How Baseball Cards Were Made in the 19th Century

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06-05-2020, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by steve B

Great post!
Most stuff I see was 6-8 colors, maybe a bit more or a bit less. (I sort of collect tradecards too) 45 would be a piece made to show off what the printer could do. Keeping that many colors all in registration was work for a real master. I don't think the art places still doing lithography that way even get close to that.

I can't fathom keeping that many colors in registration.

Different printing process, but there are still screen shops testing their limits to create fine art. Here's a modern 21 screen print that is widely praised by collectors of this genre.

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