak, however, did make the painting used to make Mantle's 1953 card.

If you have a big painting of Nolan Ryan or Paul Molitor, it will raise the value to get it autographed neatly by the player.

I once owned a Dvorak painting. A collector had Buck Leonard signed a blank canvas at an autograph show, then hired Dvorak to paint a painting of Buck around it. The autograph was part of the painting rather than being an addition.