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Originally Posted by JustinD
They are all Craig Pursley in the set.
He is a trade artist and not well known to me. He was likely just hired by Topps as he is a portrait artist for the task.
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Craig was an artist/illustrator who worked for an Orange County, California newspaper, doing many of the sports drawings for their publication including a Nolan Ryan pull-out multi-page supplement. He also did a hugh amount of work for the Angels organization as well as the work he did for the card companies.
He once asked me to take an unfinished painting of Mantle and DiMaggio to a card show in San Jose where they were appearing. They both signed without an issue. (The good ol' days.)
He moved to New Hampshire many years ago and opened an art studio/gallery for his work and where he works with young artists to help them improve their talent.
This is a link to his website. If you enjoy seeing some outstanding portraits/landscapes, etc, it's worth a look. (And no, I have no conflicts of interest in sharing this information.)
https://pursleyart.com/
This second link will take you to his biography and includes a lot of the sports work he did.
https://pursleyart.com/blogs/craig-p...e-as-an-artist